JOG Ask The Rabbi
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Why Do We Bless Our Children On Friday Night?
It is not only on Friday night that we bless our children, explains Chief Rabbi,...
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Why do we Cover our Eyes When we say the First Verse of the Shema?
Most of us know that we cover our eyes when we say the Shema. This week Rabbi...
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Why Do We Need a Mechitza?
Rabbi David Mason of Muswell Hill United Synagogue discusses the background of the...
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Why Do We Put Salt On Challah When We Eat It On Shabbat?
This week Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum of Cockfosters and N Southgate United Synagogue's Hadley...
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Why do we Take Three Steps Back and Three Steps Forward at the Beginning of the Amidah?
Rabbi Moshe Freedman of Northwood United Synagogue explains that the Amidah is a...
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Do Jews Have to Have Hebrew Names?
Rabbi Shlomo Odze, Associate Rabbi of South Hampstead United Synagogue explains why...
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How Do You Become a Cohen, Levi or Yisrael?
Rabbi Yoni Birnbaum of the Hadley Wood Jewish Community explains that a Jewish person...
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What is Lag B'Omer?
Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman of the New West End Synagogue talks about the festival of Lag...
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What is Shatnez?
Rabbi Jonny Hughes, rabbi of Richmond US, talks about what Shatnez is. Please note...
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What is Shemitta?
Rabbi David Mason of Muswell Hill United Synagogue explains what Shemitta is.
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