Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I know that staying up all night learning Torah on Shavuot is a beautiful custom, but when my son does it, he ends […]
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Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz When the prophet Zechariah (9:9) relates that Mashiach (the Messiah) will come riding on a donkey, is that to be taken literally? Since […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Since women are not obligated to study Torah, why is Torah learning such a significant part of their education in school? And does […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz A Deeper Look at Fire and Torah Every year on Lag Ba’omer, there are bonfires and dancing all over my neighborhood, and my […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Why was Avraham chosen to be the father of the Jewish nation and not Noach, who preceded him and is described by the […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I’m planning to remarry, but when I shared the news with my children, they expressed reservations. What is the Jewish view on remarriage […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I can’t comprehend how the Jewish people could commit the sin of the Golden Calf! How, after witnessing the Ten Plagues, the Splitting […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz The other day, I was with a friend and asked him why he wasn’t eating a certain food. “Isn’t it kosher?” I asked. […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz Rabbi, you always talk about each individual doing his part in bringing the Final Redemption (the geulah). This sounds like such a massive, […]
Ask the Rabbi with Rabbi Chaim Mintz I can’t help but feel a sense of relief on days we omit Tachanun (a supplication prayer), such as the month of Nissan […]