About the Author


Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld

Dovid Rosenfeld, a native of the Washington, D.C. area, works both as a programmer for aish.com and as a responder for its Ask the Rabbi service. He also serves as a volunteer writer for Torah.org. He lives with his wife and family in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel.
Rabbi Rosenfeld's son Zvi recently published his first book, The Ring of Fate, a riveting, fast-paced fantasy novel which is also completely kosher in both language and subject matter. It is available as both book and ebook. It is sold by Booklocker.com, as well as by Amazon.com and all the major on-line sellers.


Crowns on Torah’s Letters

Lashon Hara to Therapist

Inducing Labor; Segulah’s for Childbirth

The Basis for Rabbinical Authority

Is Wearing Tefillin a Literal Commandment?

Selling One’s Daughter Into Slavery

Does Isaiah 7:14 Refer to a Virgin Birth?

Did the Sages Know the Earth is Round?

Vision of God of Exodus 24:10-11

How Can There be a Mitzvah to Believe in Hashem?

Not Seeing Each Other Before Wedding

Overcoming the Temptation to Steal

Blessing on Niagara Falls

Redemption of Firstborn Donkey

Awaiting the Messiah

Orphan Visiting Cemetery Before Wedding

Guilt Over Past Sins

Was Shavuot Originally an Agricultural Holiday?

Were Adam and Eve Jewish?

Blessing on Smoothie

Nephilim – Giants in the Torah

Jewish Overachievers and Why God Chose Abraham

Ascent to Jerusalem for the Three Festivals

Mincha and Ma’ariv Together; Earliest time for Ma’ariv

No Water or Cup for Washing for Bread

Gaps in Lives of Forefathers; Torah’s Purpose

The Ceremony of Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal

Working on Chol HaMoed

Children Punished for Sins of Parents

Tefillin on Chol HaMo'ed

Separate Tablecloths for Meat and Milk

Is the Oral Torah a Later Development?

Judaism and Snakes

Cup Used for Washing, Disposable Cups

Ahaziah’s Age When He Became King

Yearly Parsha (Torah Reading) Cycle

Why Do We Celebrate the Torah on Simchat Torah and Not Shavout?

How to Forgive Ourselves

I'm having difficulty coming to terms with a lot of my past life choices and mistakes. I'm so far behind where I feel I should be in life and blame myself for my poor choices which so set me back. What should I do about this?

Using Diapers (Nappies) on Shabbat

Zechariah 13:6 – Wounds Between Your Hands

Aliyah Difficulties

We recently moved to Israel, fulfilling a life dream, but so many things have gone wrong since we arrived. I’m hoping the worst of our issues have been settled by now, but I’m bothered on a more fundamental level. Doesn’t God want us back? Why does He seem to purposely make things difficult when we are only trying to fulfill His will?

Heating up Food in a Non-Kosher Oven

Special Places to Pray for Children, Zera Shimshon

Jacob’s Incomplete Name Change

Being Conspicuously Jewish

Mayim Acharonim – Washing Before Birkat HaMazon

Studying History (Weekday and Shabbat)

The Book of Jasher

Did Judaism Use to Practice Patrilineal Descent?

Haftorah – Source for the Custom

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