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Ask JTF for Sunday, July 4, 2010
Spiraling Leopard:
Hello Chaim,
I have read that in the past, certain Hindu women in India who knew the muslims were coming and knew what they were planning to do to them,, rape and kill them,, committed suicide, to prevent the rape of their spirit.
Do you think suicide under these circumstances is permissible?
Thank you,
Robert.
christians4jews:
Hey chaim...
1) did you know good dental hygeine has been linked for keeping your heart healthy and living longer. Could you tell us your routine for cleaning your teeth?
2) what healthy food/foods that you know are really good for you, but you just don like the taste?
3) what animals amazes you the most?
Trace:
Shalom Chaim,
Why is it that nowadays, being a racist is considered basically the worst thing anyone could be? I don't think racism is a good thing, and I don't think you do either, but people should be able to mock and ridicule other cultures which promote evil. This seems to get confused with racism by most people, although it's not really the same thing. But even leaving that aside, there are worse things you can be than a genuine racist. Child molesters, rapists, murderers, even just robbers, burglars or fraudsters, are all worse than racists in my opinion - yet the media and the majority of America does not seem to see it that way. Doing anything racist in public will doom someone's career and reputation permanently. It is considered the worst and most unforgivable sin imaginable. I don't understand why everyone makes such a big DEAL over the issue of racism, as if it is the absolute worst travesty ever to befall mankind. Why do they do it?
Maimonides:
Shalom Chaim and Thank you as always for your hard work and for always answering my questions.
Do you think that Obama will be able to pass amnesty for illegal aliens through Congress before the mid-term elections? If not, then how about after the mid-terms when some congressmen will be lame ducks and have nothing to lose? If amnesty is passed do think it will be the end of America, because with all those illegal aliens now having the right to vote and bring in their families, there will be no turning back the demographic tide that is turning America from a first world country into a third world country?
DavidBenZion:
Dear Chaim,
I was hoping you could answer the following question for me. My father and I were discussing why it is that we in the Galut, celebrate certain holidays two days as opposed to one, because we are not in Eretz Israel, and have to account for any time differences. I can see the reasoning behind this, and see it as understandable in older, and biblical times. On the other hand, today we have technology that gives us the exact timing of things (satellites, GPS, etc.) and tells us exactly what time it is in whatever time zone we are in, and therefore it would seem logical that despite being in the Galut Jews would celebrate certain holidays, only one day, and have only one seder for example. What is your opinion on this subject? As always, thank you and God bless you Chaim, and the JTF. Sincerely,
DBZ
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