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What is the reason that we point to the Sefer Torah with our pinky during Hagbahah?

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The reason is probably because the pinky is the smallest finger, expressing a gentle touch of respect to the Torah. Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

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Various Rabbis

Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.

Mezuza

Kissing a Mezuzah or Sefer

3 Tishrei 5763

Learning Emunah - Jewish Thought

REDEMPTION, Why - What did I do!?

4 Cheshvan 5763

Conversion

I love pork

23 Cheshvan 5763

Kashrut

Scotch Whiskey

14 Kislev 5763

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General Questions

Sefer Torah On Women’s side of Mechitzah

Rabbi Chaim Tabasky | 1 Iyyar 5766

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Handles on the Torah Scroll (Atzei Chaim)

Rabbi Ari Shvat |

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Mezuzah

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Nisan 22, 5783

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Proper way to kiss a mezuzah or Torah

Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 28 Av 5766

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How old is the Earth?

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyyar 26, 5774

Christianity and Islam

Jews murdering prophets

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Tammuz 2, 5780

General Questions

Genesis 24: 2-9 – Put your hand under my thigh

Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Tevet 26, 5770

Kashering Dishes

Can I kasher hot water urn for passover

Rabbi David Sperling | Nisan 7, 5784

Signs of kosher fish and is there a kosher fish that is also

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 24, 5786

Banking and Interest

Follow up question stocks and shares

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 17, 5786

General Questions

Afterlife Concerns

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 19, 5786

Cohen's Marriage

Can a woman marry a Kohen in this case?

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 18, 5786

Kohen marrying woman not fit for him to marry

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 27, 5786

General Questions

Mitzvahs to be done daily

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 27, 5786

Basics of Jewish Faith

For Hashem

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 26, 5786

Fish

Signs of kosher fish and is there a kosher fish that is also

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 24, 5786

Torah Scroll

Halachic approach to antique Torah

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 22, 5786

Other Appliances

Terumah

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 20, 5786

General Questions

Afterlife Concerns

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 19, 5786

Cohen's Marriage

Can a woman marry a Kohen in this case?

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 18, 5786

General Questions

Asking out of genuine respectful curiousity from a gentile

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 17, 5786

Banking and Interest

Follow up question stocks and shares

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 17, 5786

Sefer Bereshit

Cain Punishment

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar 16, 5786

Private Questions on Differant Issues

Pirkei Avot Interpretation Question

Rabbi Daniel Kirsch | Adar 16, 5786

Nidda, Mikve and General Questions

Masturbation Question

Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | Adar 13, 5786

Kashering Dishes

Bone China Follow up

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Adar 9, 5786

Kashering Dishes

Dishwasher and bone china

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 26, 5786

All the Questions

Relating to KIDS WHO LEAVE the 'DERECH'

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 26, 5786

Immersing in the Mikve

Tevilas Keilim with labels

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Shevat 19, 5786

All the Questions

Lashon Harah about missionizing/"messianic" Jew

Rabbi Ari Shvat | Shevat 16, 5786

Brit Mila - Circumcision

Hatafat Dam Brit for a Baal Teshuva

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Shevat 15, 5786

Banking and Interest

Stocks/shares Israeli companies

Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Shevat 14, 5786

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