Background : My 18 years old son who just started attending Rutgers U. and is not religous (although i am ) as a result of my ex-wife influence and removal from a jewish education and contact with me at a very young age , and whom I was able to meet recently after 8 years of seperation. We spoke of religion and life's meaning , which he was very intrested in as he wrote a thesis on the subject of happiness and is intrested in philosophy. He asked me the following quiestions which I need your help in answering. 1. What is the goal/goals of religion? 2.How does it specifacaly help the individual achieve this goal/goals? 3. Why cannt one adopt all the good things from all religous /philosophical/ethical systems and be content just with that as opposed to embracing judaism in full? 4. Can one achieve a deeper and longer term happiness thru the Judaic system vs. all other systems , and how can it be proven to be so to someone who doesnt believe in Judaism? I answered him quiestions 1 and 2 based on the Guide to the preplexed thesis that all religion is for mans ultimate benefit and developement but he counterd with quiestion 3 . I responded that only Judaism is the perfect formula to these goals , but he asked for examples to elucidate this and to prove that judaism is a superior system to all other hybrids of positve ideas spread out in all thought/religous systems.This is where i got stuck . Pease help me out. I will be happy to forward your answers to him , thanks in advance , nehemia rosin 917 929 8941

Thank You for your response. I believe in a literal 6 day creation. And a young age of the Earth, so since the Earth is slowing in rotation I wonder if 6000 thousand yrs ago since the Earth spun faster, the Gravity & therefore the barometric pressure was greater with the faster spin...maybe spin does affect Gravity...and that might be why the moon is moving away from the Earth...I do think the Moon has much to do with the weather & Earthquakes.Consider since the Earth & the Sun are slowing the Earth is moving away from the Sun & the moon is moving away from the Earth...6000yrs ago the Solar system WAS in perfect orbits for Earth to have been a paradise & since SIN everything has been cursed and falling apart.With decreased gravity we have decreased barometric pressure, decreased oxygen concentrations since the atmosphere is expanding...consider in the High Andes the Indians living at high altitudes had thicker oxygen not that long ago since the Earth has slowed since those days hundreds of yrs ago...and 4 thousand yrs ago before Noah's Flood broke-up the plates and oceans of water coming out of the Earth are now splashing around the Earths surface the planet is slowing at a faster rate since it is more egg-shaped after the WWF.Dinosaurs were able to grow larger under Earth conditions of richer oxygen (6 to 4K yrs ago) & increased barometric pressures that came with a faster spin of the Earth with the moon closer to the Earth and the Earth closer to the Sun...all in a perfect Inhabital Zone created and tuned by God Almighty.New question:Since the Temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. has God left the Orthodox Jews without a way to attone for sine for the last 2000yrs???Or is Jesus Christ the WAY..."Eddie"

Why did Avrohom marry Hager?Hashem promised sarah that he would have a child so why the need to marry Hagar?AlsoHow come Bilha and zilpa are not considered Matriarchs they gave birth to the Shivutim too?Why did Yaakov need to marry them?

Dear, Rabbi Shalom. I jus recieved a small puppy for a pet and I would love to name it little one in Yeddish. How would you spell and say Little One in Yiddish and Hebrew? Toda. Marijane Wright

I've learned through certain resources that "pulse", as mentioned in the book of Daniel, was likely a mixture of beans, peas, and lentils. Is this true? If so, what specific kinds of these 'vegetables' would they have been in Daniel's time and place?