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How do I measure whether I'm living up to what God expects?

What is the Jewish response to natural tragedy?

How come dairy (taken from animals) can't touch meats?

Jewish views on genetic selection for children?

What if it looks non-kosher?

Can adulterers marry after proper divorce?

Judaism & the Environment?

Can Israel be both a democracy and a Jewish state?

Jewish responses to lust?

Jewish view: Covenant Law leads to Good and Evil?

14, Jewish, & Gay - now what?

Teaching children self esteem.

Jewish view on testing using healthy persons?

What does Judaism say about intermarriage?

Report to police a crime by a Jew?

Hiring or asking someone to say Kaddish for your relative?

Government limits?

Gun Control?

In overpayment situation, what is required?

Can you say Kaddish for someone not buried?

Baby Naming

Stem Cell Research?

Is an adulterous spouse off-limits?

Grieving family after losing son to a drug overdose.

Is a medical test that mixes human and animal cells okay?

Who can follow a Mitzvah?

Obligation to Exercise?

Should I write about Jewish law on a sex worker's blog?

For inclusion purposes & Israeli citizenship, who is a Jew?
 
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