Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   00:00 What are the priorities regarding where to daven?   3:32 Why is secular society leading Torah society in terms of developing a healthy relationship with oneself?   08:09 Can it be said that we've already eradicated the memory of Amalek since no one knows the identity or the history of this people?   11:38 Does Hashem want us to be more self-focused than in previous generations?   18:31 Does writing B"H apply by amud or by daf?   20:05 Are AI-generated voices banned by kol isha?   23:33 What is the background of the king having pilagshim?   31:59 Is davening at sunrise better than not?   35:24 Does Aggada inspire stories in other cultures, or do all cultures share story archetypes?   42:58 How did Avraham pray for Sodom, while one who is merciful to the cruel will become cruel to the merciful?   47:21 Is there a delicate way to tell people to repent?   58:26 Is someone who does a melacha on Shabbos for the sake of a sick person allowed to benefit from that melacha?   59:40 What does Judaism say about the gallbladder?   1:01:00 What does one do when halacha and secular law are at odds on a matter of life and death?   1:05:52 Why is cheese kosher if rennet is from meat?   1:09:48 Is there an obligation to do hasbara?   1:13:36 Is it worthwhile to rectify a mausoleum burial if it would alienate family and cost a lot of money?   1:16:52 How could Lot's daughters think that Avraham was destroyed?   1:18:49 Why would Hashem save Yishmael, while we execute a rebellious son?   1:23:49 How could Moshe form a mask if such things are forbidden?   1:26:00 Why do non-Jews have a philtrum?   1:27:17 Does Hamas have the halachic status of Amalek?   1:30:33 Would there be morality without a religious society?   1:35:32 Why does one not pay more for a muad in private property than in public property? Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos    You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS 00:00 Why do we say the blessings of the second day of yom tov because of a safek?   02:29 How did Rahav merit to marry Joshua?   04:19 Why do people say the Song of Songs before Shabbos?   09:04 How do Jews choose their leaders?   14:18 If someone is killed because they are Jewish, do they have the status of harugei malchus?   23:16 Can we derive definitions from Torah stories to apply to our lives?   29:55 What special connection does the Kotel have to answering prayers?   37:39 Should one daven the same nusach as his yeshiva?   44:24 How was Rahav's house still there after the walls fell?   47:03 How can Hashem determine the steps of man at the same time He leads man on the path that man chooses?   48:32 How do we understand Psalm 137?   55:16 If someone works so hard but does not succeed, how is that good?   1:01:39 In an auction, and there is a higher bid at the same time the auctioneer accepts a bid, what happens?   1:06:01 What is a reyd?   1:08:10 Could the Rav speak about the sons of the maidservants?   1:10:25 Could the Rav speak about Rachel Imenu?   1:17:37 What does the Torah say about Jews in non-Jewish politics?   1:21:58 Do the annihilatory laws of conquest of Eretz Yisrael apply to modern wars of the state of Israel?   1:30:27 Is an open marriage considered a marriage?   1:32:08 Is there an idea that a year that begins with Shabbos Rosh Hashanah is either very bad or very good?   1:33:50 How can we ensure that we don't forget the spiritual focus that came from this war?    

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 Why tie up Isaac if he knew and was enthusiastic?   02:37 Why does Hodu have different words in Pesukei dZimrah than in Tehillim?    6:51 How much intention does an individual fast require?   21:00 Who owns Jewish national treasures, such as the Aleppo Codex?   36:04 Is it an aveira not to follow the Rambam's order of mitzvos at the beginning of Hilchot Melachim?   48:57 Why does God care so much about emunah and bitachon?   59:37 Is playing with one's hair forbidden on Shabbos if it's likely to cause hairs to fall out?   1:02:42 How can one see Hashem's kindness when there is undeserved suffering?   1:08:01 What are the differences between Kelm, Slabodka, and Novardok?   1:20:40 Can one carry a tracking device on Shabbos?   1:21:50 Should one seek to disable a non-Jewish rodef?   1:24:37 Would Hashem hold accountable an abusive Jewish father married to a non-Jewish woman?   1:29:34 What are the origins of all those havdalah wine minhagim?   1:30:39 Why does Moshe need Yisro to tell him to set up courts?   1:32:38 Does Hashem need to 'make up for' excess suffering caused to the Jewish people, according to the Ramban?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   The War of the Eighth   00:00 Should we proselytize at all to our parents?   03:03 Three practical questions about saying Tehillim.   07:08 What situation would obligate one to leave Israel?   09:46 How does one balance joy from learning with pain from the war?   20:00 Is one of the arguments against joining the IDF now disproven?   34:47 Since the Islamist Palestinian enemy also prays for success and has many spiritual merits, how can we be confident in our prayers for their failure?   44:33 Are there any special effects of doing many more interpersonal commandments than commandments between man and God?   49:50 What are the obligations of a Jewish state regarding captives and POWs?   59:00 Does Hashem 'seeing' the light was good imply that He perceived post facto-- that the goodness was not guaranteed?   1:02:37 Why is the major separation between light and dark in time, not in space?   1:04:23 Is there a practical, spiritual difference between learning in Israel and learning in Chutz Laaretz?   1:07:03 How do Biblical literalists explain the age of human artifacts that are seemingly older than 5784 years?   1:11:35 Did R Hai Gaon and the Chasam Sofer give a date for the War of Gog and Magog?   1:13:39 Might Haredi opinions regarding Zionism change because of the war?   1:21:13 Is there a serious concern of lashon hara among baalei teshuva who casually mention their family situations?   1:26:53 Would conditional divorces be effective to prevent agunot in today's war?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   00:00 Is there any effect on one's wish by telling people what you wished/prayed for?   03:10 Is it true that a bigger tzadik has a bigger yetzer hara?   06:33 Is one allowed to break Shabbos to prevent a chilul Hashem?   09:19 Is there any situation wherein suicide or assisted suicide is allowed?   17:22 How much doubt constitutes a safek?   22:44 Why are wigs so nice-looking if the point is to cover nice-looking hair?   32:27 What is the mazinka and what is its source?   34:33 Would Chazal approve of tenuous analogies from their teachings to contemporary halachic problems?   40:35 Is the story of the man who stole visa papers to escape the Holocaust a proper application of chayecha kodmin?   49:20 Is sleight-of-hand forbidden? Is speaking to the dead forbidden?   54:35 How should one spend the extra time on Rosh Hashanah?   1:01:14 What should we learn from the lynching of Emmett Till?   1:02:57 Can one use zip ties to keep the schach taut if one holds like the Chazon Ish?   1:08:01 How can there be a safek regarding something so common as blowing shofar?   1:16:57  Is there a problem with saying Machnisei Rachamim or even singing it as a song?   1:20:08 Is hope considered a good thing in Judaism or is it considered foolish?   1:25:20 Will there still be new births after techiyas hameisim?   1:27:27 If bitachon already assumes that everything God does is good, then what purpose is prayer?   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Sponsored in honor of Yeshivas Ohr Somayach & HaRav Breitowitz shlit"a   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   0:00 - Can we defeat our enemies before Moshiach? 2:00 - Do my motives/emotions effect my Mitzvos? 6:00 - What are are the major positions on Tzimzum? 10:00 - What to do about ego in davening? 18:00 - In terms of physical contact, what do we do regarding secular female family members? 27:00 - Concerns with the Mitzvah of shofar blowing? 30:00 - How do we approach potential false beliefs in Judaism? 35:00 - Can women take on positions of authority in Judaism? 43:00 - Why is there such a gulf between Haredim and the Modern Orthodox/Dati Leumi?  54:00 - How should we approach discrimination against arabs? 58:00 - Why does the Yeitzer HaRah return old problems to us over and over? 01:02:00 - Which way/sect to go for in Judaism?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

This episode is dedicated in honor of Kobe Gross's upcoming Aufruf and marriage to Faigy Shenker, may they be Zoche to build a Bayis Ne'eman B'Yisroel.   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   00:00 Should one underpay or overpay when neither party remembers the proper amount of debt?   04:01 What does it mean that there is a human-parallel in the sea?   7:08 Why did Chazal seemingly create such a complex system for the berachos on food?   12:12 If Hashem is omniscient, how does free will exist?   23:41 Is there a policy not to adopt minhagim from non-halachic origins, despite the minhagim not being problematic in and of themselves?   31:08 Could the Rav give book recommendations on Hilchos Borer?   34:16 Why did God have the intention of revelation followed by concealment?   39:08 When a rabbi in the gemara disagrees with a quoted rabbi, is he disagreeing with the quoter or the author?   43:22 Why is resurrection such a great praise of Hashem if every tanna and amora could do it?   48:41 Does one listen to the majority against his Rav, even if his Rav is the gadol hador?   52:13 What are some halachos of ad hoc minyanim?   55:43 What qualities are most important for a man to develop before marriage?   59:18 Why does Judaism go through the mother, whereas the tribe goes through the father?   1:08:22 What exactly is ervah? There is a seeming contradiction in Berachos.   1:17:14 Are train cars considered different rooms for the purpose of ohel?   1:19:06 A few questions regarding maaser kesafim.   1:25:58 Is one allowed to test Hashem, and if so, when?   1:29:00 What does it mean that the first rule of the Torah is not to be foolish?   1:38:10 If there's din v'cheshbon every day, why is Rosh Hashanah different?    1:41:08 Why does Rambam single out Erev Yom Kippur for vidui so that one doesn't die before doing teshuva?   1:44:55 What does one do when he is overwhelmed during davening by people asking for tzedakah?   1:49:40 How does one come to feel that Torah is more important than anything?   1:52:53 How does one improve their middos?   1:58:07 How does one guard one's eyes in today's world?   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

This Tisha B'av, join Rabbi Breitowitz reading and explaining Kinnos followed by a day of Shiurim at ohr.edu   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 A few questions about Reuven and Gad's request in Parshas Mattos.   05:02 Why do both 'mateh' and 'shevet' mean both 'staff' and 'tribe'?   11:42 If Moshiach would come during the 3 weeks, what haftaros would we read?   14:50 What are the parameters of tofel, and how might those apply to ice cream cones and other such foods?   21:48 If all the questions will be answered when Moshiach comes, what will be the purpose of learning Torah, and will there still be chiddushim?   26:39 Why does Tisha B'Av not have tachanun?   31:11 How do we tell the difference between halacha and hadracha?   38:30 Why do we try to name our children with matching English and Hebrew names?   46:30 Why does Rashi sometimes contradict himself?   50:59 How often should one check one's tefillin?   53:01 Why should tzadikim who have natural talents get more Olam Haba because of those talents?   1:00:43 How does one keep the inspiration one feels as a new baal teshuva as one delves deeper into the halachos and the standard Jewish world?   1:07:41 What is the argument, from both sides, on wrapping tefillin in the street?   1:12:31 Should one have his tefillin checked if they were bought before one paid close attention?   1:15:33 What should the relationship be between a Rav and a halachically well-versed individual?   1:19:19 Can a girl have a bar mitzvah? Can she have a bat mitzvah?   1:23:14 Should Jews boycott German products, particularly those brands associated with the Nazi Party?   1:30:30 How much does our free will affect the world at the expense of the power of God's plan?   1:35:20 Is it better, in order to become a well-rounded learner, to focus on gemara then branch out or to diversify one's learning?   1:40:26 How does one ration time for all his responsibilities?   1:42:39 What should one do with family or friends who disparage Judaism?   1:44:27 Should one cut ties with such family/friends?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

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This Tisha B'av, join Rabbi Breitowitz reading and explaining Kinnos followed by a day of Shiurim at ohr.edu. For dedication opportunities email [email protected]   This episode is dedicated as a zechus for the health and well being of Yehuda Ben Miriam and Victoria   00:00 Why are Zimri and Cozbi only mentioned as an afterthought, and why is the vav of 'shalom' incomplete?   07:08 How would Jews calculate zmanim in a submarine, and if there had been Jews on the Titan, would their wives have been allowed to remarry?   14:28 Why is spirituality so delicate and vulnerable?   20:19 How could an entire species be forbidden because of idolatrous use, as in the case of cocoa when it was first discovered?   24:37 What is the story of the Ten Lost Tribes?   32:56 When the gemara says that nothing treif comes from heaven, does that include the creations of heaven?   34:03 What is a possible source for yoetzet halacha?   42:55 How could the Benjaminites take women from Shiloh and Yavesh Gilead?   46:52 Is it bitul Torah to travel, and will Jews in the Messianic Era take vacations?   54:04 How does the Ramban understand the gemara that Israel heard 611 mitzvos from Moshe?   58:35 Is one allowed to enter a Buddhist temple?   1:01:05 How were nusachot made, and can one do so today?   1:08:30 How did those at the time of Chazal know when the zmanim were?   1:11:11 Why not start our mourning period from the 9th of Tammuz?   1:15:35 What is the source for long peyos, and why do so many do it?   1:16:52 What is the heter for contraception?   1:20:50 How does one maintain kavana in our fixed davening?   1:23:27 Why do we use the word 'rabbi'?   1:24:42 Is it worth discouraging intermarriage if there's a 50/50 chance of acceptance?   1:25:42 Can we use the recent innovations in torat hanefesh that come from the non-Jewish world?   1:32:17 How does one capitalize on moments of inspiration, motivation, and connection to God?   1:34:15 Since there are so many opposing ideas in mussar, how do we know when to be pulled by one force and when to be pulled by its opposite?   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

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Episode dedicated: L'iluy nishmas Yisroel Meir Shalom Ben Yaakov Aaron   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   00:00 Are there problems of borer in playing card games?   03:55 Why don't we find very young Torah prodigies anymore?   09:27 What would the Rav say to one who chooses to keep only the d'Oraisos of Shabbos?   18:16 Why does the Megillah need to belabor the extravagance of Ahasuerus' party?   20:21 Does tinok shenishba apply to the Noahide laws?   25:14 Are chumros a cause or an effect of yeridas hadoros?   32:49 Could the Rav explain the moral proof of God?   41:21 How can there be trees older than the Flood?   43:35 How do we navigate the pressure to constantly grow?   50:59 What is the meaning of the Mishnah in Pirkei Avos, that Sages bite and sting?   53:51 What is the Jewish opinion on affirmative action?   57:51 How is our mitzvah to kill even the babies of Amalek different than those terrorists who have a religious rule to kill us?   1:03:35 What learning should someone who has left yeshiva focus on?   1:08:36 What exactly is Chasidus and what is its masorah?   1:17:09 What should we do about house parties and other forms of mixed-gender interactions?   1:22:40 If one misunderstands a teaching of Torah for a generally positive meaning, is another obligated to correct them?   1:24:46 Is slavery in the Torah moral?   1:28:18 How do we understand the last line of Psalm 137?   1:30:30 Why do some say "gaal Yisrael" out loud and even say the first few words of the Amidah out loud?   1:34:02 Considering modern science, how do we understand the saying of Chazal regarding when the seeds of man and woman are released?   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   00:00 How can one be okay with prayers not being answered? How might one "improve the returns", so to speak?   07:01 Is there a source for souls choosing their parents before birth?   11:47 How can we pray if Hashem won't change His mind? And is it possible for Adam & Eve to be a parable?   24:22 Do we introduce all halachos at once to someone interested in Judaism, or do we withhold some and introduce slowly?   30:42 Is it preferable for the only Levi to quicken his Amidah to wash the cohanim's hands, or to forego washing in favor of a better Amidah?   32:25 How can the Zohar claim that there is no teshuva for zera levatala, whereas the Talmud Yerushalmi says that is true only for bitul Torah?   35:23 Is there a source for Lev Tahor's dress code, and how should we react to it?   38:23 If someone is given an interim set of tefillin by the tefillin repair shop, and he has already paid for his fixed tefillin, what type of shomer is he?   40:46 Do the laws to respect the wishes of the dead apply even to those executed by the court?   42:48 What does Judaism say about alien life or the multiverse?   46:07 Does Korach have a share in the World to Come?   47:59 If one regrets his own purchase, does gam zu letovah apply?   52:15 Why do some wait to repeat Vayechulu with another, if they finished the Shabbat Amidah late, while some don't?   54:08 How should one treat non-Jewish family members by intermarriage?   1:00:25 A person younger than 20 suffers-- is this attributed to future sins, the sins of the parents, or a gilgul?   1:04:28 Where does tikkun klali come from, and are there similar formulas?   1:06:45 What mitzvos can one forego for the sake of kiruv, or to what degree can one sacrifice his own spiritual growth for kiruv?   1:16:05 How many praying people can one walk in front of in order to do a mitzvah?   1:18:41 What is the cause of the rise in divorce rate, and how can one avoid divorce?   1:24:50 How did the Sanhedrin communicate their takanos and gezeiros?   1:27:06 What exactly is the sin of complaining in Chukas? And why should a copper snake be a cure?   1:34:26 Are the rules of saying amen from Berachos still applicable today?   1:35:23 Should a baal teshuva start with new growth or with old regret? What about day-to-day?   1:40:24 Was Tosfos' expectation that we know all of Shas before learning Tosfos?   1:45:17 Are there many references to Bar Kochba in Chazal?   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedicated by Ezra Friedberg in honor of Rabbi Breitowitz and Mr. Yaakov Neuberger.   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   00:00 Can one pay ahead of time for a light rail trip right before Shabbos?   01:09 Is shomer negiah dOraisa or dRabbanan?   07:03 Why should we need to return to the place we ate in order to bentsch?   11:37 Is there any preference to using a siddur over using using a phone?   13:42 How strict must we be on speaking words not of Torah?   16:37 What is learned in the Yeshiva in Heaven?   19:56 What are some of the biggest issues in the Jewish world today?   28:08 Is smoking a cigarette worse than using unfiltered internet, or vice versa?   29:39 What is included in kavod haTorah?   35:19 Could the Rav explain R' Moshe Feinstein's position on yishuv Eretz Yisrael?   40:01 Why is the act of learning Torah while doing a mitzvah not considered doing mitzvos in bundles?   42:18 How should one feel about learning secular subjects?   46:56 Is there holiness to mistaken manuscripts and scribal errors?   50:08 Did the Rav's legal education aid his Torah learning?   52:47 Why does the Torah give so many stories of a younger sibling supplanting the firstborn while claiming the firstborn has special rights and abilities?   55:35 How should one answer a well-meaning person asking from antiSemitic assumptions?   1:00:03 What is the actual prohibition of "not Shabbosdig"?   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

This episode is dedicated - in honor of Mendy and Shani. Mazal tov on the new house. It should be a place of joy, tranquility and chesed.    Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 How would the Rambam understand the commandments about death after techiyas hameisim, given his position that no commandment will be annulled?   02:40 What did Levi himself do to earn his tribe's position?   04:55 Can one host a wedding at a Conservative venue?   08:56 Why didn't Aaron get tzaraas if listening to lashon hara is worse than speaking it?   12:31 Is it permitted to donate a car to a Jew if it is known that they will drive it on Shabbat?   16:42 Is there a halachic basis for reading the haftarah from the side of the bimah?   18:32 Is there a halachic minimum wage and what might its rules be?   21:18 Can one take advantage of a discount via deception if there is no explicit lie?   27:22 How does one always have Hashem in front of him?   34:06 When a halacha sefer praises those who are machmir on something, does one get more praise if one takes the chumrah even further?   39:53 Can one read their "echad targum" in their mother tongue?   44:09 Can one clap on Shabbat?   46:35 Why do only Temanim still have a meturgaman?   50:55 Why don't we choose one halachic opinion anymore? Is it a result of the Mishnah Berurah?   58:00 Why learn minyan from the spies, and why is asking for water a nisayon?   1:04:22 Is the kollel-style family roles the ideal?   1:11:12 Does a cohen have an obligation to join a minyan if the minyan has none for bircas kohanim?   1:17:09 Can one make kiddush early for someone else and still not bring in Shabbat for oneself until later?   1:20:14 Can DNA testing be admissible evidence in Beis Din?   1:23:41 If we don't accept human evolution, can we still call ourselves "primates"?   1:28:01 Why would Bnei Yisrael in the desert "prefer" Egypt, so to speak?   1:32:47 If the aron in a shul is not directed toward Har Habayis, can one reposition himself apart from the crowd?   1:35:40 Is there an obligation to remove a tattoo? Is it preferable?   1:39:16 Why is there a difference between a man marrying his aunt and a woman marrying her uncle?   1:40:55 Is Tehillim praising David? What is its significance?   1:44:39 Follow-up on prayers starting with a vav.   1:45:13 Why does the punishment for the spies have an upper limit of 60 years old?   1:48:42 Why do many smart people disbelieve if it's so obvious?   1:53:08 What is the origin of segulos?   1:56:19 How does one know if they're moving too slow or too fast in growing in Torah?   2:00:09 What does Rashi mean by seeing the gematria in the object of the tzitzis?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedicated in honor of hayeled Meir ben Yeshaya Dovid. He should be zoche lyiKoneis ltorah lchupah lmaasim tovim and be a source of nachas for the family and klal yisrael. Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 What is the point of Yonatan ben Uzziel's retort to the bas kol in Megillah?   10:33 What are the origins of Modim dRabbanan and Al Tira after Aleinu?   20:31 What parts of the body can a man shave?   24:54 What's wrong with weibersche kashyos?   30:16 How do we balance emotions and intellect?   43:51 According to Rambam, shouldn't Joshua have to accept peace from the Gibeonites even if they didn't disguise themselves?   50:27 Can one torrent movies/books? Is there a difference if the books are seforim?   55:19 Should one who is depressed read Shaarei Teshuva or Mesillas Yesharim? How does one balance mussar from negative and from positive emotions?   1:03:22 What is the ideal state of women according to Chazal?   1:09:31 Do the laws of the land override the laws of the Torah?   1:11:40 Why do some blessings in the Amidah begin with a vav?   1:13:13 Why don't all Jews wear long peyos?   1:14:52 Should we discuss the issues of pornography or try to silence the urges by not discussing it?   1:20:10 What do we do when we see religious Jews behaving with poor middos?   1:24:01 Should one go to a funeral if he's learning Torah?   1:26:10 Can a person go to the mikvah on Shabbos?   1:27:35 What does it mean that the moon is joyous to do the will of Hashem and the Yam Suf was reluctant to split?   1:30:47 How does one balance the fear and love that one is supposed to feel while praying?   1:33:19 Could the Rav speak a bit about R' Gershon Edelstein zt"l?   1:35:43 How should one prevent his biases from getting in the way?   1:37:30 What do the words "tzur" and "magen" mean as a reference to Hashem?   1:40:52 The Amoraim knew Kabbalah, but if it was left out, how could the poskim reincorporate it?   1:42:44 How can one regret the bad choices that led to good middos?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

This episode is Dedicated in honor of Rav Breitowitz, Yeshivas Ohr Somayach and its Talmidim. Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? [email protected] Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today! Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos 00:00 Do the advances in agricultural technology make peah, leket, and other laws obsolete? 05:16 Why is there an association between the sky and Hashem's residence? 07:51 If a cohen with a defect got plastic surgery, would he be allowed to serve in the Temple? 11:14 Can one use a peeler or apple corer on Shabbos? 14:38 How could Shmaya and Avtalyon be on the Sanhedrin if they were converts? 19:07 Do those from chutz l'aretz in Israel read along with chutz l'aretz or along with Israel? 21:00 Chazal and even the Rambam assert the existence of an animal that grows from the ground. Does it still exist, or do we reject this instance of spontaneous generation? 32:13 Are demons a superstition or must we worry about them? 38:35 How can we reconcile Rav Shach and the Lubavitcher Rebbe? 42:12 Is there any way to drum on the table during Shabbos? 44:57 In Nishmas, does "kol yitzurim" imply that non-Jews should say tehillim? 49:40 How do gedolim have supernatural knowledge of secular subjects or personal affairs if there is no nevua today? 54:36 Why do those in chutz l'aretz keep two days of Shavuos? 1:00:06 Is there a problem with buying from Angel's Bakery? And is there a problem with using Sefaria since they just added a gender-neutral translation? 1:08:47 Why are the words for village and for heretic so similar? 1:12:42 Can one attend a wedding wherein one member converted via a non-halachic conversion? 1:18:10 How can one avoid being influenced by vitriolic discourse against secular Jews? What should one think about them instead? 1:23:51 There was an article using poskim to justify cross-dressing. How do we understand this possibility? 1:26:11 Is there an argument to convince a secular Jew that the actions of the ancestors obligate the descendants? 1:29:39 Can a cohen contract tumah via an organ transplant? 1:30:37 Can one make additions in the middle section of the Amidah? 1:36:02 How does one prevent oneself being influenced by repetitive espousals of anti-Jewish rhetoric? 1:39:13 By learning, could one be strengthening one's bad parts? 1:43:40 Would it be allowed for a religious Jew to join ARC, the new movement by Jordan Peterson? 1:46:34 How can we trust and learn from non-Jews if their goals are not aligned with ours? 1:48:42 How is the gadol hador chosen? You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

This episode is Dedicated in honor of Rav Breitowitz, Yeshivas Ohr Somayach and its Talmidim.   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   00:00 Must a baal teshuva regret things in his past that helped him grow as a person?   13:29 Is setting up two secular Jews together a good thing, since it curbs assimilation, or a bad thing, since they're likely not keeping niddah?   18:49 Is it possible that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was Moshiach?   26:16 Can we overturn a halacha if its basis was discovered to be a printing error?   30:18 How important is logic when understanding the will of Hashem?   32:58 Can someone with AIDS get married?   38:12 How could the Tanach say to test Hashem via maaser if it's impossible to test?   42:59 How should one relate to their in-laws?   47:00 Why is the yeshiva system so focused on lamdus?   59:03 What is the difference between the Satan and the yezter hara? And why is the Satan fooled by the shofar every year?   1:02:42 Why is it not considered tznius to drink from a bottle?   1:07:09 Why are 100 women only like 2 men regarding zimun?   1:12:46 What changed with the etz hadaas? And what is the purpose of the pre-fruit world?   1:17:09 Why do some tuck the knots of the tzitzis and others don't?   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a     Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a     Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     00:00 Why is there a distinction between kri and kesiv?   05:02 Do plates that become treif need to be buried?   07:55 Can one turn a light off on Shabbos if the power is off?   09:45 Did R' Chaim Vital want his seforim published?   14:42 Which kaddish is best to say if there is no mourner in the minyan?   18:35 When Chazal describes certain sins as equivalent to murder, is that considered in halacha?   25:13 Should we pray for a people like ISIS, considering that Avraham prayed for Sodom?   29:!5 If a pregnant woman is sentenced to death, do we postpone the execution until she gives birth?   30:31 Could one bring the ashes of a Jewish person to Israel and bury them?   33:05 What exactly are sheidim?   37:13 Why is there not a unified Jewish minhag now that we're all mixed together in a global community?   48:26 Why was the Chief Rabbi of England allowed to attend the coronation?   54:58 What is the origin of kissing the hand of a Rav?   56:58 How can we be held accountable for not accomplishing our purposes since we no longer have prophets to inform us of our purposes?   1:04:27 Is Sodom really localized evil? Are there not spiritual effects caused by their sins?   1:06:56 What is the source for placing rocks on graves?   1:09:21 Why bother to be a tzadik if a tzadik is held to a higher standard?   1:14:28 If scientists would eventually be able to print human DNA and place it in an artificial cell in an artificial womb, thus creating an artificial human, would this be considered a human in halacha?   1:19:22 What is the source for pidyon nefesh?   1:23:03 Why is Terumah-Tetzaveh out of chronological order?   1:25:32 Why does the manslaughterer go free when the kohen gadol dies?   1:30:03 Is headstone a halacha or a minhag?   1:31:48 How could Tamar be burned at the stake if it's not a method of execution in the Torah?   1:34:16 How is a chacham greater than a prophet?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]     00:00 Does the law that the interpretation of a dream comes true still hold true today?   05:49 What is the status of the Black Hebrew Israelite ideology in halacha?   08:18 When is it proper to say "bli neder"?   10:07 If an AI has all the existing halachic literature, can we trust its answer to basic halachic questions?   15:13 How can one catch up in davening if one falls even farther behind every kaddish?   16:54 Can one rely on signs or omens when making a decision?   20:54 Can I make kiddush before a shehakol, if I make kiddush again by the seudah?   24:51 Is it a good idea to go to law school if it takes away from Torah and family?   29:23 Why are traditional Jewish measurements seemingly unstandard?   41:41 What is the source for following rabbis post-Sanhedrin?   54:13 Is there room to wear techeiles today?   57:59 Why was only Pharaoh, out of all the greatest evil men, given the chance to do teshuva?   1:01:50 What can one do between candle lighting and sunset?   1:03:04 What happened in that meeting between the Chazon Ish and ben Gurion?   1:04:52 When one is forced to make a halachic decision, should one rely more on memory or on logic, if the two don't align?   1:09:05 There are fig trees on Ohr Somayach's campus. Can the students eat it? What halachos must we worry about?   1:12:43 What are the issues with smartphones, and is the response to them excessive?   1:20:30 Who is the speaker of Elokai Neshamah?   1:22:46 When one answers "amen" to a sung beracha or kaddish, should one sing in kind?   1:25:04 When one must deal with an aggressive, violent person, e.g. a police officer apprehending a terrorist, how much can they be held responsible for responding in kind?   1:31:20 What is the "minimum shiur" so to speak of the mitzvah of teaching Torah?   1:33:01 How should the authorship of the Zohar affect our understanding of its wisdom?   1:35:00 Are artificially-created lifeforms considered halachically alive? What is the halachic limit of genetic modification?   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Join Ohr Somayach Mentors Mission This Summer ! June 27 - July 2, 2023 Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 Do we know what laws Rabbi Akiva darshaned from the tagin?   02:43 How do we deal with things in Jewish culture that originate in foreign cultures, like dress code or sirens?   13:43 When can one enter a shul that has a proper minyan but a woman chazanit?   18:40 How soon after sunset can one do mitzvos relying on tzes?   32:25 Is it proper to rely on a single halachic sefer without knowing how the sefer figures halacha?   36:10 How do we know what the spiritual functions are for any given item?   39:59 If someone learns just for interesting information and not lishmah, are they still yotzei the mitzvah of talmud Torah?   46:07 What actions of respect should be practiced more?   57:03 How does the authenticity of the Zohar's authorship affect its acceptance and impact on Judaism?   1:07:51 How are there private property laws if everything belongs to Hashem?   1:09:51 Could the Rav expound on the interaction between anti-Zionist Jews and the obligation to stand for the sirens in public?   1:23:05 How does one have respectful relationships with goyim and secular Jews?   1:29:30 If Moshe de Leon wrote the Zohar and lied about it, how could he be a Rishon?   1:33:53 Is it problematic the belief that the death of tzadikim can atone for klal Yisrael, given the pagan belief in human sacrifice and the Christian founding belief?       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   00:00 Can a ger be a shul rav or synagogue president?   02:46 Are non-Jews viewed as good or as bad?   08:59 Should one pray for a public revelation of Hashem?   13:05 Does the success of Jews antagonize the non-Jews?   16:27 Can one use a remote system to cook for other Jews while it is Shabbat for them but not Shabbat for him?   18:49 If a baal teshuva follows, say, the Gr"a for zmanim, does he have to become a Granik?   22:58 What is the most important thing for a parent to teach their child?   24:33 Does one owe "back taxes" for maaser?   30:21 If someone insults one's parents, one cannot forgive that someone. Does this apply to oneself if one is a cohen or talmid chacham?   36:26 Is it better to pray alone at sunrise, or to pray with a minyan later? What about a minyan earlier?   38:21 Should one do teshuva on aveiros done without knowing, and if so, how?   42:45 How does one find meaning in korbanos despite it being irrelevant today?   52:23 Is there a reliable source that Eliyahu HaNavi drinks the fifth cup at the Seder?   54:45 What is the fundamental difference between alcohol and drugs?   59:47 Does pack-up time before travel count towards the 18 minutes of travel time to a minyan? Must one still leave if engaged in another mitzvah?   1:05:00 What are some core ideas to speak about at the Seder?   1:08:58 Can one walk through a private parking lot?   1:10:26 Are non-Jews punished for negative actions that are not covered by the Noahide laws?   1:14:27 Does Rashi care about order of information in the Torah or not?   1:21:42 Why do some rabbis rely on miracles for parnassah even though it detracts from their Olam Haba? Were these miracles decided on Rosh Hashanah?   1:24:34 Why do we pray if we believe that God knows what is best for us?   1:34:06 Are bank failures common, and can we learn a message from the recent bankruptcies?   1:37:30 When can one accept an event as a "divine sign"?   1:39:15 Should the Jewish community emphasize physical health as much as spiritual health?   1:41:50 Should one seek to be on a higher level even if that increases judgment upon them? What is the benefit of a higher level?   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS    

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 How did Chazal know that hardships are prevented by learning Torah if hardships still occur?   06:21 Does Hashem put us in situations where we're bound to fail?   08:44 Why do we emphasize the failures of non-Jews, for example, that we toil and they toil, but only we get reward?   14:55 What does it mean to call the Torah a song, and if that's bad, why is it still in Tehillim?   19:19 What is the positivity of the Torah being a song?   20:52 Can a kohen get an organ transplant?   23:41 How can one tell whether to rest or to push through?   29:29 Why do we thank Hashem for the land of Israel when we eat food from, say, America?   33:24 What exactly is an 'al tikri', and where does it come from?   38:18 Is there an idea of a 'pressure valve' or a 'distraction' for the yetzer hara?   45:53 After committing an aveira, is it better to move on or to regret it?   47:38 How should a bachur use his newfound time during bein hazmanim? Is it better to read a book on skills-building or to read Gemara without it?   53:40 How does a child honor his parents who don't want him to learn?   57:38 What is the difference between safe spaces and Haredi society? They both refuse to be confronted with uncomfortable ideas, don't they?   1:03:12 If one only has one more night in Israel, should he go to his regular night seder or daven at the Kotel one more time?   1:06:12 Is someone allowed to take an epipen from a public first aid kit if he expects to have a reaction in the future?   1:10:02 If someone isn't ready to have children, should they still get married?   1:13:23 How can a person deal with loneliness without getting married?   1:17:57 What are the sources for gilgul?   1:21:07 How does one know if they're ready to get married?   1:23:02 Given that there should be strong distinctions between Jews and non-Jews, how should a baal teshuva interact with their non-Jewish friends?   1:25:50 What connection does a Jew have when they're not serving Hashem by learning or praying?   1:30:20 How can a benevolent, omnipotent God make earthquakes, if a man who makes an earthquake would be called evil?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

This episode is dedicated by the Kaufman siblings wishing a Mazel Tov to Avi & Chaya Kaufman on the birth of a baby girl! Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     00:00 What is the difference between a segulah and an inyan, and can one rely on them?   03:51 Do we stand for our rabbi's wife?   06:30 Can one call, right after Shabbat, a non-Jew in a time zone where it is still Shabbat, so that the non-Jew will tell a Jew news?   09:29 In what cases can one use maaser for his family or friends? What about for kiruv?   13:44 Given specific hashgacha pratis, how do we understand the consequences of free will?   20:01 Should we wear a tie for davening?   27:15 What is kabbalah, and how can it argue with Torah shebal peh, the Will of Hashem?   31:26 If a gadol advises someone to make a major life change, is there any way out?   35:20 Is there a minimum income to be obligated in maaser?   36:28 Why is the pshat written in a way that contradicts Chazal's interpretations?   41:05 How are Potiphar's wife and Tamar different? And why doesn't any other father appear to his son to prevent his sin?   44:25 Which is more important: learning Hebrew to unlock the learning on your own, or to learn gemara in English now?   47:56 What do the details of the Mishkan teach us ethically, emotionally, and personally?   54:54 Can a girl who is dressed properly go to a mixed gym?   57:20 How does a Western-educated Jew accept yibum?   1:00:38 What is the source for the "minimum pru ur'vu"? How can there be a mitzvah based on chance?   1:06:16 What makes idolatry and adultery so absolutely evil?   1:10:59 How does one know what the best version of himself is?   1:15:15 How does a Western-educated Jew understand the mitzvah of a rapist to marry his victim (if the victim wants to)?   1:21:50 How do we know that the luz bone is nourished by melava malkah, which is not a positive commandment?   1:23:53 How does a religious Jew take extended vacations to places without Jewish communities?   1:27:05 Is there a reason we compare ourselves to goyim at a siyum?   1:28:24 What is love, and how do we handle fake love?   1:32:46 Could the Rav expound on the Moshichist movement in Chabad?   1:41:50 What's the most important thing to do for a healthy, happy marriage?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     00:00 How is Torah's quality that it's difficult to learn without already knowing Torah a unique quality to Torah, and does not apply to secular studies?   09:33 What does it mean that certain Amoraim only learned a few of the orders of Mishnah?   11:19 Is it possible for a Torah-observant Jew to not get married?   16:03 Is it possible to learn between tasks, and if so, how?   20:45 Are Rebbeinu Gershom's 1000 years up? Were his takanos really universal?   29:20 Must one defend his beliefs, or can one rely solely on emunah? Is relying on emunah a weaker form of belief?   38:49 Is the Sephardic minhag to separate fish and milk nullified by modern medicine?   43:15 How can great rabbis respond to sin with midas hadin and not midas harachamim (kiruv)?   47:51 Could the Rav expound on the two types of emunah and their relative strength?   52:33 Why are angels depicted as complainers so often? Don't they only do Hashem's Will?   55:32 What is the importance of biography and history in learning a commentator? Aren't their words all that matter?   1:00:51 Do goyim have hashgacha pratis? Do they have reason to pray?   1:03:20 What are the origins of the different pronunciations of tav/sav?   1:07:46 How can a bachur keep Shabbat and kashrut in a non-kosher environment?   1:11:03 Does someone have to do a pidyon haben on himself if his parents didn't?   1:11:29 Is there any significance to the number 666?   1:13:22 What is an academic-Jewish work, and do they have a place in limud hatorah?   1:17:26 Why did God create pain?   1:22:47 If we're supposed to give and not take, why shouldn't we give gifts to non-Jews?   1:25:44 Can I put myself in danger to save another?   1:30:05 If there's an issue of engaging danger to protect others, how could one be a policeman at all?   1:31:39 Why is the Rambam so often a daas yachid?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 Does chilul Hashem apply to non-Jews?   05:16 Can an Ashkenazi Jew trust the hechsherim when he goes to a Sephardi for Shabbat, eg. the back half of a cow?   14:49 Is exercise a mitzvah?   17:44 What does it mean for a person to have a "higher neshama"?   21:49 Is it a complaint against Avraham that he had a Yishmael, and similarly for Yitzchak?   24:54 What is the source for Shehecheyanu?   29:00 The case of the caused miscarriage in Mishpatim implies that abortion is not murder. Why then is it not permitted in general?   34:53 How should someone decide when to live in Israel?   41:42 If a Sanhedrin cannot be bloodthirsty, why can a king, seemingly?   46:29 Why doesn't tsaar balei chayim apply to sea creatures?   50:58 Is the "sperm switch" permissible?   55:06 Is it better to be bothered by interpersonal mitzvos or by mitzvos between man and God?   57:30 If one has a non-Jewish father, can one tell his father what he's studying?   58:25 How can Rava simply override an irrefutable kashya?   1:01:47 Do other substances have the same laws as excrement?   1:03:09 Is it possible to rebel unwittingly against God?   1:05:38 What does the Rav think about the proposed judicial reform?   1:10:17 Are there any examples of righteous rebellions in Tanach?   1:12:54 Is Viktor Frankel problematic?   1:14:48 How are we connecting to Hashem via oneg Shabbos?   1:17:50 Do new geirim have tumas meis?   1:19:35 At what point does one focus on reading skills rather than Artscroll and straight halacha?   1:22:41 Why do we often cut off tehillim or add on to tehillim in davening?   1:25:15 How is a woman's voice considered ervah just because it's nice, whereas there's a doubt regarding a woman's behind?   1:29:32 Sikh shechita is extraordinarily humane. Why don't we do that instead?   1:33:35 How would rabbis before the gemara delve into the Torah without a text?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS  

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study in israel​ or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS