Dear Rabbi Fried, I have recently heard from a few women about a local initiative for women to study a chapter a week of the Tanach but don’t really understand…

Dear Rabbi Fried, Your most recent column on “The Wailing Wall” was very interesting and brought a question to my mind. I was unaware that Gentiles were also interested in…

Dear Friends, After having arrived back in Dallas from Israel, I wanted to share with you a feeling about the Kotel, known as the “Wailing Wall.” We stayed near the…

Dear Friends, I thought I would share with you a thought I had from the holy city of Tzefat (Safed), sitting with a group of former students from Dallas, now…

Dear Friends, I write to you from the holy city of Jerusalem. It’s still hard to believe I’m here after three years of attempting to travel here a number of…

Dear Rabbi Fried, My mother and I have been having a difference of opinion concerning cosmetic plastic surgery. I have wanted to get a nose job and face-lift for a…

Dear Rabbi, In our Hagadah which we used for our seder this year, it says “on the second night of Passover, we begin counting the “omer.” Nobody attending our seder…

Dear Rabbi Fried, This may sound a little revolutionary, but I have a new idea for the Seder. Instead of just reading through the same monotonous Haggadah year after year,…

Dear Rabbi Fried, The Jewish kids in our class were asked to give explanations on the symbolisms of the Passover rituals, and I was given matzo to explain. Could you…