Rabbi Yaakov Klass

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	Select an Archives Section: JP Archives: Questions & Answers 412 Archived Articles Found in Questions & Answers Next 20 Articles > 1) Posted Nov 09 2011 Q & A: Incongruous And Unbecoming (Part IV) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass Question: Lately I've seen some young men who, though they wear a yarmulke, have ponytails or long unruly hair. I've even seen some ear piercings. Somehow I find this behavior to be incongruous. My real problem is that my own nephew and a few of his friends wear their hair in this manner. Even though his parents look upon it as a passing fad, I am at a loss to understand such behavior. Luckily, whether right or wrong, I've held my tongue. I wonder what the proper positive action to take is in this matter. No Name Please (Via E-Mail) Read Article 2) Posted Nov 02 2011 Q & A: Incongruous And Unbecoming (Part III) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass Question: Lately I have seen some young men who though they wear a yarmulke have ponytails or other long unruly hair - I've even seen some ear piercings. Somehow I find this behavior to be incongruous. My real problem is that my own nephew and a few of his friends wear their hair in this manner. Even though his parents look upon it as a passing fad, I am at a loss to understand such behavior. Luckily, whether right or wrong, I've held my tongue. I wonder what is the proper positive action in this matter. No Name Please Via e-mail Read Article 3) Posted Oct 26 2011 Q & A: Incongruous And Unbecoming (Part II) By Rabbo Yaakov Klass Question: Lately I've seen some young men who, though they wear a yarmulke, have ponytails or long unruly hair. I've even seen some ear piercings. Somehow I find this behavior to be incongruous. My real problem is that my own nephew and a few of his friends wear their hair in this manner. Even though his parents look upon it as a passing fad, I am at a loss to understand such behavior. Luckily, whether right or wrong, I've held my tongue. I wonder what the proper positive action to take is in this matter. No Name Please (Via E-Mail) Read Article 4) Posted Oct 18 2011 Q & A: Incongruous And Unbecoming (Part I) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass Question: Lately I've seen some young men who, though they wear a yarmulke, have ponytails or long unruly hair. I've even seen some ear piercings. Somehow I find this behavior to be incongruous. My real problem is that my own nephew and a few of his friends wear their hair in this manner. Even though his parents look upon it as a passing fad, I am at a loss to understand such behavior. Luckily, whether right or wrong, I've held my tongue. I wonder what the proper positive action to take is in this matter. No Name Please (Via E-Mail) Read Article 5) Posted Oct 16 2011 Q & A: Take Three Steps Back By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I've noticed that at the conclusion of the shemoneh esrei some people take three steps back without then taking three steps forward. Is this acceptable? Zelig Aronson (Via E-Mail) Read Article 6) Posted Oct 05 2011 *Q & A: Giyur* Without Hatafat Dam Brit (Part II) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass** QUESTION: I am doing some research into hatafat dam brit [the symbolic drawing of blood performed later in life if a person's first circumcision was correct physically but not halachically], and read with great enthusiasm your wonderful articles in The Jewish Press from 2002 about brit milah. I have a question about the article dated November 8, 2002. Towards the end of the article you wrote the following: Read Article 7) Posted Sep 27 2011 Q & A: Giyur Without Hatafat dam brit By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I am doing some research into hatafat dam brit [the symbolic drawing of blood performed later in life if a person's first circumcision was correct physically but not halachically], and read with great enthusiasm your wonderful articles in The Jewish Press from 2002 about brit milah. I have a question about the article dated November 8, 2002. Towards the end of the article you wrote the following: Read Article 8) Posted Sep 21 2011 Q & A: Shnayyim Mikra V'echad Targum (Part III) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I'm told that it is meritorious to complete the reading of the parshah during the week and it is also a segulah, bestowing the blessing of long life. Does this apply even if one has no understanding of the text? Shmuel B. (Via E-Mail) Read Article 9) Posted Sep 14 2011 Q & A: Shnayyim Mikra V'echad Targum (Part II) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I'm told that it is meritorious to complete the reading of the parshah during the week and it is also a segulah, bestowing the blessing of long life. Does this apply even if one has no understanding of the text? Shmuel B. (Via E-Mail) Read Article 10) Posted Sep 07 2011 Q & A: Shnayyim Mikra V'echad Targum By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I'm told that it is meritorious to complete the reading of the parasha during the week and it is also a segula, bestowing the blessing of long life. Does this apply even if one has no understanding of the text? Shmuel B. (Via E-Mail) Read Article 11) Posted Aug 31 2011 *Q & A: When An Eruv* Is Down... (Part II) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: The eruv at a certain facility was discovered to be improper on Shabbat and was repaired without anyone residing there being told anything about it. Was this proper? Was the eruv allowed to be fixed on Shabbat? Should the people have been informed of the eruv's unkosher status? Zvi K. (Via E-Mail) Read Article 12) Posted Aug 24 2011 Q & A: When An Eruv Is Down... By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: The eruv at a certain facility was discovered to be improper on Shabbat and was repaired without anyone residing there being told anything about it. Was this proper? Was the eruv allowed to be fixed on Shabbat? Should the people have been informed of the eruv's unkosher status? Zvi K. (Via E-Mail) Read Article 13) Posted Aug 17 2011 Parshat Eikev By Rabbi David Hertzberg On April 4, 1864 Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant wrote the following orders to his senior subordinate, Major General William Sherman: "[You should] move against Johnston's army, to break it up and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources. I do not propose to lay down for you a plan of campaign, but simply lay down the work it is desirable to have done and leave you free to execute it in your own way." Based upon these orders, Sherman destroyed Atlanta and led his soldiers on the famous march to the sea. Read Article 14) Posted Aug 17 2011 Q & A: Nesi'at Kapayyim (Part VI) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I have recently returned from Eretz Yisrael, where I noticed the practice is to duchan - to give the priestly blessing - every day. Why is that not the practice here in America as well? Menachem (Via E-Mail) Read Article 15) Posted Aug 10 2011 Q & A: Nesi'at Kapayyim (Part V) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I have recently returned from Eretz Yisrael, where I noticed the practice is to duchan - to give the priestly blessing - every day. Why is that not the practice here in America as well? Menachem (Via E-Mail) Read Article 16) Posted Aug 03 2011 Q & A: Nesi'at Kapayyim (Part IV) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I have recently returned from Eretz Yisrael, where I noticed the practice is to duchan - to give the priestly blessing - every day. Why is that not the practice here in America as well? Menachem (Via E-Mail) Read Article 17) Posted Jul 27 2011 Q & A: Nesi'at Kapayyim (Part III) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I have recently returned from Eretz Yisrael, where I noticed the practice is to duchan - to give the priestly blessing - every day. Why is that not the practice here in America as well? Menachem (Via E-Mail) Read Article 18) Posted Jul 20 2011 Q & A: Nesi'at Kapayyim (Part II) By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I have recently returned from Eretz Yisrael, where I noticed the practice is to duchan - to give the priestly blessing - every day. Why is that not the practice here in America as well? Menachem (Via E-Mail) Read Article 19) Posted Jul 13 2011 Q & A: Nesi'at Kapayyim By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: I have recently returned from Eretz Yisrael, where I noticed the practice is to duchan - to give the priestly blessing - every day. Why is that not the practice here in America as well? Menachem (Via E-Mail) Read Article 20) Posted Jul 07 2011 Q & A: Moses Called Him Joshua By Rabbi Yaakov Klass QUESTION: We see numerous instances in Scripture where a person's name was changed. Notably, in the Parashas Shelach, "And Moses called Hoshea, son of Nun, Joshua." Some people are then always referred to by their new name, while others are not. A case in point is the way we refer to our patriarchs in the daily Shemoneh Esreh. Why is that so? Abraham Goldman Jerusalem Read Article 412 Archived Articles Found in Questions & Answers** Next 20 Articles >
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