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By Tzvi Freeman I have been having nightmares for years, sometimes in batches several days together, about myself, various friends and relatives. They are never true, yet they have greatly tortured and complicated my life. They make me scared, and many times have ...
By Tzvi Freeman Dear Rabbi, If G‑d is a mystery to us, beyond human reason and logic, then how can we relate to Him? Answer: You’re right, G‑d is essentially unknowable. Yes, He makes Himself known to us through His miracles, His prophets, His Torah, and by the very act ...
By Tzvi Freeman Whenever I drink a cup of wine, I get excruciating pain in my abdomen. Usually lasts only 15 minutes, but real torture. I know it’s a mitzvah to drink all four cups at the Passover Seder, but is there a way to get around the pain?
By Tzvi Freeman Dear Rabbi, In general, I enjoy your daily thoughts. However, today’s Daily Dose made me very upset: Everything can be done with joy. Even remorse can be with joy. My son is going through treatment for a rare form of leukemia. Not “everything” can be ...
By Tzvi Freeman I was wondering how the Jewish, and especially chassidic, mystical teachings would regard marijuana as a way of getting closer to G‑d.
By Tzvi Freeman My doctor recommended that I take up some type of meditation, mentioning “mindfulness” as one option. Are there Jewish meditation techniques I could use?
By Tzvi Freeman My Chabad rabbi has been bugging me to take off one semester to study in a yeshiva “some time before graduate school.” It’s still not clear to me what this yeshiva place is all about, and definitely not clear why I should take off in the middle of my ...
By Tzvi Freeman This past June, I lost my mother, and now both of my parents are gone. This was the first High Holy Days without either one of them. Although I don’t come from an active religious family, nevertheless I do feel a heavy burden of the heart. What is the ...
By Tzvi Freeman Every time you people talk about the messianic era, and “the Moshiach,” you insist on talking about him as a king. Well, we started guillotining kings over two hundred years ago, and they haven’t really been in fashion since then. So how about we just ...
By Tzvi Freeman Why is it that the biggest question we have for G-d receives no better answer than heaven's silent tear?
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