Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz When we study Torah and Talmud, we spend so much time analyzing opinions that are not accepted in practice. Why are Talmud debates […]
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Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Why is the Jewish nation divided into twelve shevatim (tribes), something that in time led to division and even war? Wouldn’t it have […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz What is wrong with ending one’s own life? If someone is suffering profoundly and feels that life is no longer worth living, why […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz The Torah tells us that one who speaks lashon hara (evil speech) is smitten with tzara’at (leprosy) on his body and expelled from […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz My son recently completed his engineering degree, but now he wants to go to Israel to study Torah and become a rabbi. I […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz How much should a child be expected to help at home? And how should that be balanced with chessed (kindness) opportunities outside the home? […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz In the Holy Temple, the Kohanim (Priests) and Levi’im (Levites) offered sacrifices on behalf of the rest of the nation. But since the […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I am considering going to a hotel for Pesach (Passover) that offers a full program of speakers and activities. I think it will provide a nice […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz From the time we are young, we are taught to say “please” when asking for something and that asking without it is rude. […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz The Gemara (Talmud) is so full of debates and back-and-forth discussions over every detail, even of opinions we don’t follow! Why? If the purpose is to teach us what to do, why not just get to the […]
