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2008-10-20 Servants or Slaves?: Samuel (great name= "G-d heard"), And great question. I think the answer is both although perhaps not in the way we generally think of slavery (ie from our own past). Perhaps the family owed money to...
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2008-10-17 you probably get this alot..: Peter, Thank you for the kind question. Marital relations with one's spouse are permitted regardless of the motivation (ie pleasure versus procreation). Sex as dirty or something to be ashamed of is a...
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2008-10-16 Pork: Touching the carcass of an unclean beast results in ritual impurity (and would prohibit entry into the Temple until purity had been regained)-Leviticus 5:2. As such, a pious Jew should not handle pork...
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2008-06-29 Swimming: Martin, Good question. Yes, the Talmud does teach the parent's obligation to teach his or her children to swim. It actually comes from an unlikely area of the Talmud (which indicates both its spiritual...
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2008-03-01 Anointing with oil: Dave, Thank you for the kind question. The anointing oil was only used by Moses in anointing the High Priest and Priests (Exodus 29) and in the consecration of the Holy Place and articles (Exodus 30 and...
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