This episode is sponsored in appreciation for HaRav Breitowitz's support for the Tosfos project. The first printing of Tosfos in English is now SOLD OUT. One can now join the 2nd printing & Pre-Order a set of Tosfos in english at https://tosfosinenglish.shop/home?am id=ohrsomayach8570 🎙️ Dedicate a Shiur or Podcast Series: Opportunities available at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa 💬 Got Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at: [email protected] 📍 About Yeshivat Ohr Somayach Located in the heart of Jerusalem, Ohr Somayach is a premier institution for young, English-speaking Jewish men. Whether you're new to Jewish learning or already proficient in Gemara and other original sources, we offer tailored programs to meet your needs. 0:00 Tosfos & Bris story 5:35 How do we understand that Yom Kippur atones on its own 9:28 Does toil in Torah be considered kapparot for Teshuva 10:11 Does Teshuva count if a person repeats the same sin again? 15:03 How much Teshuva does a peson need to do? 19:53 How to know which halachic opinions to follow? 21:03 Is any nation in the world following the Noahide laws? 24:35 What's the machlochet on Emunah and Bitachon between Novardik, Slabodka, and Chazon Ish? 37:09 How much do you need to have a Rabbi? 44:28 Can a gentile daven for a Jew? 46:33 What is special about the children of Israel?  📚 Discover the perfect program for you: 🌐 Visit: https://ohr.edu/study in israel  📞 Call our placement specialist: +972 52-312-5921 Email us at: [email protected] PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

This episode is dedicated in honor of the Baruch Dvinsky family 🎙️ Dedicate a Shiur or Podcast Series: Opportunities available at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa 💬 Got Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at: [email protected]&A 0:55 Is music allowed during the davening services?  9:00 Does the Shach's claim on the Terumat HaDeshen manufacturing his questions have any practical ramifications?   16:45 Can you blow the shofar on Shabbat? 22:45 Who is judged for having a bad thought, who are only judged for doing a bad action? 25:00 Purim is considered to such a holy day, but seemingly all we do is eat and drink and not so much learning. Seems like an obvious contradiction.  28:55 How do we have drashas and roshe tevot that allude to the names of the months, if the months were named later in history?  34:00 When it come to ben adam l'chavero are mezid and shogeg judged equally?  37:20 Is the establishment of Israel apart of the Messianic process?  43:35 Do only Jews have Teshuva?  47:15 Why is the bechirah Yisrael not part of the 13 principles of Faith?  52:28 Does Hashem change his mind? 55:35 Can a Rav promote his haskafa and put down another Rav's haskafa and would it be considered lashon hara?  58:57 Why do people read Shir HaShirim before Shabbat? 9-3-26 📍 About Yeshivat Ohr Somayach Located in the heart of Jerusalem, Ohr Somayach is a premier institution for young, English-speaking Jewish men. Whether you're new to Jewish learning or already proficient in Gemara and other original sources, we offer tailored programs to meet your needs. 📚 Discover the perfect program for you: 🌐 Visit: https://ohr.edu/study in israel  📞 Call our placement specialist: +972 52-312-5921 Email us at: [email protected] PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

With very mixed emotions Abba Eban is dispatched to America to convey Israel's position that it must strike preemptively to avoid enormous losses and a two front war that would be hard to sustain. Eban was distrusted by his own people to be faithful to his mission. By the time the war breaks out, he will prove himself to be Israel's greatest representative. Credits "Nasser waits for Rabin" sung by Arik Lavie in the album, Six Days in JuneTop of Form Bottom of Form Big Crowd Cheer & Applause Clap Sound Effect SuperFunnySheet Egyptian Fans Celebrate World Cup Qualification @AlArabiyaEnglish Abba Eban Speech at Special Assembly of the UN, June 19, 1967 (Joe Wouk) Learn more at TellerFromJerusalem.com Don't forget to subscribe, like and share! Let all your friends know that that they too can have a new favorite podcast. © 2026 Media Education Trust llc  

This episode is sponsored & dedicated in memory of the 2nd yartzeit of Marshall Friedman (Mutya Yecheskel ben Shimon) by Mark and Tammy Friedman 🎙️ Dedicate a Shiur or Podcast Series: Opportunities available at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa 💬 Got Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at: [email protected] Q&A 0:00 What does the pasuk mean that a person who wants to live should hate gifts?  7:55 Can you curse wicked people?  23:20 How does Hashem have middot? 33:35 Why did the girsa for the bracha of minim in the Amida change over time? 42:40 At the Kotel sometimes there is so many people that there is a mix of men and women davening in the plaza. It that allowed? 47:54 Should a person learn "What's bothering Rashi?"  53:44 When Mashiach come will there be different nusachs and minhags or only one? 56:54 What is the origin of thought?  58:15 How much is free will a product of your past experiences? 8-26-26 📍 About Yeshivat Ohr Somayach Located in the heart of Jerusalem, Ohr Somayach is a premier institution for young, English-speaking Jewish men. Whether you're new to Jewish learning or already proficient in Gemara and other original sources, we offer tailored programs to meet your needs. 📚 Discover the perfect program for you: 🌐 Visit: https://ohr.edu/study in israel  📞 Call our placement specialist: +972 52-312-5921 Email us at: [email protected] PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS