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Is it forbidden to refer to public figures in politics you don’t like by derogatory terms? For example, when talking amongst your friends, describing a politician you don’t like as an ‘idiot’ or ‘moron’ or some other harsh name you believe fits them.

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Eat cheeseburgers, and in the eyes of Orthodox Jews, you are not ‘frum.’ Drive a car on Shabbat and to many, you have forfeited the ‘frum’ label. At the same time, while most frum Jews are perfectly decent people and are law abiding citizens, it is no secret that there are a sizable number of ‘frum’ Jews who embezzle money, cheat customers in business, molest children, or beat their spouses, all as they continue to observe Shabbat and Kashrut and wear a kippah and most of all, maintain the ‘frum’ label. How can that be? Theft, deceitful business practices, sex offenses, and inflicting physical injury on others must certainly be graver sins than eating treif or violating Shabbat.

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Shalom aleichem Rabbi Lauffer. Thank you for answering my last question. It says here https://din.org.il/2012/01/04/%D7%90%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%9D-%D7%A0%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9F-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%93/ that "When we speak of a feast which either the non-Jew or the Jew arranges, it is forbidden according to all opinions to eat with the non-Jew at the same table. If each one sits at his own separate table, then if the feast is in the house of the non-Jew, the Jew cannot eat there but if it is in the Jew's house, it is allowed as long as they do not eat at one table [and the majority of people are Jews]." First of all, is this the actual halacha, and if so, would a seder meal be considered a "mesibah" or "feast" for which it would be forbidden to eat at the same table with the non-Jew even if other Jews at the table make up the majority and it is at the house of the Jew? And would it make a difference if the non-Jew is a helper for one of the Jewish women at the seder? Thanks a lot.

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Dear Rabbi, Do you have any idea about the significance of the five parchments and compartments in the tefillin boxes: four in the head box and one in the arm box? Thank you!

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Hello, I am currently undergoing a research investigation into the Jewish application of belief for the medical practice of Xenotransplantation, and I was wondering how the Jewish application of beliefs would impact adherents choice surrounding this medical technology.

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Is it permitted for females to slaughter animals in halachic process?

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Hello, I am someone who grew up Christian, but as I have worked through the last two years of seminary, I have realized how one-sided the Christian faith is. Currently, I am in a class that is teaching grace in the Old Testament. My question is, how did ancient Jews attain salvation? Did salvation and grace exist? Thank you, Scott

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Dear Rabbi, Would you please explain the meaning of the “funny-looking capsule” stuck on the doorposts of Jewish homes? (I mean no disrespect!)

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I am a bat anusim with 4 generations maternal genealogy and evidences awaiting to meet with the beit din for review of my case. In searching for a synagogue to learn Torah with, I was suggested by the local orthodox rabbi to drive to Shabbat services to begin experiencing Jewish communal life. When I asked if I could leave after Havdalah, he said I shouldn't stay for it. Can a ben or bat anusim in the process of a giur le'chumra drive to synagogue on Shabbat, or be asked to do one counter-mitzvah as a standard ger would? Can they light nerot, make kiddush, and havdalah? As a bat anusim, should women be treated like a geriah or counted as a Jewess? Thank you.