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Origin of the Hebrew word 'yibum'?
Is a medical test that mixes human and animal cells okay?
Should I write about Jewish law on a sex worker's blog?
Report to police a crime by a Jew?
What is the Jewish position on an afterlife?
Should a Rabbi engage in political speech from the bima?
Genetic testing to establish Jewishness?
How come dairy (taken from animals) can't touch meats?
Intermarriage ==> problems or possibilities?
Jewish views on genetic selection for children?
What does Judaism say about intermarriage?
Crossing a line when chating on the internet.
In overpayment situation, what is required?
Obligation to Exercise?
How re-gain trust & be believed after lying?
Who can follow a Mitzvah?
Jewish responses to lust?
Are we judged by G-d for our thoughts and fantasies?
Mourners & Well-wishing during holidays in Judaism ?
Halachic obligation for a Jew to move to Israel
Grieving family after losing son to a drug overdose.
Can Israel be both a democracy and a Jewish state?
Obligation to care for aging parents.
What roles can a non-Jew play in the Jewish community?
Is Organ or Tissue Donation Okay for Jews?
Is the State of Israel a central focus of the Judaism?
Memorial for Danish Jews who perished during WW2
How long one should date before getting married?
Resonsibility for a neighbor going through hard times?
Agunah (chained woman) problem?
Can you say Kaddish for someone not buried?
How long is too long to date before engagement?
Jewish view on testing using healthy persons?
Stem Cell Research?
Are some Jewish people not suited to marriage?
Can we benefit from past atrocities and war crimes?
Internet Infidelity?
Kosher options on the road?
Is an adulterous spouse off-limits?
Does Judaism demand too much of those with differences?
14, Jewish, & Gay - now what?
Can Jews sing Gospel music?
Government limits?
Teaching children self esteem.
Safe Treatment of Animals
What do I do with suspected stolen goods I bought?
What is permissible in satisfying one's spouse?
Do we celebrate a conversion?
Are there any parts of a kosher bird that are not kosher?
Use/Abuse Homeless Guests in Synagogue for Publicity?
MUST a Jew have children?
Sexual roles: is female domination okay?
What is the Jewish response to natural tragedy?
Respecting the Law of the Land?
Jewish view: Covenant Law leads to Good and Evil?
How do I measure whether I'm living up to what God expects?
Gun Control?
Mean to a sibling? How do I know when I am?
Does G-d trully create soul mates?
What if it looks non-kosher?
Parent's right to try to persuade?
Obsessed with Money?
Is one obliged to inform a seller of the value of an item?
Is God a He? What gender do we use to reference God?
For inclusion purposes & Israeli citizenship, who is a Jew?
Judaism & the Environment?
Level of personal honesty in a job interview?
Baby Naming
Can adulterers marry after proper divorce?
Right to privacy even for despicable things?
Can beauty & charm be forces for good in Judaism?
Hiring or asking someone to say Kaddish for your relative?
What is the Jewish view on organ transplants?
Does the Talmud carry the same authority as the Torah?
Jewish stand on women praying wearing Tefillin and a Tallit.
Obligation to Last Wishes?
What the #?%*! Boycott Israel?
Jewish values on breeding dogs as a business?
How far should I push with learning Torah?
What is the position on "embryo reduction"?
What to do about restricting Jewish religious expression?
Can Jews be cremated?
Why does G-d let suffering repeat?
Does family Jewish heritage long ago make me a Jew?
Using a false identity to post things online?
How important is it to be buried in a Jewish cemetery?
Jewish values about being a sperm donor to a couple?
Can a Jew enter a Church?
Should Jewish leaders criticize Israel's policies in public?
Pressure to marry 'Jewish' racism & cause for anti-Semitism?
Watching porn? Judging others? What is worse?
Can a non-practicing mom raise a Jewish child? Should she?
Tree & Santa in Shul at Christmas for Homeless guests?
Tatoos and Judaism?
What is the Torah view on recycling?
Why don't some Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate Yom Haatzmaut?
If my friend is cheating on her spouse, what should I do?
Is there an obligation to vote pro-Israel?
Is there universal acceptance of any process of conversion?
Is the religious divide to great to respect each other?
What is a woman to do if her husband just won't work?
Marital obligation to my spouse diagnosed dementia?
Modesty and appearance for unmarried young adults?
Breaking the news that I'm now a Jew!
All sinners, all the time? Are we failures in religion?
Jewish stance on mourning an abusive parent?
Is there an obligation for every Jew to visit Israel?
Is the timing of an unveiling set by Jewish law?
Dirty Donation?
I discovered Jewish heritage in my family - now what?
Can art be seperated from vile views of the artist?
What are the basic requirements to convert to Judaism?
Family diversity: Observant VS Not Observant?
Asking for Forgiveness - What is removed?
Asking for Forgiveness?
Photos on Headstones?
What does Yom Haatzmaut mean to American Jews?
Jewish perspective on how to debate political matters?
Who can serve as a Jewish witness at a wedding?
Explain how God is the Supreme Being.
Dressing Tznius (modesty).
Gossip???
Kashrut that incorporates standards of humane slaughter?
Are there rules for placing a Ner Tamid?
Jew by Choice
Why do women cover their eyes when lighting Shabbat candles?
What is the view on illegal immigration in Israel?
What about TV? Should we refrain?
Jewish ethical obligation to tell co-worker to fly right?
Marriage to fulfill a mitzvah more important than for love?
Can you lie to your boss to get another job?
Grieving Mom
Must we mourn the temple's destruction?
How should employers treat employees?
Can just part of a family convert to Judaism?
Making amends to a wronged person that didn't know?
How does the concept of “tzedakah” apply to government?
Is leaving information out considered lying?
Is “Freedom of Speech” a Torah/Jewish value?
Can a single women use IVF?
What is the meaning of 'my prayers are with you' in Judaism?
How much food on Shabbat is too much?
Must I fix my relationship with my son?
Jewish view on abortion?
Discussing political issues in religious terms.
Jewish faith's belief about afterlife or eternity.
What makes a Jews' compliance to ethics uniquely Jewish?
Jewish woman wearing short shorts or bikinis?
Jewish mourning for non-Jewish parents?
Mourning for an abusing living person to bring healing?
Dressing Modestly
Required to Perform on Shabbat - What now?
Surrogate Mother?
Should kashrut be connected to ethical treatment of workers?
Changing my Hebrew name - disrespectful?
What does Judaism tell me about sexual urges?
Addiction to cybersex?
When must one reveal that they are a convert?
Carrying our wishes of the deceased in Judaism
Why on Sukkot do we focus on huts?
Holding on too long to hopes & dreams for an adult child?
Are criminals worthy of our forgiveness?
Is there a specific obligation to vote?
Veteran's Day is an opportunity to honor our veterans?
The Kotel: how far is too far? Who gets to say?
Is it appropriate to drape a casket with a flag for vet?
Are Body Farms Permissable?
Are African American converts accepted within Judaism?
What can and can't I do regarding Shabbat in the U.S. Army?
What is my Jewish name?
Can Jews of one ethnicity adopt customs of another?
Can a Jew be buried with a tattoo?
Ritual status of person whose job is to deal with the dead?
Obligation to children in will?
What is the ideal way to give tzedakah, charity?
Am I a Jew?
Is being trustworthy a mitzvah?
Whose conversions are accepted in Israel?
Better to convert or to marry and have children first?
Can a Jew and non Jew be married synagogue?
How does one deal with forgiveness of themself?
Are we obligated to give to the homeless?
How honest must I be in a recommendation?
What is the essence of "a good life" ?
When to light Shabbat candles?
Do woman have the same obligations as men in prayer?
How can Jewish values help us repent for our sins?
Bad situation vs a good situation?
Why are Ashkenazic Jews be named after a deceased person?
Must I attend High Holiday services?
Rules of Kashrut do not allow one to mix milk and meat?
Repetition of the same sin - can it be for the good?
May a Gentile attend Jewish services?
When can you postpose a brit milah?
In Jewish view, must a captain go down with his ship?
My mother is not Jewish - my father is Jewish.
Sex in public?
Are we required to move to Israel?
Judaism - Who is the mother?
Is it Okay to sell an unkosher Torah?
Invitation to an Unveiling?
Is there an obligation to leave a country dangerous to Jews?
V’ahavta l’Reacha Kamocha
Can Masorti converts wed in an Orthodox shul?
Are combat sports like boxing okay?
Commemorating Jewish Days of Tragedy.
Leap Year AGAIN?
“what’s in it for me” Torah observance?
Is it cheating to take too long of a lunch break?
In a pinch, ok to use a phone app for praying on Shabbat?
Where does Kol Nidre service fit into Yom Kippur?
Why is there a tradition to say chapters of Tehillim?
Electric Shabbat and Havdalah Candles?
What constitutes adultery?
Nudity within a Marriage - Jewish views?
Must we attend Kol Nidre?
Holding an unveiling service on a holiday!
How has the Shoah (Holocaust) affected rabbinic Judaism?
Stand up for Israel
Is recycling and saving the planet a mitzvah?
Must we honor an abusive parent?
The process of teshuvah in Judaism.
Jewish view on resurrection of the dead - physical status?
Shaving with a razor instead of an electric shaver?
Was Moses a Bad Father and/or Spouse?
What is the Jewish view regarding abortion?
Dangerous Facebook post by teen.
What does Judaism say about naming a child?
Should a minority impose their wishes on the majority?
Why not cremation?
No relations - Divorce?
Can a single mother with a child be accepted as a spouse?
Intermarriage Problem?
Jewish views on mixed-breed animals?
Jewish wedding, unkosher food??
Balancing Mitzvot
Assisted living dining together
When donate clothes of the deceased?
Why are closed adoptions discouraged?
Supporting public schools, beyond my tax dollars?
Is aguna a non-orthodox concern?
What is the significance Tu B'Av?
Share scientific truths about global warming?
Is it Kosher to mix vegan 'cheese' and meat?
In Judaism, OK to lie to court to prevent death penalty?
Strange Customs?
Who decides who is Jewish?