Below is a collection of questions that were asked in the past and were answered by Rabbi Anava. You can listen to the answer by clicking the orange play button or watch the video by clicking the blue text.

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Q: How to deal with Issues With Improper Internet Contact?

I had and still do a bit, issues with improper internet contact. Do you think I can become something big in torah and Yiras Shomayim?

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Q: How To Beat OCD?

Someone I know suffers a lot from OCD. Is there anything he could do to make it better or make it go away?

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Q: Does little acts have importance in G-od eyes?

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Q: Why Every Erev Shabbat Things Go Wrong? Is G-od testing us?

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Q: Should I Deal With Toxic Family Relationships?

In many events we have to deal with toxic family relationships that can cause an event or holiday meal to go bad, how should we deal with it?

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Q: Can I help my chlid that has ADD and ADHD?

Doctors and therapists failed to help and/or come with a cure other then chemical pills…that only shut down the system and numb the nerves. what can I do to help my child?

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Q: Why is G-od punishing me?

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Q: How Do You Become Religious In The Middle Of Your Life?

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Q: Kriat Shma Al Hamita – Am I allowed to speak after Hamapil?

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Q: Can a teenage boy have a conversation with a girl?

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Q: I did Teshuvah and now my whole world is falling apart – WHY?

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Q: Can a person use English to pray in Amidah or Tehillim?

On prayer can a person use english to pray in Amidah or Tehillim when is hard for the person to attach an understanding to Hebrew words or it has to be in Hebrew?

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Q: How can I serve G-od when all I feel is that I am a looser?

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Q: What is “Kaf Hakela”? 

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Q: What happens to people who have attempted suicide? 

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Q: How did the angel of death communicate with you? was it like a thought?

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Q: How did you quit smoking? was it a miracle or G-od’s Hand? 

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Q: How great is Gan Eden (heaven)? 

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Q: Are you judged for sins you did not know you can’t do?

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Q: How can I be happy knowing my loved ones are not going to Gan Eden?

I also became Torah observant and my family is not observant. How am I supposed to live a happy life knowing that my family will be punished in Olam Haba for not keeping the Torah and knowing that they will Chas Ve’Shalom not be with me when Messiach comes because they weren’t Torah observant even though they know most of the laws of the Torah?

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Q: Why do you get punished If you were born Into a non religious family?

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Q: 4 questions about Rabbi Anava’s Near Death Experience 

1. Did you see any of your loved ones that have already passed away?
2. When you saw your life “flash” before you – Obviously you had forgotten a lot of the memories from when you were a little kid, now that you got to see that again have you retained those past memories?
3. When we speak of Gehinnom (Lo Alenu)- Is that the “black thing” that you speak of, or is it the “realization” that you’ve arrived “naked”?
4. I’ve also heard that during the “Court case” there are Tzaddikim that are still alive (in this world)that act as judges – did you experience that?

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Q: 4 questions about Rabbi Anava’s Near Death Experience 

1. Most Rabbaiem and poskim today say that Jews who grew up in a secular environment have a status of a tinok shenishba. That they are not liable for their averot since they were never given a proper Jewish education. Yet, your background makes it seem like you were also a inok shenishba, yet your story indicates that you were severely judged in shamayiem as someone who “knew better.” Do you know why this was the case?
2. The period of darkness upstairs that you described sounds like the punishment of kaf hakela “slingshot”. Do you think that this is what it was from your experience.
3. Have you seen the other NDEs such as “the seal of truth” and Moshe Levy’s “The End” Did you experience some of the things they did?
4. Do you think know if the righteous (Merits greater than sins) go through a similar suffering (i.e. the black place) before they get to the beit din l’malla, or do their merits protect them from that?

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