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Yom Kippur thoughts

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 18/09/2023

Rabbi Raymond Apple shares his thoughts. SAINTS WHO SIN The word "sin" comes into basically every page of the Yom Kippur...

Teshuvah is for everyone

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 11/09/2023

No moment in Jewish history was as breathtaking as the revelation at Sinai. At that moment, a slave rabble became...

How do you explain the large number of Jews in art and other forms of culture?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 21/08/2023

Ask the rabbi. JEWISH ARTISTS Q. How do you explain the large number of Jews in art and other forms of...

Is gambling a sin?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 14/08/2023

Ask the rabbi. TELEVISION Q. Why do many orthodox families not allow television in the house? A. Apart from the danger that...

Is the Messiah simply a nice dream or will it really happen?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 07/08/2023

Ask the rabbi. MASHI’ACH – DREAM OR REALITY? Q. Is the Messiah simply a nice dream or will it really happen? A....

What is an ethical will?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 17/07/2023

Ask the rabbi. WAYS & WILLS Q. I can’t be sure of being sufficiently with it to tell my family before...

What is the meaning of life?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 03/07/2023

Ask the rabbi. QUESTIONING THE MEANING OF LIFE Q. Why are rabbis often so hesitant in answering difficult theological questions, particularly...

Can women say Kaddish?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 06/03/2023

Ask the rabbi. PROUD OF MY HUMILITY Q. Is there anything wrong with being proud of one’s humility? A. The Torah says...

Can I reconvert to Judaism?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 27/01/2023

Ask the rabbi. BLACK HATS & BEING UNKEMPT Q. Why do some Chassidim wear black and look untidy? A. Looking untidy does...

Can a Jew be an existentialist?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 16/01/2023

Ask the rabbi. THE KOHEN’S LOVE Q. Why does the kohen praise God who "commanded us to bless His people Israel...

What is the Jewish view of pornography?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 16/05/2022

Ask the rabbi. COMPLETE WEEKS Q. When I count the Omer, I see that the Torah command is to have "seven...

Ancient synagogues were decorated with art. Why?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 17/01/2022

Ask the rabbi? ART IN THE SYNAGOGUE Q. Since the Ten Commandments forbid making any graven image or likeness, how could...

Can a Jewish man produce semen for medical tests?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 28/12/2021

Ask the rabbi. THE PARNAS & GABBAI Q. What is the function of a Parnas and Gabbai? A. In many synagogues, the...

Why do I have to wash my already clean hands before eating bread?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 13/12/2021

Asks the rabbi. BELIEF IN ANGELS Q. Does Judaism believe in angels? A. What do you mean by "believe"? Judaism always believed...

Does Judaism agree with female sterilisation?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 25/10/2021

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Yom Kippur

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 13/09/2021

Thoughts on Yom Kippur from Rabbi Raymond Apple.

Dreams, hopes & fears

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 30/08/2021

Rabbi Raymond writes about Rosh HaShanah.

Why some Jews leave a bare section on a wall on purpose?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 26/07/2021

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Do you think Israel should be a theocracy?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 19/07/2021

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Was the Holocaust the destruction of the third temple?

Featured Articles Rabbi Raymond Apple - 12/07/2021

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