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JUDAISM IN THE LIGHT OF KABALA AND CHASSIDUS

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This site presents Judaism according to Chassidut and Kabala. It covers an extensive array of topics, including education and marital harmony, for example.

Q. A woman lost her son unfortunately, and is now sitting shiva for her sister. Her son’s yahrtzeit will occur during the shiva. She strongly

Q. What is more important – saying Kaddish for the merit of the deceased, or learning mishnayos for him?

Q. When should “kulanu bnei bris” (“all of us are members of the covenant,”) be added on to Birkas HaMazon (Grace after Meals)? Is it

SHABBAT

Which is preferable on Shabbat, to use a computer, or a Shabbat pen?

Q. Which type of rust should be removed before koshering a utensil?

Q. If a person is known to be mentally unwell, and it is known that he wishes to commit suicide, and the person has been

Q. A person was caught doing illegal business overseas, and was put in prison. While he was there, he fell prey to missionaries and in

Q. When a person is within his year of mourning for a parent, and he enters a place where there is music playing, what should

Q. A person quarreled with his wife, and in order to aggravate her, he claimed that he betrothed their daughter to a particular man but

Q. Is one obligated to say the blessings on the Torah before the preliminary Krias Shema? (Krias Shema Ktana)

Q. Yichye is a person who prays in a fast minyan, and when he is just starting to say Vidui, (the confessional prayer,) the congregation

Q. Is is permissible to break the lock and use a bicycle which is broken but standing in Tel Aviv for more than a year?

What are the ramifications of the consciousness of egolessness (bitul) in a person’s life and in his relationships with others?

How we can explain the concepts Tohu and Tikun in the human psyche according to Chabad Chasidism?

How can we identify if the person reacts from a Tohu consciosness?

What are the Diagnostic Tools of the Chasidic Counselor?

Q. If an optometrist was tired and mistakenly gave the wrong prescription eyeglasses to a customer and as a result the customer’s eyes were weakened

What is rectified Self awareness according to the Jewish Psychology approach?

What are the stages of normative psychological development according to Chabad Chasidism? What are the developmental challenges of every stage? and what is the proper

How can we identify if the person reacts from a Tikun consciosness?

What are Main Assumptions of the Chasidic Counselor? What is the essence of the Chasidic spiritual mentoring or counseling?

Q. How should a person whose father’s name is not known be called up to read from the Torah? What is the law if a

Selling Mezuzot

I sell Mezuzot in a Chabad House, and various sorts of people come to purchase from me. Should I be careful to sell a Sefardi

Milk in a meat pot

If milk spilled into a meat vessel that had meat in it within the previous 24 hours, what is the Halachic status of the milk,

Kashering meat

Is it necessary to remove the kidneys before salting the meat in the kashering process?

Meat in the mouth

Shalom Rabbi! I waited six hours after a meat meal, but then found a piece of meat between my teeth. Do I need to wait

Chanukah candles

Is it permissible to use Chanukah candles which stay lit less than half an hour?

Spitting in Aleinu

I davvened in a shul in England and spat during the prayer of Aleinu, so the president of the shul came and shouted at me,

False impressions in commerce

I work in a non-profit organization, and according to law, I must have three price offers for every product that the organization purchases. I already

Lost and found

I found a wallet with a large sum of money and other valuables, it belongs to a non-Jew. Do I have to return it?

Walking stick on Shabbat

When it is very cold outside, my husband uses a walking stick in order not to fall. May he do so on Shabbat?

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