JOG Ask The Rabbi
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What is the Significance of Wearing the Kippa?
Dayan Binstock, Rabbi of St John's Wood United Synagogue and Dayan of the London Beth...
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What's Lag B' Omer All About?
Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet of Mill Hill United Synagogue talks of numerous interesting...
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Why are Jews Allowed Piercings but not Tattoos?
Rabbi David Lister of Edgware United Synagogue first explains that in order to...
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Why Can I Drink All Whiskies But Not All Wines?
Having grown up in Scotland, Rabbi David Mason of Muswell Hill United Synagogue enjoys...
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Why Can't a Jewish Man Listen to a Woman Singing?
Rabbi David Lister of Edgware United Synagogue discusses that whilst this seems a very...
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Why do we Light Shabbat Candles?
Rabbi Michael Laitner firstly gives the simple explanation that there is a requirement...
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Why do we Look at our Fingernails During the Havdallah Service?
Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet of Mill Hill United Synagogue (and, at the time of filming,...
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Why do we Make a Noise When we Read the Name of Haman During the Megillah?
Rabbi David Lister of Edgware United Synagogue dicusses the reasons behind making a...
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Why is the Basic Period of Mourning (the Shiva Week) 7 Days?
Rabbi David Mason of Muswell Hill United Synagogue expalins that Shiva in Hebrew means...
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What is a Gemach?
Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum of Cockfosters and N Southgate United Synagogue's Hadley Wood...
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