Can you please explain to me the purpose of the Jewish sacrificial system. The idea of slaughtering animals to please the gods seems very primitive and idolatrous to me. Is this what it’s all about?!

What is true love? How does Judaism look at the concept of love? It’s the opposite of the secular definition of love.

There has never been anyone exactly like you in all of human history, with your precise physical, intellectual, and spiritual profiles. There never will be anyone exactly like you in the future, and there is no one exactly like you on earth today. You are a one-time event in human history. And if you are so unique, then it must be you were sent here on a very special mission. Fulfilling that mission requires recognizing who you really are, with all your strengths and potentials. This is simultaneously one of the most fundamental and one of the most complex challenges each of us faces – getting to know ourselves. This course provides the requisite conceptual introduction and practical steps to begin getting to know oneself. It is based on the text, “Daas Atzmeinu” by Rav Shlomo Wolbe z”l. To get more free lectures in this series, enter your email address on https://www.lawrencekelemen.com/

Those who have been most touched by a crisis often have a unique opportunity to contribute to its resolution. COVID-19 survivors can save lives in ways no one else can. Here Rabbi Leib Kelemen explains how. https://www.lawrencekelemen.com/

Rabbi Kelemen has received many questions about Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In recent call with his Inner Circle members, Rabbi Kelemen shares his thoughts.

Is Marijuana kosher now that it has been legalized in many places? https://www.lawrencekelemen.com/

Dear Rabbi Kelemen, I stay home with my kids. I see the importance of it, but sometimes I just resent it. I worked hard for my degree and now I often wish I was just working and not with the kids all day. When I’m being a “”good”” mom I’m happy I’m not working, but when I yell and completely lose patience then I wonder if it would be better for them if I were not with them constantly. I understand that I have to work on anger and patience, and I try. I would work part-time but that is not really possible in my field now. I can’t imagine working full-time and leaving them with a nanny. What do I do? Thank you.

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You stress that success in raising children has a lot to do with peace in the home, along with the three pronged approach. I left an extremely abusive marriage two years ago, thank God and I now struggle to give my five kids a positive example and teach them by example how to act and speak respectfully, and live a Torah life (now in a safer environment thank God), while their dad… let’s say I don’t have a partner and never had one in raising children, and he is basically undermining many things I try to plant and build by planting and building negative traits, habits, and attitudes. Since divorce unfortunately is rampant today, I was wondering if you had anything to say about approaching raising children in such situations (in addition to obvious prayer.). Thank you! Listen to Rabbi Kelemen’s answer from a recent Q&A session with members. https://www.lawrencekelemen.com/

You know that you are great because you were created in God’s image, but when you make a mistake are you not lowering your greatness? Or does your greatness not change regardless of what you do? https://www.lawrencekelemen.com/ for more

Should you let your baby “cry it out”? Is the “cry it out” method for a child close to two years completely wrong if sleep habits are getting worse and worse? What about a baby and letting them cry so that they will learn to sleep through the night? Does if we see that letting the baby “cry it out” works? What if we see that “Sleep Training” eventually teaches the baby to sleep? Rabbi Kelemen gives a comprehensive answer to this fundamental question. To get more free videos, please visit https://www.lawrencekelemen.com/