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Rabbi Chaim Bender

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.88
  • Clarity of Response 9.73
  • Timeliness 10.0
  • Politeness 9.82
  • Total Questions 558
 I will answer questions about Judaism in general, Reform, Conservative and Orthodox as well. I will answer questions about converting to Judaism, and questions about why Jews do not believe in a risen messiah. I try to stay away from politics.

Eli Hadar

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.82
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 9.73
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Total Questions 45
 If you are a Jewish person who has been approached by missionaries and who is considering leaving the Jewish faith, please let me know and I will help you see how beautiful and moreover how right for you the Jewish religion is. Don't leave the truth of your fathers before you resolve the facts for yourself, and I can help you on that journey.

Rav Ovadiah

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.96
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 10.0
  • Politeness 9.96
  • Total Questions 221
 All questions pertaining to Judaism in general; medical and ethical Halakhah; New Testament theology as it pertains to Judaism and more specifically the misnomer of Yeshua as either G-d or the Messiah, rather than the reformer that he actually was.

Rabbi Sue Levy

On Vacation
returns 12/19/2009
  • Knowledgeability 9.83
  • Clarity of Response 9.94
  • Timeliness 9.92
  • Politeness 9.98
  • Total Questions 451
 I will be happy to discuss questions about the beliefs and practices of the Jewish people and faith, including but not limited to Reform Judaism.

Recent Answers

2009-11-15 what is a Jew:

If your son was born of a Jewish mother he is a Jew. I really do not know what you are referring to when you say, "Please tell me WHO IS A JEW? My son has made me question the hypocrisy of the Jewish religion"

2009-11-11 Reform Conversion:

Dear Megan, Thank you for your question. Without kno9wing the city or area you and your family live in, it is difficult to give you any answer but the most roundabout answer I can give you. I know

2009-11-02 Heaven:

Carl, Thank you for your kind question. While most Jews believe in some form of afterlife, it is not a mainstay of our belief system. Views vary fairly widely on the subject just as they do on messiah

2009-11-02 afterlife:

Thanks for the question. Most people refer to what is written in Torah first. One modern commentator put it this way: "The Torah (or what some call the Old Testament) speaks of the here and now. It does

2009-11-01 ethics and morality:

Thanks for this not so simple question. I will give you as simple a response as I think you may want. To go further you must spend a lifetime of study. One saying that we have about Ethics is this,

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