My God, Why have You Forsaken Me?! When Esther approached the inner chambers to stand before Achashveirosh, it was after three days of fasting and prayer. The chachamim (Torah sages) […]
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Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz How does a Jew deal with death? Is it right to feel pain and hurt? Rabbi Chaim Mintz responds: The Greatest Pleasure Because […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I was planning on buying life insurance to ensure my family is taken care of in case something happens to me. Then my […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz We learn that everything Hashem does is for the best, and also that He can make miracles happen. We, the entire Jewish nation, […]
Equal Opportunity In this week’s Torah reading, Parshat Mishpatim, the Torah warns a judge to reject false claims. It would be superfluous to say that one cannot accept outright false […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I have been teaching someone how Hashem (God) showers blessings on those who keep His Torah. He challenged me, pointing to the fact […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Recently, after a few incidents of anti-Semitic attacks, I came to a local shul (synagogue) during the day, only to find it locked. […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Do Torah-believing Jews believe in dinosaurs? If we don’t, how do we explain the finding of 230-million-year-old dinosaur fossils? Rabbi Chaim Mintz responds: […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Since everything that happens is from God and the Nazis were merely agents to carry out His Master Plan, why are people always […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I find myself so busy sometimes that I seem to lose track of thinking about God being part of my life. How can […]