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Dear Rabbi, My parents tell me it’s a big mitzvah to listen to them. Please explain to me the basis of this mitzvah and how big a mitzvah it really is. Thanks

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According to the 10th commandment, you are forbidden to covet the property of another. Does that mean that if you are monetarily struggling, you are forbidden to want to have the most basic necessities of life that all your acquaintances have, such as the ability to pay your rent and bills on time, to be debt free, to have a reliable car that doesn’t leave you stranded, or to have a sufficient amount of food to eat? Is that considered coveting what your neighbors have?

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Hello, I am a film student in college and I was wondering if it is okay for characters to put on Tefilin for a movie. This will probably entail the people to wrap multiple times for multiple takes until it is right. Is it okay to put on Tefilin and take it off in that manner? Thank you & Shanah Tova

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Is there ever an exception to the prohibition against hugging a member of the opposite sex when doing so is an act of chesed? Last week, I visited a not-orthodox woman who was sitting shiva for her husband who died suddenly and unexpectedly. She received few visitors and was feeling extremely broken and was desperately in need of a hug. There was no time to ask a rabbi. She needed it literally that very second. It just seemed like the right thing to do. I hugged her more than once over the course of my two-hour visit, once for several minutes, and these hugs brought her the comfort she so desperately needed at that moment. It maybe even saved her life, as one can die from a broken heart. Regardless, I couldn’t see myself saying no. Now I am feeling conflicted about what I did. Did I do the right thing?

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I was brought up in a conservative Jewish family, both parents were Jewish. I attended a Jewish parochial school for three years and had my bar-mitzvah. But at age 14 I stopped attending shul. I am now 66. Despite all this, I consider myself a Jew, although not a religious and observant one. My question is this. Am I correct in stating that I am a Jew?

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Are there any sins for which one can never achieve forgiveness, no matter how sorry they feel after the fact? Are there any sins that if one commits, one cannot earn a share in Olam Haba, no matter how much they atone and no matter how many other good deeds they have?

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What is the view in the eyes of Hashem of Jews who are raised orthodox and then go off the derech? How does Hashem typically punish those who do? Is the punishment severe? Are they denied a portion in Olam Haba for doing so? Is one who goes off the derech and later returns, either fully or partially, still punished severely for the time they spent off the derech? About half of diaspora Jews who are raised orthodox eventually do go off the derech. So does The All Merciful G-d really bring suffering upon 50% of those raised as Orthodox Jews just because they go off the derech?

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Rabbi, how do you tithe today? Do you do first, second and third tithe? How to properly do this tithes? I am a christian i want to properly tithe to the Lord, can you help me. What other offerings i can do for the Lord? Thank you very much