I seem to remember in my reading somewhere that in ancient times there was a term for gentiles who lived among jews. They practiced jewish riuals ans followed jewish beliefs but wher not jews by birth or conversion but more of a jew by assocaition. Have you ever come across this term? Thanks for your help

Hello Rabbi, I was just wondering why the Torah/Old Testament does not specifically ban father-daughter sexual intercourse/incest. My father raped and sexually abused me on regular occasions, and I very very abandoned, betrayed and hurt by the Higher Power. F.S.

Good day, My name is Derek Penn and I whenever the great state of Israel is mentioned in the news it is in the context of terrorism, suicide bombers, and the overall land-for-peace Arab-Israeli conflict. I have never been to Israel and I wanted to know, if you know, more about the day-to day aspect of the state. What type of economy do they have? I believe the government type is parlimentary. Any non-terrorism aspect that you could provide me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and have a wonderful day. Derek A Penn--

For the first time in my life I cannot walk to schule. My arthritic knees have finally won out and until I have the replacements I cannot continue to walk the 2.5 miles to my schule. I did walk for Rosh Hashanah, but it was very painful and took 1.5 hours. what are my options as it is not a life and death issue?

Shabbat: Brushing Teeth Can one brush one's teeth on Shabbat? I have heard of some people using liquid tooth paste to do this - why is this? Thanks If published, please publish anonymously.