Tag Archives: ask a jew

SpokaneFāVS is pleased to announce the addition of "Ask A Quaker" and "Ask A Hindu" to its popular Ask series.

In Judaism, they can never be considered outdated because they are not a symptom of the time.

The term is not so much of a “wasted blessing” as it better translated and understood as a “ blessing for nought” or a nullified blessing. In Hebrew it is a “bracha l’vatala,” from the word nullification-like we nullify our leaven before Passover.

Tisha B’Av, the 9th of the Jewish month of Av, is a day of mourning.

Social Justice in Judaism most often looks like Tikkun Olam. The Hebrew phrase means “Repairing the world.”

I have read that there is controversy about whether the Wailing Wall truly is a remnant of the Second Temple or whether it is part of a Roman fortress. What does the evidence indicate?