Coping With Suicide
By Tzvi Freeman
Question: Recently, my nephew was found dead in his room. We know it was suicide. His father—my sister's husband and my husband's brother—was against his choice of fiancée. We've told everyone it was a heart attack—he had heart problems before. My sister ...
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Is Torah Juvenile?
By Tzvi Freeman
Question: Hello rabbi. I need help. I have been a fairly good Jew for a big part of my life. I celebrate all the holidays. I still teach my son the current parshah with age appropriate materials. I even put on tefillin most mornings, though my bar ...
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Should I Regret My Past Life?
By Tzvi Freeman
…among other things, I keep on asking myself, “Why did I have to go through all that?” I wasted the first 30 years of my life learning destructive habits
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Does Suicide Lead To Hell?
By Tzvi Freeman
Question: If you commit suicide, is it true that you won't go to heaven? But if there is no Jewish hell, where will you go? Answer: I hope the reason you are asking about suicide has nothing whatsoever to do with your current state of mind or ...
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To a Child of a Jewish Father
By Tzvi Freeman
My mother was Protestant and my father was an atheist Jew. My family survived the holocaust in Europe with great struggle. Am I Jewish or am I a gentile?
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How Can I Make the Fast Easier?
By Tzvi Freeman
Going without food for 24 hours is not a major stress for the body. Dehydration, however, is what causes that sense of weakness associated with the fast...
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Can I Change The Past?
By Tzvi Freeman
To a married woman in a desperate situation, who greatly regretted her actions: You should not pray for a miscarriage. You should do what you have to do and let G‑d take care of the rest. If He so wills, He can change the past for you as well. How do I ...
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How Can I Forgive Them?
By Tzvi Freeman
That's all forgiveness means: You don't do anything because of your grudge, you don't say anything to express your grudge and you don't even think about why you have a grudge...
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Is It Okay to Wish That Your Parents Die?
By Tzvi Freeman
Question: Let's say I desire that somebody not live anymore, G‑d forbid. Let's say this somebody is a parent. But I don't take any action in this direction. I mean, I just keep acting in the interest of the well-being and health of this person, but ...
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Why Don't We Call G-d Mother?
By Tzvi Freeman
Question: Why do we call G‑d "Father" on Rosh Hashanah? Why not "Mother"? Response: To the Jewish mind, G‑d is both here and beyond here at once. Philosophers call that immanence and transcendence. Many of them say that He can't do both at once, but we ...
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