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I have been trying to find out if it was normal practice for bodies to be washed and then anointed before burial in the time of the 2nd Temple. Can you help at all?

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My younger daughter is going to have her first child and it is a boy. She has the godmother, which is my older daughter, but no male person to ask. All of the Jewish men around are older. My oldest grandson (who is the nephew) will be close to 11 when his cousin is born and not old enough. All of their male friends are non-Jews. What could she do about a godfather. Sincerely, Cheryl Altman

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Is it permissable to use a hair care product that is made from an unkosher animal?

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Shalom Rabbi, I have read that Biblical Hebrew is a tenseless language, is this correct? Shalom, Jay

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Where does it say that attending a Pidyon HaBen substitutes for fasting 84 times? If possible please give an exact source. Thank you.