Questions About Life and Torah

Rabbi Shalom Landau answers questions about purpose, faith, healing, marriage, work, Shabbos, the holidays and raising children, each answer drawn from his own teachings.

• Purpose, Character, and Masculine Leadership

  Rabbi Landau's answers on mission, responsibility, courage and leadership: why obstacles are part of the path, what it takes to stick with the work Hashem gave you, and how a man steps up.

  74 questions

• Faith, Providence, and the Jewish Destiny

  Rabbi Landau's answers on trusting Hashem, seeing His hand in what happens, and the story of the Jewish people.

  41 questions

• Boundaries, Healing, and Emotional Resilience

  Rabbi Landau's answers on pain, anxiety, guilt, boundaries and getting back up: how to heal without losing yourself.

  76 questions

• Wisdom, Perception, and the Inner Life

  Rabbi Landau's answers on how we see ourselves and the world: perception, comparison, honesty with yourself, and the quiet work of the heart.

  66 questions

• Marriage, Love, and Sacred Partnership

  Rabbi Landau's answers on choosing a spouse, building a home, listening, forgiving and keeping love alive.

  38 questions

• The Cycle of Renewal: Elul, Holidays, and Light

  Rabbi Landau's answers on Elul, teshuvah, the Yamim Tovim, Chanukah and the other moments in the Jewish year that renew a person.

  46 questions

• Wealth, Work, and Divine Sustenance

  Rabbi Landau's answers on money, work, effort and trust: where parnassah really comes from and how to earn it without losing yourself.

  67 questions

• Shabbos

  Rabbi Landau's answers on what Shabbos is, why it is more than a day off, and what it gives a person and a home.

  40 questions

• Technology, Noise, and Human Identity

  Rabbi Landau's answers on phones, screens, noise and attention, and on staying human in a world built to distract.

  25 questions

• Parenting, Education, and Future Generations

  Rabbi Landau's answers on raising children, teaching by example, and passing a living Yiddishkeit to the next generation.

  24 questions

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