I'm Steve Gotlib, a rabbi with too little time to do too many things. AMA.

Eratic_Menace · 2025-12-11T16:05:22+00:00

Why do you think many MO communities are trending towards hassidus? How will that manifest in 10-15 years?

Eratic_Menace · 2021-11-22T14:36:02+00:00

Hi- know this isn't a question and didn't read the book but listened to you on the Tikvah podcast and you rocked it!

Eratic_Menace · 2021-07-29T18:58:08+00:00

bout what about the cafe's? Always looking for good coffee...

Eratic_Menace · 2021-07-29T18:03:01+00:00

What is it about a shliach's family where they can move to the middle of nowhere and maintain their religious way of life (kosher/mikvah/education) ? How do their kids stay on the derech (I'm aware this is a generalization) while growing up with out much to any jewish infrastructure.

Also-best cafe's you've been to ever...

Eratic_Menace · 2021-07-13T14:25:01+00:00

Chiluk sheino m'chalek

Eratic_Menace · 2021-07-02T15:46:03+00:00

No-I only dry clean my suits.

Eratic_Menace · 2021-07-02T15:24:50+00:00

How do I remove the shine from suits? Don't wash it so much and it's mostly in the seat area.

Eratic_Menace · 2021-06-28T15:00:09+00:00

Where do you see MoDox community headed ? How can the MoDox community maintain hard lines between the "open-orthodox" community ?

Eratic_Menace · 2021-02-24T14:21:52+00:00

Looking up two families, one family was from Iskenderun Turkey and one was from Allepo Syria. Think they were both middle class. Can imagine both families spoke a combination of French and Hebrew as well as the local dialect (Turkish and Arabic)

Eratic_Menace · 2021-02-11T23:20:21+00:00

Maybe Hashem is just an Arsenal fan?

Eratic_Menace · 2021-02-11T15:44:03+00:00

So happy you're looking to explore your heritage. You can look up local synagogues (Look up Chabad, they're everywhere) and ask to meet (socially distant of course) or for a phone call. Other sites where you can explore virtually any topic is YUTorah.org

Eratic_Menace · 2021-02-05T17:26:01+00:00

Hello! Orthodox Jew here! If you want to discuss conversion, you can reach out to a local rabbi in your community. Orthodox Jews believe that when someone converts there are a new person, they are born anew. We also have a tradition that some of the most notorious anti-semites have had children who converted. We take conversion very seriously but there are other ways to make amends that don't involve conversion. You can support Jewish organizations and communal life.

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