Q&A: General Questions
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This is an English translation (via GPT-5.4). Read the original Hebrew version.
General Questions
Question
Hello Rabbi, and thank you very much for the time you devote.
General questions:
- What does the Rabbi think about astrology?
- Does the Rabbi believe in clinical death / near-death experiences?
- What is the Rabbi’s attitude toward the Hebrew date? [whose origin is in Babylon (even earlier, but that is where it drew the idea from)]
- Does genizah paper really require genizah? What is the general attitude toward the holiness of sacred writings?
- What is the attitude toward divine inspiration / holy spirit (and in which periods did it exist, if at all)?
Answer
1. That it’s nonsense.
2. I don’t know.
3. A courteous attitude.
4. According to Jewish law.
5. Courteous, of course.
Discussion on Answer
I didn’t answer that way because of wording niceties. If you have a question, write it exactly. It’s impossible to answer pseudo-questions like these. See column 560.
You’re right, thank you very much, Rabbi!
Thanks for the precision!
Instead of asking about attitude, I meant in 3 and 5 to ask what the Rabbi thinks, or what the Rabbi’s opinion is…