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The Big Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebration

Question: Is there a religious obligation to celebrate a Bar Mitzvah? If so, is there the same obligation to celebrate a Bat Mitzvah. Answer: The Talmud [BT Kiddushin 31a] tells a story about Rav...

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A Jewish Mother

Question: It is well known that in Jewish law a child inherits its religious status from its mother. What is the status of a child who was born as the result of an egg donation, where the birth mother...

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To Include Or Exclude?

Question: Can a child who has not been circumcised have a Bar Mitzvah? Answer: There is no doubt that, according to Jewish law, status is automatically conferred from mother to child, and that a child...

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30 – Father of Many Nations

Question: What is the proper way to refer to a convert when called to the Torah? Answer: The use of family names is a late phenomenon.  Since many people share the same name, to avoid confusion the...

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Standing by my Brother …

Question: Is it permitted to call two siblings, or a parent and a child, one after the other to the Torah?   Answer: When reading the Torah in public it is the custom to divide the Torah reading into...

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