Why do we focus on food on Rosh HaShanah?

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers the question… Read more

Does a Mezuzah bring you luck?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple provides the answer. Read more

Do Jews and Christians worship the same God?

This and other questions are answered by Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

Lechem: bread or war?

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers questions about bread… Read more

Mesirah? Ask the rabbi

“Mesira” was a key word in the recent Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Rabbi Apple answers  about its meaning. Read more

The Rabbi discusses Tishah B’Av

Rabbi Raymond Apple has answers on Tishah B’Av. Read more

What is a Din Torah?

Almost everyone has heard of it…but Rabbi Apple explains it in depth. Read more

Orthodoxy and Reform

Rabbi Raymond Apple deals with this oft-discussed subject. Read more

Can a Jew be excommunicated?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this and other questions. Read more

Do we want Mashi’ach now?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this question..and others. Read more

If a Jew has not been circumcised, can he have a Barmitzvah?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers questions on The Lord’s Prayer, an Uncircumcised Barmitzvah, The Talmud… Read more

Can criminals be counted in a minyan?…ask the rabbi

Interesting questions for Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

Pesach: Who is the most important son? Ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple has the answer. Read more

Were we really slaves?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple asks if the Jews were slaves in ancient Egypt. Read more

Koran is negative to Jews?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers the question… Read more

Should you believe what people tell you?…ask the rabbi.

Good question…read Rabbi Raymond Apple’s answer. Read more

Vashti: a fraud married to a faction

Megilat Esther, the Book of Esther, is both a narrative of historical events and a study of human dynamics. Both aspects are far from simple. Both are debated by the scholars…writes Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

What is the relationship between Mordechai and Esther?

..and other Purim questions – answered By Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

How to become Jewish…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers question on Judaism including why black is associated with bereavement. Read more

Why don’t Jews have saints?…ask the rabbi

Q. Why don’t Jews have saints like the Catholics? Read more

Me and the tree

A Tu BiSh’vat feature by Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

Why do orthodox Jews always think they are right?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple deals with questions on Judaism. Read more

How much should be spent on Torah ornaments…ask the rabbi

Ask the Rabbi….Rabbi Raymond Apple asks questions. Read more

Can you explain the terms deism, theism, pantheism and panentheism?

Questions for Rabbi Raymond Apple… Read more

Why do so many sing at the Shabbat table?…ask the rabbi

Q. Why do many people sing “z’mirot” (special table songs) during the Shabbat meals? Read more

The chanukah oil

Rabbi Raymond Apple writes on Chanukah… Read more

Ask the Rabbi….

Why blame the Greeks?
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Is Chanukah really worth celebrating?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers on questions on Judaism. Read more

What are the origins of the dreidel?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi  Raymond Apple provides answers  on questions relating to Judaism… Read more

Why did the Bible always have chapters and verses?…ask the rabbi

Bible Chapters, Two Visions of God and Seniors Citizens Course give rise to questions for the rabbi. Read more

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