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There is a concept of Mazel in Judaism. It means fate. Mazel influence so many fields of area in daily life. However, Jewish sages that Jews can overcome Mazel through service of HaShem which go against one's nature. For example, daughter of Rabbi Akiva avoid her fate that she dies at the wedding. I heard there is a group of gentiles who keep 7 noahide Laws. Can they also overcome one's own mazel by performing mitzvah which requires to go over one's inborn nature? Thank you.

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Hi rabbi. Do all synagogues keep records of marriages that took place from roughly 1965-70.

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Supersedes previous - What does halacha say about a Jewish father supporting an out of wedlock child of a gentile mother? Thank you.

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I’ve asked this before but I’ll ask again because it’s more contextually relevant, I asked how to convince non Orthodox Jews of orthodoxy and you said to show them, but in a context where you can’t or they won’t engage then what arguments can one put out that orthodoxy is the only authentic tradition (for example I know a pro abortion reconstructionist woman who says the past has a vote not a veto, or reform Jews, or conservative Jews who say they’re halachic and that gay marriage is kosher because some conservative rabbis interpret the Torah that way etc)