Exile

Dear Rabbi, Are there any prophecies or credible predictions from any reliable sources that the future of American Jewry could come to a sudden, tragic collapse someday, similar to the Holocaust, or that Jews in the United States could face difficult times full of persecution from the majority of U.S. citizens and/or the government, motivating many Jews to leave the country while most are unable or unwilling to? Thank you so much!

Are there any prophecies or credible predictions from any reliable sources that the future of American Jewry could come to a sudden, tragic collapse someday, similar to the Holocaust, or that Jews in the United States could face difficult times full of persecution from the majority of U.S. citizens and/or the government, motivating many Jews to leave the country while most are unable or unwilling to?

Hi, does Exodus Rabbah say that the Pharaoh was the same person during whole stay in Egypt? Is there any other comments or information about that? 210 years seems a long time.   Thank you for your answer.

K’vod HaRav, Isn’t there a statement by חז״ל to the effect that had the non-Jewish world known at the time when the Romans were laying siege to Yerushalaim what they stood to lose if Yerushalaim was destroyed, they all would have come to defend it?

Jeremiah prophecies about Rachel weeping for her children because they “are not” many commentators say he is comparing this to Rachel. However Rachel did end if conceiving.. so I don’t understand. What does a voice heard in Rama?

Hello, In the past millennia or so, why did so many Jewish people end up in Europe (and eventually North America) and settling there instead of the East like the Orient? Did Jews prefer the Western cultures or lands over the East was it just pure coincidence or circumstances? Why did history turn out that way? As someone of Far East Asian descent who admires Jewish culture, it saddens me a little there isn't much Jewish history in China, Korea, Japan compared to Europe like Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, etc.

When I study Jewish history, I found out that most of the years have passed Jewish nation in the state of exile. It's very unique to Jews, and no other nation has experienced such a lengthy galut. Exile causes great pain. Why has HaShem put Jews into the such a long exile. What's the purpose of exile. What benefit is there to go through such a painful galut?

I met in the USA a Jewish kid who was sweet, me and him were on deportation. I was a Palestinian muslin, he is a Jewish kid from Russia. He prayed 3 times a day and introduced me to the Torah and Sidur. We both enjoyed both books. I fell in love in Moses' teachings and in the prayer, and I converted to be a Jew. Then months later I got deported to the Palestinian territory where now I can't say or dare to read and practice in peace my new faith ! Can a rabbi or a faithful Jew help me? Please save me, I need to join a Jewish school and learn Hebrew and the Jewish faith, please

BSD. I think there is a Midrash that teaches us that the 70 souls going into Mitzrayim did not include the wives of the sons of Yaakov Avinu. Does anyone know anything about this? Does the count include the wives? Can someone please tell me who are counted in the 70 souls? Thanks

In most English translations of Zechariah 3:9, it says, “I will remove the iniquity of that land…” My question is about the article “that.” Is there a clear distinction in scriptural Hebrew between articles such as “a,” “the,” “this,” and “that?” Would it be incorrect to translate the verse as “the land,” rather than “that land?”