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Dear Rabbi, What is the Jewish view of laziness? Does God abhor laziness? To be honest, I am a very lazy person myself. I know I should do more Jewish things but I guess I’m just too lazy. I know many other religions consider laziness a serious sin and, in their view, I would be a terrible sinner. Thank you, Rabbi, as always, for your guidance.

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Hi, So I am a relatively 'new' believer in the teachings of Judaism. The journey both into the culture and the faith has been amazing so far. I actually began reading the Talmud and embarked on a journey to study the Torah and Tanakh in fullness as well. Of course, I face questions about my faith of which I have been able to counter many easily with knowledge both from verses of the Torah and Tanakh and parts of the Talmud that I have read. However, recently I was met with the question of Daniel 12:2 and the meaning of 'eternal damnation' whereas I thought Judaism was based off the belief of Gehonnim not being an 'eternal state' of punishment but a place of purification and cleansing in preparation for the new world- in short, not exactly 'a hell'. I have tried searching for myself but so far I am inconclusive. How exactly does Judaism frame Gehonnim especially in light of Daniel 12:2? Or did I have the teachings of the afterlife wrong all-together?

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A lot of produce sold in stores have identification stickers attached. From a health standpoint, the gluey residue is perfectly safe and it is even safe to eat the whole sticker! But this does not answer kashrut questions. There is no way of knowing what the sticker or the ink printed on it or the glue are made of. Do these pose kashrut issues in any way? Should the area of the skin of a fruit or vegetable where the sticker was attached, which contains traces of the adhesive after removal, be discarded?

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What is the Jewish view of laziness? Does G-d abhor laziness? To be honest, I am a very lazy person myself. In my heart, I wish I could fulfill a lot more mitzvot than I really do. But I don’t because I find myself too lazy, simply lacking the physical and mental energy. I am too lazy to go to synagogue most of the time, too lazy to daven by the deadline or sometimes at all, too lazy to bensch after meals, too lazy to study as much Torah as I wish I could. I know many other religions consider laziness a serious sin. In their views, I would be a terrible sinner.

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I met a nice Jewish guy on a Jewish dating site and he and I very much want to get married. We love each other and both agree we are a perfect match. My parents think highly of him and his family and are hopeful we will get married. I am modern orthodox and he is not orthodox at all and has no desire to become orthodox, but he has a strong Jewish identity and some orthodox relatives he is close to. I am fine with that. I can accept him regardless of his level of observance. He is willing to move to the eruv area and let our home be kosher if we were to marry and send any kids we have to orthodox schools. The issue I am wondering about is he owns a well known non-kosher restaurant and his clientele is largely non-observant Jews. He also caters weddings and bar mitzvahs of non-orthodox Jews, some of them being intermarriages. If I were to marry him, I would benefit from the income he makes from his non-kosher business that is his livelihood. Is there a problem with me marrying him then? I don’t make enough money to sustain a household myself, and most of our income would come from his restaurant.