Faith

Why did the Holy One, blessed be He, say "for it was good" after each day of the creation of the world? It seems clear to me that the work of the Holy One, blessed be He, was that creation would be ex...

The passage on the preparation of the ketoret speaks about eleven ingredients, but for some reason I come up with 13. Thank you very much.

There are the worlds of Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah.... What does 310 worlds mean? What is the meaning of the statement that the righteous are assured 310 worlds?

Hello Rabbi! It is known to us that everything Hashem created has a specific purpose in the world. I would like to know why Hashem created flies, since in human understanding they seem to have no bene...

Is there a custom to throw locks into the sea in order to build a better future?

Why are the external books such as the Book of Judith, the Book of the Maccabees, Ben Sirach, the Wisdom of Solomon, and Enoch not included in the Hebrew Bible? Why are they called external books, and...

My sister gave birth to a son, thank God, on Friday night, and the brit was supposed to be on Shabbat (Parashat Beshalach). But there is a problem: several family guests are traveling on Shabbat, unfo...

What is the power of a woman’s tears, especially when she is extremely distressed? We are talking about great pain and humiliation. There is much emotional suffering, not physical. This involves signi...

Is there a halachic prohibition regarding throwing away fingernails? What is the reason they may not be discarded like hair? I once heard about someone who died and was judged for not burying the fing...

I am in the process of returning to observance, but I will not feel settled until I have clarified every detail in Judaism. In a lecture by Rabbi Yitzchak Fanger, Introduction to Religions, there was...