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Rabbis, Thank you for your time! I'm just a gentile who's very interested in Ancient Hebrew, pre and post Exodus, history. What is the meaning of the term Anshe, when referring to 'a Mighty Warrior?'

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I am a kohein. A few months ago, I started a job as the activities director for a nursing home that is not Jewish owned, but has a lot of Jewish residents. Every now and then, a resident dies, and it can take hours before a deceased resident is removed from the building. As a kohein, I know I am not supposed to be in the building when there is a dead body present. But my boss won’t let me leave. What am I supposed to do about this?

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Dear rabbi Can a married woman do tantric massage with a female therapist? The husband agrees Thanks

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Genesis 35:18 "And it came to pass, as her "soul" was departing, that she (Rachel) "called" his name Ben~Oni "son of my sorrow" but his father called him Binyamin "son of the right hand." Rabbi would you explain why Yaakov ignored Rachel's name for their son? Hebrew names are specific and descriptive regarding character or circumstance. Rachel experienced grievous labor with their son and died as a result. The baby indeed brought her much sorrow in childbirth. Of course, the name wasn't encouraging - however, many Hebrew names aren't always desirable, yet the are emeth, truth.

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Is it selfish to not want to get COVID? Before COVID existed, I used to do lots of nice things. I used to have people over for Shabbat meals, have people stay with me for Shabbat, give people rides where they needed to go, and help people in other ways. Now that COVID is here, I have quit doing all these nice things and said no to people making these very requests of me. The community at large doesn’t seem to understand why I’ve changed so much. I am fully vaccinated and boosted and not in a high risk category if I were to get COVID. I am just afraid of catching it. Am I really being selfish?

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Shalom aleichem Rabbi Lauffer. Thank you for answering my last question. The translation of Malbim on Esther by Rabbi Jonathan Taub, is that an unabridged translation of Malbim’s entire commentary to Esther? Thanks.

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Dear Rabbi, my question is: Does a Jew have an obligation to vote in an election? Thank you.

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Dear Rabbi, I hope you can advise me. Someone in school is constantly insulting me. I’m fat, I’m stupid, I’m a loser, blah blah blah. What does Judaism teach about how I should respond to such insulting behavior? Thank you so much!

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What do you think about me putting a mezuzah on my doorframe if I'm not Jewish? Would this be inappropriate? I believe in HaShem, and I don't believe in Christ. I don't eat kosher (but at least I don't eat pigs or shellfish). Thank you.