What goes with your PM, with his apartment shady deals and financial shenanigans. It gives Israel and the Jewish religion a bad name, agreed? The Jews need to take the high road morally, ethically and spiritually.

Dear Rabbi, This is a very embarrassing question, probably not fit for any kind of publication, but a very serious one as well. This issue has tormented me for years and I'm desparate for some clarification or chizuk. My question has to do with the gemara and the end of Yoma that speaks of one who Chas vbsholom sees keri on yom kippur and how he must worry for the rest of the year. I am married and 41 years old. My fear of this gemara has led me to actually keep myself awake all night on yom kippur for the last 20 years!. Moreover, my paranoid obsession with the possibility of some form of unclean emission during the course of yom kippur makes me a nervous wreck even during the waking hours of the day. It gets to the point where I start to have "wierd" sensations in that area which feel like I'm becoming "tomei" even while wide awake. Any insight or chizuk you can offer would help bring some measure of peace to a trobled soul. Thank You. Gmar Chasima Tovah

Dear Rabbi, My question is not related to religion but related to making the right moral and/or spiritual decision. I have a son who is 25 years old. Drug use since 15 years old. Yoounger sister seriously ill for last 11 years. They are close. He dropped out of college and has been in trouble with misdemeanors ever since. These started with a relationship and drug use. Last problem was one where his ex girlfriend got busted for having bags of weed on her. She told the Sergeant that it belongeed to her boyfriend, who was not with her at the time. She was high when she was stopped by the police. This is a small city and things are done a little differently here. The sergeant took it upon himself to call my son and my son was told that if he came in the next day and said the weed was his, then his girlfriend could get out of jail. My son did that and has had trouble with paying court fees, holding a job, and uses dope for his anxiety and severe depression.

Dear Rabbi, All joking aside I do have a more serious question to ask you.... What does a person do when their Mashert/Masherta (pardon my spelling) marries someone else? I know that I met my soulmate a few years ago but because I could not offer her the financial and material future she wants. She knows we are soulmates and always has continued the effort to maintain contact as she needs me on an emotional level in her life. There is not physical thing, no violation of marriage or anything like that. But what do I do? How do I carry on when the "One" has married another? Thank you.

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