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Q. I saw a dance at a Jewish wedding with people dancing with bottles on their heads. What’s the point?

A. There’s a big Mitzvah to be joyous at wedding and rejoice with the bride and groom. This is one interesting form of entertainment. It happens to be a Russian talent and tradition and is quite diffic...

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Q. Something’s wrong. Calendar says to burn Chametz on Friday, and then eat it until Saturday morning?

A. That only happens when Passover begins on Saturday Night. We can’t burn Chametz as usual on the day before Passover, since that would be prohibited on the Sabbath. So we do it on Friday, but we are ...

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Q. Why do we pray towards East, but to a Western Wall?

A. We in the diaspora pray toward East to the direction of Jerusalem. (The Jews of Babylonia and Syria prayed to the west, towards Jerusalem). The Western Wall is named such because it is the wall surrounded...

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Q. I always thought Megillah referred to the Book of Esther, and now I hear there’s five such books?

A. There’s only one Book of Esther and Purim story, but there are five books in Jewish scripture which bear the name Megillah. But you are right, when people say Megillah they are almost always referri...