Question In the above blessing, "Blessed are You, O Lord, King of the universe, who has created me in accordance with His will," the first words are addressed in the second person ("Blessed are You"), whereas the last words are in the third person ("in accordance with His will"). Isn't this strange?

Question Why are the prayers in Hebrew rather than in a language the synagogue-goer can understand?

Question Catholicism lays great stress on confession of one's sins to a priest. Is there a Jewish equivalent?

Question Jewish prayer includes a plea for rain between Passover (March-April) and Sukkot (September-October). Why should a Jew living in a country in which this may be the dry season pray for rain at that time?

Question Is it true that there is a blessing that is recited after excretion of waste?

 

Question Anyone visiting the vicinity of the Temple area of the Old City of Jerusalem will find there self-appointed Jewish "guards" who advise Jews not to enter the Temple Mount compound, even to pray. Why do the "guards" object to Jews setting foot on the Temple Mount?

Question What are tzitzit and when are they worn?

Question What are the different ways that tzitzit may be worn?

 

Question What is the mezuzah?

Question What does the word mezuzah mean?

Question What is the mezuzah's significance?

Question Which doors require a mezuzah?

Question Where is the mezuzah to be affixed?

Question What precautions are needed in buying a mezuzah?

Question What is the Torah?

 

Question What is a tallit gadol?

Question The Bible (Num. 15:38) makes reference to a "blue string" within the tzitzit or fringes. To what does this allude?

Question What are tefillin and when are they worn?

 

Question How is the scroll kept?

Question Are there any differences between the two types of scrolls beyond those mentioned above?

Question In the modern era, can't any of this process be mechanized?

Question If the scanner is so accurate, why not have all Torah scrolls checked this way, rather than by scribes?

Question What are the different silver objects which are placed on Torah scrolls?

 

Question What is a megillah?

Question What is the bimah?

Question What is the aron kodesh?

Question What is the ner tamid?

Question What is a mehitzah?

Question What is the shofar, and when is it used?