Thank you.But when you say spirituality is something that "must be aspired to and toiled over", it seems to conflict with the notion of legacy, that Jews by dint of being born Jews have a spiritual superiority, placed higher than the gentile in the spiritual hierarchy. I understand that they, the chosen Jews, must still labor toward becoming spiritual; but you state that they are from the start on a higher ground, with greater potential. My main qustion has not been fully answered. I still don't understand why hashem would want to sustain a world, and in fact will such a world into being, whereupon less than one percent of human beings are aware of his torah or commandments. Why would hashem want such a tiny minority to be receptive to and have access to the truth of torah?????Yours Truly,Valerie Schweiter

What Torah text refers to Kedushah?

Is there a concept of having a somewhat muted celebration by the bris because of the suffering of the baby?

How does Lubavitch (philosphy, practice, and followers) differ from mainstream Orthodoxy? What is the basis for the claim that the late Rebbe is/was Mashiach?

In class, when asked what the most important aliah is, i responded with the maftir. However much to my dismay, my teacher said that not only is it the least important, but also that it does not even have to be said by a Bar-Mitzvah, or it can be said by someone who has had an previous aliah. When asked why, the Rabbi said that.. 1.It is a repetition of the torah reading, so we are just saying it again, and therefore does carry the importance as a regular aliah, and can therefore be said by a non-barmitzvah. My question is, if you are on the Trieneal cycle, is the same thing true, because you have not already said this specific passage in the days normal torah reading. So therefore can the person that says the Maftir Alliah, be below the Bar-Mitzvah age, and can it be someone that has said a previous aliah.