JOG Ask The Rabbi
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What is The Best Thing To Say To a Mourner?
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis answers the question of what the best thing to say to a...
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Why Do Mourners Sit On Low Chairs and Eat an Egg after the Funeral?
Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum of Hadley Wood, a satellite of Cockfosters and N Southgate United...
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Praying For Rain - Where and When?
Rabbi Michael Laitner explains why our prayers for rain vary according to time and...
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Simchat Torah vs Shavuot - What's the Difference?
Rabbi Andrew Shaw explains the difference between the receipt of the Torah at Shavuot...
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What are Angels?
Rabbi Moshe Freedman of Northwood United Synagogue dicusses the topic of angels and...
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What is a Chuppah and What is its Significance?
Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum of Cockfosters and N Southgate United Synagogue's Hadley Wood...
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What is the Difference Between Tallit and Tzitzit?
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis informs us where the origin of the Commandment to wear...
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Why do People Lift Their Finger up to the Torah on Shabbat When it is Held Up?
Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum of Cockfosters and N Southgate United Synagogue's Hadley Wood...
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Why do some Jews wear Black Hats and Long Black Coats?
Rabbi Moshe Freedman of Northwood United Synagogue explains that this style of dress...
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Why do some Jews write the name of God as 'G-d' rather than God?
Rabbi Harvey Belovski of Golders Green United Synagogue explains that because the...
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