Eliezer Zalmanov

Many, many years ago my parents took my brother and me to see the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. He gave each of us a crisp dollar bill. Now that I am older, with a family of my own, I feel that there is spiritual value in the dollar. What shoul...

As I grow in my observance, I have stopped taking calls on the Shabbat. I have a friend I would always speak to on Saturday morning. I had a conversation with her and explained that I cannot speak on the phone on Shabbat. But she insists on calling at the...

Dear Rabbi, My mother’s yahrtzeit, anniversary of passing, is on the 30th day of the Jewish month of Cheshvan. I was flipping through my Jewish calendar but couldn’t find the date! Is it possible that it’s not there? What should I do? Answer: In the Jewis...

Part of my duties was to copy and paste articles from various websites for a weekly bulletin. The CEO wants me to make as if he himself wrote all the articles. I felt that every time I sent out the mass emailing I was committing a crime. I left the positi...

A rabbi speaks to a non-Jewish group about Judaism's message to all humankind -- the Seven Noahide Laws.

Can I arrange to cut my son’s hair earlier than his third birthday so that my father can be involved?

Can you advise me on how to best encourage and inspire those I will be supervising?

This is the only Jewish fast that is observed on Friday, which means that we fast all the way up until we make kiddush.

Question: Why is it that during the Ten Days of Repentance from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur the text at the end of the Amidah and Kaddish is changed from "Oseh shalom" to "Oseh hashalom"? Response: According to the Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (the Ari Zal), Pri ...

Question: My family is in the midst of planning an unveiling for my mother. My aunt would like to have flowers planted on the grave before the event. Is this acceptable? I have been to many unveilings and have never seen flowers. Something about it just d...