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AskMoses.com
AskMoses.com is a defunct website that previously served people with questions about or related to Orthodox Judaism or who have a moral dilemma they wished to solve through religious beliefs. It offered live chatting and a database of questions that were previously asked. The advice was given from a strictly religious point of view, as the website's goal was to educate people in Judaism. Questions were answered by employees of Chabad of California. 30% of visitors to the site were non-Jewish. The website did not operate on the Sabbath. Many of the writings of Rabbi Simon Jacobson were syndicated on the site. Live chat Once the user would come onto the site's home page, they could log into the Java-based chat room. The chat time was limited by the scholar answering the question. The process was anonymous and free of charge. The director of the website was Rabbi Simcha Backman. AskMoses.com provided "24/6" service, meaning scholars were available for chatting 24 hours a day, but t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Jacobson
Simon Jacobson (born December 8, 1956) is the author of ''Toward a Meaningful Life'' (William Morrow, 2002), founder of The Meaningful Life Center and publisher of the Yiddish English weekly, The '' Algemeiner Journal''. Jacobson is a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Life and early career Jacobson was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Chabad Hasidic family. He studied in the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva and the Rabbinical College of America, and did his post-graduate studies in Central Tomchei Tmimim. While still in yeshiva, Jacobson began working extensively as a ''choizer'' for the talks of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the seventh Chabad rebbe. Career In 1979, Jacobson began directing a team of scholars known as ''Vaad Hanachos Hatemimim'' that memorized and transcribed entire talks that the Lubavitcher Rebbe gave during the Sabbath and holidays (when writing and tape recording are not permitted under Jewish Law). This team published more than 1,000 of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and faithfully transmitted ever since. Orthodox Judaism, therefore, advocates a strict observance of Jewish law, or ''halakha'', which is to be interpreted and determined exclusively according to traditional methods and in adherence to the continuum of received precedent through the ages. It regards the entire ''halakhic'' system as ultimately grounded in immutable revelation, and beyond external influence. Key practices are observing the Sabbath, eating kosher, and Torah study. Key doctrines include a future Messiah who will restore Jewish practice by building the temple in Jerusalem and gathering all the Jews to Israel, belief in a future bodily resurrection of the dead, divine reward and punishment for the righteous and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
