Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Does the Torah prohibit Jews from gambling? And what about buying tickets in a Chinese auction or a lottery for that matter – […]
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Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I don’t understand the mitzvah of “v’ahavta lerei’acha kamocha – love your friend like yourself.” You can command me to do or not […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Does the “evil eye” exist? If it does, what is it, and what can we do to protect ourselves from it? There are […]
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Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz During the year following the passing of a parent or teacher, when mentioning their name, the child or student should say “hareini kaparat […]
A Mitzvah is Like a Candle This week’s Torah reading mentions the lighting of the menorah, the special golden candelabra which was placed in the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and later in […]
Charity – A Kindness for Yourself In this week’s Torah reading, the verse says (22:24), “When you lend money to a poor person with you, you should not pressure him […]
God Had Good Intentions In this week’s Torah reading, Parshat Vayechi, after Yaakov (Jacob)’s passing, his sons approached their brother, Yosef (Joseph). They were concerned that now, as their father […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I know that women have special prayers they recite after they light Shabbat candles. Should we also be praying after we light Chanukah […]
Because We Were Lax On Chanukah, we celebrate the salvation God granted us from the oppression of the Greeks. The Greeks disrupted the service in the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple), […]
