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Generally the study of other religions is discouraged and not something Jews should engage in. For example studying non Jewish philosophy was part of how Acher went off the correct path in Judaism. I' …

you could make your question stronger by applying the same question to every mitzvah and not just davening. consider what is a need? what is a weakness? why should I care? consider, what is a need? W …

Rambam's 13 principles of faith number 9. The Torah is relevant and applicable for all times. How we understand and apply this to our lives is important to understand which is why we are told in perke …

The Mitzvah is n'geya b'atzmus... You could make the question stronger and ask why would G-d need any mitzvah from us? Part of the answer is how we understand the word "need" and how we understand w …

No, the Tanya is meant for the average person who is not a tzadik and who has the potential to be a bononi. The reason that the Tanya and the first part of Tanya are referred to as "sefer Shel benonim …

I would argue that favor was significant if someone was sent into the world to do it. This reminds me of an excerpt from hayom yom. 5 Iyar: 'The Alter Rebbe received the following teaching from the tz …

My grandfather has a saying that we were given two ears and one mouth so that way we would listen to others twice as much as we talk and then one one adds the knowledge and wisdom gained from another …

Judaism consists of the religious belief and practice aspect of the the Jewish people. More correctly Jewish is an ethnicity. While Judaism has religious beliefs and rituals someone is determined to b …

of course you should. there is never too much love in the world. if being involved with mitzvas and learning Torah doesn't produce caring about others and being kind then something is severely wrong. …

There is an expression in the Talmud which talks about a convert who converts. This double language has an implication. That implication is a person who goes through with the conversion process was so …

Having children is a mitzvah which can be fulfilled when there is marriage but isn't the reason for marriage. From the Torah... Bereishis chapter 1 verses 27 And God created man in His image; in the …

you started by making the assumption that the only reason for the akeda was to test if Abraham would follow G-d's command but there is another underlying motive here which is a powerful way of conveyi …

How is the 10th commandment of the 10 commandments "לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד" (not to covet) understood in light of the verse in Devarim? The verse in Devarim is, "The hidden things belong to the Lord, our God, …

Assuming one isn't davening in a minyan so as not to disrespect the minyan but if someone is already praying on their own is it permissible to face another direction? "Rebbe Yitzhak said: one who wish …

I'm not sure there is any proof that Jesus ever existed. the only documents that reference him directly are not first hand historical texts. these include the christian bible and Josephus. as far as t …