Some authors claim that the Torah, the Mishnah, the Talmud, and the Midrashim are separate documents. Other authors claim that the Talmud consists of the Mishnah and the Gemarah. Some authors claim that the Talmud includes Midrashim, others claim that the Midrashim are separate from the Talmud. Is the Mishnah separate from the Talmud? Does the Talmud contain some Midrashim? I understand that some Commentary on the Talmud, written centuries after the Talmud was written may include Midrashim; however, my questions relates to the Talmud itself, not the Commentaries.

Dear rabbi, I'm adopting a little girl who is four years old. I'm very lucky to have finally found a child that I know I will love unconditionally forever, and give her the attention she has been deprived of all her life...but my beautiful little daughter to be is also severly brain damaged from birth, though despite that fact I am so much looking forward to being her mother and bringing her into my loving observant Jewish home. She had been labled as "profoundly retarded" and my question to you is: Should I convert her even though she may never be able to understand Judaism at all or should I not even bother to convert her? I'd just like to hear your suggestion on the matter, thanks.

IHello, Rabbi. I understand there is a whole debate over wearing a sheitel made from Indian hair. I can't afford the european hair wigs; is a sheitel made from indian hair acceptable?