Why was the Temple destroyed?
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi Fried, I don’t fully understand what I heard that the early Sages say, that “any generation in which the Temple is not rebuilt…
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi Fried, I don’t fully understand what I heard that the early Sages say, that “any generation in which the Temple is not rebuilt…
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Friends, We continue to receive questions pertaining to our columns on the treatment of the Names of G-d. I will share with you a…
Dear Friends, There continue to be a number of follow-up questions from the readers on our discussion of the Names of G-d. I will present to you one of them…
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Readers, In the previous column, we discussed the Torah’s prohibition of erasing or otherwise destroying the Name of G-d. We raised a question of…
Dear Rabbi Fried, Thanks for your answer about using the name of G-d in a newspaper, and why you use a hyphenated form. I still have a question, however. How…
Dear Rabbi Fried, This year we were invited to an observant family for a meal on the eve of the holiday of Shavuot. We’re sort of nervous since we don’t…
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Friends, My wife and I just returned to Dallas from a few days “away from it all” in a beautiful country home of some…
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi, We’re getting married soon and are debating whether to have a kosher home or not. It’s a huge commitment, and we’re not so…
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi Fried, I’m a happy single Jewish guy, and don’t, personally, see a reason for getting married. I’ve been in very meaningful relationships, some…
By Rabbi Yerachmiel D. Fried Dear Rabbi, Thank you for answering my question relating to “counting the omer.” I was fascinated by the point you made at the end of…