Vengeance in Israel?…ask the Rabbi

Q. On the wall of a house in Israel where an Arab baby and his father were killed and members of the family badly injured, someone scrawled “N’kamah” – “Vengeance!” What is the Jewish perspective on acts of vengeance? Read more

Conversions in Israel? …ask the rabbi

Q. Why is the Israeli rabbinate so strict in what it expects from converts? Read more

Does the Talmud discuss contraceptives?…ask the Rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple has answers on contraceptives, Chassidism and women and matchmaking on Tu B’Av. Read more

Ask the Rabbi about dealing with Alzheimers

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers questions about Alzheimer’s and the Mourner’s Kaddish. Read more

Go to a football match on Shabbat?…ask the Rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers questions about soccer and death. Read more

Should rabbis keep out of politics?…ask the Rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. He was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and held many public roles. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem. Read more

Women at a funeral? Ask the rabbi

Is it true that women should not go to a funeral?   Why not ask the rabbi? Read more

Should we use a car space not meant for us?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. He was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and held many public roles. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem. He answered the question…and others. Read more

Why don’t we modernise the prayer book?..ask the rabbi

Q. Why don’t we modernise the prayerbook? Read more

Capital punishment in Indonesia…ask the Rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple has his say on the recent executions in Indonesia. Read more

Capital punishment in Indonesia…writes Rabbi Raymond Apple

Indonesia should be ashamed of itself for executing two Australians as well as six others. Read more

Ask the Rabbi: The Arab-Israeli conflict

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers questions on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Read more

Ask the Rabbi about Pesach

Rabbi Raymond Apple writes about the ten plagues, chametz and the invisible Seder guest… Read more

Is there a God – ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple is asked if can prove there is a God. Read more

Haman and Mordechai – a Purim story from Rabbi Raymond Apple

Countless generations have found it amusing. Some are completely scandalised. The halachah tells us that on Purim one should imbibe “until one does not know the difference between ‘Cursed be Haman’ and ‘Blessed be Mordechai'”. Read more

The real story of Purim

We ask the rabbi to give us the background on Purim… Read more

Q. Should terrorists who commit murder be executed? A question for the rabbi

Rabbi Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. He was Australia’s highest profile rabbi and held many public roles. He is now retired and lives in Jerusalem…and answers questions. Read more

Tu B’shevat – a message from Jerusalem

MAZEL TOV TO THE TREES Read more

The status of the father

Rabbi Raymond Apple explains the status of the father, why we sway when we pray and public service ethics. Read more

How much are you worth?…asks the rabbi

How much are you worth??…asks Rabbi Raymond Apple. Read more

Jews as The Devil

Q. Why do medieval texts think the Jew is a devil?    Rabbi Raymond Apple asks the question…and answers it. Read more

Ask the rabbi…about Chanukah

Rabbi Raymond Apple writes about Chanukah… Read more

Ask the rabbi about Chanukah

Rabbi  RaymondApple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation. Read more

Shake hands with a woman? – Ask the Rabbi

Rabbi Apple served for 32 years as the chief minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious congregation…he answers your questions. Read more

Photoshopping Judaism

In this week’s Ask the Rabbi, Rabbi Raymond Apple answers a question about retouching images in order to deceive people…  Read more

Ask the rabbi

Ask the Rabbi…Rabbi Raymond Apple answers questions on topics which may be of interest to you… Read more

Ask the Rabbi

Got a question. usually Rabbi Raymond Apple has the answer. Read more

Simchat Torah explained by Rabbi Raymond Apple

The name Simchat Torah is ambiguous. The conventional translation helps very little. To say “The Rejoicing of the Torah” tells us two things, but not what we really need to know. Read more

A Sukkot message from Rabbi Raymond Apple

A Sukkot message from Jerusalem. Read more

Yom Kippur Q&A

Rabbi Raymond Apple asks the questions…and answers them. Read more

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