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Crossfire: Tackling Big Jewish Questions

Why do men wear black and white and women wear all colors? How does the Torah deal with the age of the earth? Why can’t women be rabbis? These are some of the questions that were posed to 3 of the greatest minds.

Hear their answers to the issues bothering people today. Rabbi Berel Bell, Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet and Rabbi Sholom Lipskar are put on the spot in this Crossfire moderated by Mrs. Molly Resnick.

This crossfire took place at the National Jewish Retreat, for more information please visit JRetreat.com

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7 Comments

  • Zalman Nelson, LMSW

    It’s great to see at least the effort to get community leaders together to address the issues we face. I’m sure that if they and other Rabbonim and Shluchim and leaders will continue to help us face our challenges, then together we will succeed and start making some progress.

    Here’s to good beginnings. May they continue!

  • Gila

    I’m looking forward to the answers–please post them for those of us not in NY.

  • Gila

    Could you expand the question about “How does the Torah deal with the age of the earth?” to include “How does the Torah deal with the age of the existence of of human beings?
    The Torah vs multiple paths of Science, (such as DNA, Archeological, Radioactive Decay etc.)

  • Ari

    (5) תלמוד בבלי מסכת יומא דף יט/א
    שם היה סנהדרין של ישראל יושבת ודנה את הכהנים ומי שנמצא בו פסול היה לובש שחורים ומתעטף שחורים ויצא והלך לו

    (14-15) תלמוד בבלי מסכת מועד קטן דף יז/א
    רבי אילעאי אומר אם רואה אדם שיצרו מתגבר עליו ילך למקום שאין מכירין אותו וילבש שחורים ויתעטף שחורים ויעשה מה שלבו חפץ ואל יחלל שם שמים בפרהסיא