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A noted scholar and researcher, Rabbi Yehuda Shurpin serves as content editor at Chabad.org, and writes the popular weekly Ask Rabbi Y column. Rabbi Shurpin is the rabbi of the Chabad Shul in St. Louis Park, Minn., where he resides with his wife, Ester, and their children.
This custom stems from the obligation to recite 100 blessings each day.
When to pray? When is Shabbat? What to do when time and space are not what they are on earth?
Why and how the ancient Cherem was applied
The word cherem has multiple, and sometimes contradictory, meanings in the Torah, including to ban, devote, consecrate, proscribe, excommunicate or exterminate. In our common parlance, it refers to the banning of a person through excommunication. A cherem...
Can anyone generate and use my likeness without my permission?
The respect we give to our human dead is akin to the respect we give to a destroyed Torah scroll.
Check your pet food to ensure it has no chametz ingredients.
Are shark scales considered “kosher scales"?
This name possesses a power that can be easily misappropriated.
Can a person be disqualified from leadership based on age alone?
What is a Chabad (“bor al gabai bor”) Mikvah?
A mikvah is a pool of water in which Jewish people immerse to affect purity. It is most commonly used by women when they conclude their period of niddah and by converts as they become Jewish. In this article, we’ll explore the most common type of mikvahs ...
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