Dedicated LeRefuah Shleimah for שמחה יצחק בן מירעלע יודקא & אסתר תהלה בת אריאל ציפורה   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? [email protected] 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 When an urgent world event happens, how do we approach giving tzedaka to that cause?    02:40 Can I fly a country flag with a Christian or other religious symbol on it?   03:37 Do people who are heretics still somewhat believe in tefilla and is it more or less the case today?   14:34 Why is POSEACH ES YADECHA seemingly the whole reason we say the Ashrei?   19:39 What should a Yeshiva Bachur do if after a while at Yeshiva he feels disenchanted in learning/davening, etc.?   33:30 What are the Rav’s views on Hisbodedus and Jewish mediation?   39:30 In terms of secular music, specifically country music which heavily focuses on their god and on women/relationships but (for the most part) is not nearly as sexually explicit or openly immoral—some find that meaningful and sometimes touching —is listening to that considered krum?    45:31 How much of Avraham Avinu’s Torah is preserved in Oral Torah? And why didn’t Hashem simply give him or his sons the Torah before Sinai?   52:59 What is the Rav’s opinion of women (moms) who work full time and often leave kids to be raised by babysitters?   59:18 Would a different Torah narrative entail still going to Jerusalem and all the laws associated as such?   1:03:23 When the great flood happened, was it regional or global?   1:06:02 Can one value secular education for its own sake? Meaning, the value of knowledge beyond the practical use.   1:16:08 How exactly did Avraham reverse engineer the mitzvos?    1:18:11 If a single girl goes through all the required purifications, could she touch a man?   1:22:40 In terms of a person who grew up as a secular Jew and then became frum, are they accountable for all the mitzvos they didn’t know about?   1:27:41 What are the exact definitions of Chochma, Bina, and Daas, and how does one relate to the other?   1:32:51 When it comes to tzedaka, we are allowed to “test Hashem”—should we take this literally and what are the parameters of that?   1:40:57 Why are there so many reasons we could be redeemed?   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 @ ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedicated LeRefuah Shleimah for שמחה יצחק בן מירעלע יודקא & אסתר תהלה בת אריאל ציפורה   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? [email protected] 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 do witchcraft and superstitions differ from Kabbalah?    4:43 What is a Bas kol?   12:06 Recently, dinosaur tracks were found—how do we deal with that time issue relative to the age of the earth according to Torah?   22:38 What is the purpose of the previous worlds (before creation)?   23:55 What does the Rav think about Vayoel Moshe?   36:08 What is the Jewish approach to medicine?   54:14 What are the Rav’s opinions on going to Uman for Rosh Hashana?   57:36 Are we allowed to take sides, sell weapons, etc., during non-jewish wars?   1:04:40 What is the heter to medically treat a terrorist?   1:12:04 Given there’s no death penalty in the State of Israel, and there are no prisons in halacha, what is the proper galactic punishment for criminals?   1:16:14 Why are there separate Oral and Written Torahs?   1:19:39 How can we remove women from shiurim advertised for men and women (e.g. they are forced to sit in the back when there is plenty of room)?   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 @ ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedicated lzchus Refuah shleimah for שמחה יצחק בן מירעלע יודקא and for אסתר תהלה בת אריאל ציפורה Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? [email protected] 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 4:00 - What exactly constitutes a “ben Eretz Yisrael” vs. “ben Chutz l’Aretz” for how many days of Yom Tov to keep? 9:06 - Is there any source for the idea that religious jews need to have marital relations through a hole in the sheet? 11:03 - When we left Egypt, what happened to the Mixed Multitude and why were they not included in the census? 15:30 - There is a biblical obligation to listen to the Rabbis. It would seem that when a Rabbi says something, it would have effect of torah law. So when a person doesn’t turn in high school homework on time, that would be a biblical violation. How much agency is a person allowed to have? If I’m a Trump guy, can a rabbi force me to vote for Biden? Can he tell me who to marry or not to marry? How does this work in practice? 25:42 - On the pasuk in Devarim where Moshe is describing that it was his decision to send the meraglim into Eretz Yisrael, and many meforshim comment that this seemingly contradicts the earlier description of the story where it was Hashem’s decision. I recently read the Abarbanel’s description where he seems to say that he was deliberately lying because he didn’t want them to turn against Hashem since this episode caused the entire generation to perish in the midbar. How can the Abarbanel make this interpretation that Moshe was lying? In other contexts we might have said it came from a reform rabbi. How does he have the authority to do this, and why is it not a problematic thing to say? 30:35 - Why is kilayim a seemingly unique mitzvah in that we are not allowed to make it but we can benefit from it, unlike kashrut, shatnez, etc.? 34:23 - From the Hasidic community where a lot of women shave their hair, which became an attack against the Orthodox community, what is the Rav’s take on the concept [of shaving]? If someone grew up with that Mesorah, would they be allowed to change such a thing? 38:17 - Could the Rav give some insight on the covid vaccines, vaccines in general, etc.? 43:44 - Are observant Jews allowed to eat in non-kosher certified, but strictly vegetarian restaurants, assuming one is not eating leafy vegetables for example? 46:53 - About the Gemara in Chagigah, could Elisha b. Avuyah (“Acher”) done teshuva? How are we to understand the Gemara’s aftermath of his death where R’ Meyer and R’ Yochana see smoke and fire rising from his grave? 53:05 - What are the parameters for what a person can use their maaser ksafim, their tithe? Specifically, can one give out money to Israeli soldiers as it might be good for Haredi public relations? 56:50 - How did Tumas Niddah work during the times of the Beis HaMikdash? When a woman, married or unmarried, became a Niddah, and everything she touched became contaminated, how would that work? How did life look? 1:01:06 - About the luchos shnios. 1:08:02 - How is someone who would want their children to grow up in Israel, are there options, are they allowed to have hobbies, are they encouraged, what is the move for such parents? Is this a system they should try and fit their kids into, or are there other things they should be exploring? 1:14:24 - Are non-misdemeanor traffic offense a chillul Hashem if one can pay the fine without needing to appear in court? 1:16:37 - Is there a problem with saying Hashem’s name in a non-pasuk or non-bracha. 1:17:49 - Should terrorists receive the death penalty? 1:20:05 - Is it permitted to daven for something you want but that, if it happens, it could be dangerous? 1:22:37 - Are there any ways to validate the “flat-Earth” view from the Torah or are there any Torah personalities that took such a view? 1:25:45 - How should bnei Torah look at the Pope, Dali Lama, or other religious figures who seem to be doing great things for the world or at least their communities but are likely worshiping idols, not ones that are evil or in context of their relationship with the Jews but promoting good things for the world? 1:30:23 - (Follow up) Would Jews living their Judaism as superficially as [only the practices of their forefathers] be lacking in a certain way, or is it different? 1:32:27 - Regarding teshuva, in general, how does one begin, and specifically, how does someone do teshuva or get a full tikkun for wasting seed? What about someone who had a relationship with one of the prohibitions, arayos or a niddah? 1:36:33 - What advice does the Rav have for children, or parents of children, who just can’t seem to wake up in the morning for minyan?

Signup for the live Q&A at ohr.edu/rbqa Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? [email protected] 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. 1:25 Tips how a busy balabus can get into Elul mode? 5:20 Psychology books on boundary setting prioritize one's needs. Judaism acknowledges this prioritization, but it's written as a duty. Can you be assertive as a duty and not a right? 9:17 Why do we wear kippah and tzitzis? 12:40 If the prime minister asked the Rav advice on how Israel should handle the Arabs, what would the Rav answer? 16:32 In Chardeidi Israeli society, why is there so much focus on externalities, but certain activities are not allowed like having a car? 22:43 How can parents help their kids who think these priorities are flawed? 25:34 Does the Rav have advice for a child growing up right now who doesn't fit the norm? 30:49 Having grown up with a TV, what's the Rav's opinion on watching Hollywood films or secular novels? 39:13 In the Rav's view, what are the best ways to acquire yiras shamayim? 45:02 What are the roles of chumras in yiddishkeit? 50:34 In the states, Roe v Wade was overturned. Since there are times abortion is a religious requirement, why did the major orthodox organizations not opose it? 58:21 Does the Rav believe we are in the footsteps of mashiach, and does that practically change anything with our observance? 1:03:56 Could Elisha ben Avuya have done teshuva despite the bas kol? How does the Rav understand the gemara's aftermath of R' Meir and R' Yochanan having smoke and fire rise from his grave? 1:08:46 Since we believe that we are forgiven on Yom Kippur, why does Hashem still feel the need to punish us? 1:11:50 Rashi says in his commentary on Beraishis that the world was created for the sake of the Torah and the Jews. What does this mean for us and for non-Jews? 1:17:10 Does Hashem love the gentile nations or just Am Yisroel? 1:20:18 Will secular people be resurrected? Is it true that only those who believe in resurrection will get it? 1:23:11 What are the various opinions concerning animal sacrifices when mashiach arrive? 1:27:11 Since we're in the ikvos dmashiacha, what is the relationship between ingathering of the exiles and aliyah, and whose responsibility is it, us or mashiach? 1:30:59 A fourth bracha was added to bentching commemorating the event of the corpses not decomposing after the massacre of Beitar. Why of all places was it put here, and what does this miracle have to do with mentching? 1:35:21 Was R' Eliezer ben Hurkunes speaking about the internet when he said that the meeting place of the sages be one of promiscuity? 1:36:55 Is genetic engineering halachically acceptable? 1:41:21 If one is raising a non-Jewish child as Jewish in a mixed marriage, when should you tell him he's not Jewish, and how would you convert such a child? 1:45:16 In the form of a hobby, can a Jew perform in a non Jewish comedy club if his act is completely clean? 1:47:10 What is the Torah's perspective on the influence of the media? Is it avodah zara? Visit us @ ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Please join us live Sunday, 14 August and Thursday, 25 August to ask your own questions! Signup at : ohr.edu/rbqa Dedication opportunities for this episode as well as for future are available for episodes and series at : https://ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? : [email protected] 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, our website and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ ohr.edu    2:13 How did the Q and A come to be? What's its function? 6:02 Why do people think of math beyond hashem? Why is pi an infinite number? 9:43 Are the Jews supposed to serve G-d in their own bubble or be proactive in influencing the secular world? 15:49 Can a woman be motzei a man in havdala? 19:27 And why was Tisha B'av not observed on the ninth of Av? 20:15 If a woman's husband is not religious anymore, can she be motzei with his kiddush? 22:44 Why does the Rambam list the people who are exempt in the law of talmud torah in the beginning of hilchos talmud torah? 25:48 What is the torah's view on abortion? 35:53 In your experience, was the study of gemara easier or harder than the study of law? And did they benefit each other? 41:46 In regard to the internet and smartphones, it seems like there is so much good, and yet there has never been so much tumah. How are we to understand the diverse answers from various rabbis? 47:47 On what basis are we obligated to believe in kabbalah? 53:19 Were all of the halachos of 'hatov vihameitiv' given by the times of the harugei beitar? 59:52 What is the avodah of the days between now and Elul? 1:02:35 Moshe told the Jews the Shema in the 40th year in the desert. Did they say the Shema between getting the torah and then? 1:07:22 How was Tisha B'av celebrated for 800 years prior to the beis hamikdash getting destroyed? 1:08:57 If physical force is against the law of the land, is there still the concept of forcing a man to give a get? 1:14:21 Is it the responsibility of a Jew to follow politics? And is there a party Jews should identify with? 1:18:05 Does G-d act on the blessings and curses that we may say to each other? Is there a manipulation of G-d by the things we say? 1:23:25 If a person has limited time to learn, what should his priority be? 1:27:53 Can the Rav expand on the mitzvah of living in Israel? 1:33:27 Why do we not fast Taanis Esther on Shabbos? 1:36:23 'Even Rabbis have Rabbis' Who would Rav Breitowitz ask if he had a shaila? 1:38:07 If one commits a financial crime while doing an act that gets capital punishment, he is not chayav to pay the financial loss. But if one would not be killed - if he escaped, why should he not be required to pay? 1:42:56 How do we understand the Jews of Beitar not mourning the destruction of the beis hamikdash? 1:45:36 How do we understand the ceremony done on Tu B'av?  

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   Subscribe to Ohr Somayach!    https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   00:00 Rav address two sent it questions, regarding anistanus and talmud Torah    08:30 It is said that if someone makes 3 shidduchim, they are guaranteed Olami Habo—how does this work?    13:42 Where do the traditions for tefillin designs and wrapping techniques come from?   21:37 What are the pleasures of this world that we are essentially obligated to enjoy according to the Yerushalmi?   27:52 If Judaism is meant to be authentic, why is it that in Kiruv, we offer so many fancy trips and gourmet food?   33:09 In terms of the sun being stopped for Moshe and Joshua, it says it never happened before by Joshua—how do we understand this?   35:30 What are the different opinions of taking early Shabbos?   45:03 These days, there are often discounts given by insurance companies to women and the gender is defined by what the insured person states. Would it be mutar for a biological man to say he identifies as a woman in order to pay a smaller premium?   49:57 How could two opposite statement be true?   52:38 In terms of Tu B’Av, how do we understand the gemara’s reasons for a public shidduch day so to speak and how did times change?   58:56 How is it that Targum Onkelos was min HaShamyim?   1:02:29 Do we make Yam Hagadol bracha on the Pacific Ocean?   1:03:24 Why wouldn’t the whole world be made Jewish such that everyone would have the maximum opportunity for closeness to Hashem?   1:07:02 if the Talmud discusses 8 genders of Judaism, what does that mean?   1:08:37 Why do we accept Kabbalah today in Halacha?   1:13:09 If I can’t finish slichos, tachanun, general tefillah or the like, am I’m missing out on certain forgiveness capacity?   1:16:43 How do we relate to the destruction of the Temple if we never experienced it and why would our lowly generation be fortunate enough to have it rebuilt?    1:22:53 Why do Ashkenazim and Sephardim differ in the way they cover their eyes in Shema?   1:24:50 Kesubos is the current masechta in Daf Yomi cycle. A lot of the material discussed is about rape and other material that some may find disturbing. Can the Rav share some advice on how to approach this masechta with the right perspective. Alternatively, if learning this masechta will bother or discourage someone everyday, is it better to just learn something else?   1:30:16 How does it work that Torah is the ultimate healer but the Rambam states that one needs other outlets?   1:32:30 Why do we follow certain halachos today that some rabbanim wouldn’t have approved of?   1:36:25 Rashi in Moed Katon explains the practice of the Beis Din placing a stone on someone’s coffin as a זכר בעלמא of stoning someone who died while excommunicated.  If so, why do we place stones on graves today?   1:37:32 Why didn’t Avraham get punished for asking for a guarantee for Israel’s quality while the Meraglim did?   1:39:36 How do we view the seemingly vain descriptions of women in Ta’anis?   1:41:31 If creative acts are forbidden on Shabbos (melachos) why is intimacy permitted, isn’t that the most creative act?   1:43:47 What messages was Hashem trying to convey to Eliyahu during Har HaCarmel events?     Visit us @ ohr.edu     

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   00:00 What does the notion of writing BS"D on top of documents mean?   04:55 Can I throw away documents that have an image of the Temple?   06:38 Why does the chazan say the duchening bracha before the Kohanim?   10:10 What is the Rebbe’s personal approach to kiruv rechokim?    17:00 Since the Torah forbids usury, are we allowed to invest in interest-bearing assets?   20:19 In terms of the above, what about Israeli bonds?   23:45 What exactly is the shidduch crisis and are secular people involved?   27:52 If a non-Jew who is a chalal converts to Judaism do they retain their status as chalal?   31:45 What kinds of methods do stores use to check for shatnez?   35:18 Why would someone be able to lend on interest to an apostate Jew?   38:07 What is the story with Yushkas death?   42:27 Should we trust Rambam’s health advice more than present day nutritionists and doctors?   45:27 What do we learn from the Choni Hamagul story in maseches Taanis—“I’d rather find a friend or die”?   50:30 Why does the Torah allow polygamy?   54:28 According to the sugya in Succah, why do we repeat words in Hallel but seemingly shouldn’t repeat Hashem’s name (Kah)?   1:02:04 How do we understand beseeching Hashem in prayer with written, fixed prayer versus my own words?    1:12:05 What is the difference between the prayer statements of Baruch Atah Hashem and Yehi Ratzon?    1:13:00 In the Haftora for Mattos, why is there a pun and then not a pun?    1:16:30 How do we view Israeli land sold to gentiles?    1:21:04 If the order of Brachos in Shemona Esrei were predetermined and there was leeway in terms of content, why are brachos still so similar?   1:23:47 How old is the Ashkenazi nusach?   1:25:10 Why don’t we see rhymes so much in Psalms or Torah songs?   1:28:45 Is there a real source for Armenians being Amalek?   1:32:23 How would you respond to someone who used dinosaurs and other similar points as attacks on Judaism?    1:37:33 How should we view modern day biblical criticism?    1:42:01 Were the wives of Bnei Korach allowed to remarry?   1:44:24 In terms of the counting of Bnei Israel, what is the significance of the age of 20?   1:48:27 What is the proper kavana to have in praying at the grave of a tzadik? Why would I physically go there?   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   Visit us @ ohr.edu    Produced by: Cedar Media Studios  

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   00:40 - How do we look at intergenerational guilt from the Holocaust? 5:15 - Why does the man study while the woman works instead of vice versa? 11:06 - If the husband is working, but the wife is still not satisfied with the amount of money coming in, how much more does he have to do? 14:45 - Can you break Shabbos to relieve someone's suffering? 19:12 - If women don't have a mitzvah to learn, how can they have as close of a relationship with G-d? 22:30 - Thoughts on Conservative, Reform and Egalitarianism? 35:44 - What institutions are there for women who struggle in their gender role? 37:41 - Being that Judaism celebrates the individual, why do we all try to look the same? 40:08 - How can we understand the relationship between Chassidim and their Rebbes? 43:10 - What is the root cause of the fear of excessive punishment, and what is the cure? 47:12 - How do you draw the line between good and bad drugs, like caffeine and cannabis? 51:25 - Would moderation apply to harder drugs as well? 52:18 - Should we be worried that caffeine might be ruining our life? 54:29 - Is there any wisdom in the world that we may be missing?   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   Visit us @ ohr.edu    Produced by: Cedar Media Studios          

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   00:00 Rav addresses possible controversial discussions   01:39 Why do we thank G-d for freeing us when He put us in Egypt in the first place?   06:09 Why do people say Baruch Shem Kavod in some capacities?   12:12 Why are there so many rules in Judaism?   19:38 How strict should someone be for checking their food for bugs?   25:35 Do people who support others in learning for the zechus of someone lose out on the reward?   32:02 Why do we read the first aliyah during the week and what is the function of maftir?   35:32 If someone chas vshalom suffered a miscarriage l, Are there Heterim to allow her husband to comfort her (touch, hug)?    40:06 If someone has the Tetragrammaton tattooed on their body, (how) can they go in the bathroom?    42:30 The Gemara in Sotah (46b) says that the angel of death wasn’t allowed to work in Luz. It says that when the elderly’s mind becomes difficult on them, they would leave the city and die. Was this allowed? And if so, why wouldn’t it be evidence that we should be able to pull the plug in a case of brain death?   49:16 How did the chapter divisions of Tanach make it if they are based on non-Jewish sources? Should they stay?   58:32 When someone may not have the right kavana, because of emotion or otherwise, is there a way to deal with that or an exemption of mitzvos of sorts?   59:37 How do we understand taking revenge on the midyanites, and why were women and children saved?   1:10:35 Why in orthodoxy is there absolutely no allowance of physical contact until marriage night where everything happens at once?   1:16:52 What is the purpose of G-d putting evil people into the world only to have them be killed?   1:18:47 What was the magic barrier around Egypt that prevented the Jewish slaves from leaving?   1:20:30 When I am trying to see messages from Hashem, how do I know I’m seeing it the right way or at all?   1:23:42 What is the specific quality of grape-products (wine/grape juice) that in the nine days and regarding nidah harchakos, one can have other alcoholic drinks, or (non-alcoholic) pomegranate juice?   1:26:34 Does the Hamsa ward off ayin horo and what is the basis for this?   1:30:18 Is there such thing as eminent domain in Halacha?   1:34:37 Why in some cases in Tanach were allowed to take the booty but other times we must destroy all their possessions?   1:37:14 What is the best way to improve in Ahavas Yisroel?   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   Visit us @ ohr.edu    Produced by: Cedar Media Studios  

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] 00:00 Rav addresses asking controversial questions 00:39 What is Ramban's view on premarital sex? 04:42 How can Shlomo HaMelech send sheidim? Isn’t that kishuf? 11:20 Why was Torah given so late if that was purpose of the world? 18:50 Did Yitzchak Avinu die during sacrifice or after? 22:30 How do we regard a figure like David Weiss HaLivni (who recently died) and the Union for Traditional Judaism in general? 27:10 What is the significance of Hashem's name “Shakai"? 32:40 What is the Rav’s view on psychedelic drugs? 36:25 What was religion of people of Haran? 44:20 Why was Shlomo able to build multiple extra kruvim? 48:30 How did Baer Miriam make it to the kinneret? 50:45 What is the issur of woman ordination? 56:15 How do we address skeptics of Flood of Noach? 59:18 How do we understand when Chazal say that Rabbi Akiva was greater than Moshe Rabbenu? 1:01:30 What’s the minimum you have to say of the pesukim for Krias Shema Al Ha Mitah? 1:02:10 Are there any proofs in Torah that prove its validity? 1:04:38 What is the origin of making a wish on a wish bone and is it avoda zara? 1:07:40 Does reading Zohar itself purify someone? 1:09:00 What does it mean the Pinchas is Eliyahu? What are practical implications? 1:14:10 Is there a fourth individual that lived eternally? Eliyahu, Chanoch, and Sarach Bat Asher are known. What is the commonality amongst them? 1:16:50 How can Iyov be listed as a non-Jewish prophet if we know it’s only a minority opinion that he was a goy? 1:20:20 Do Jews who have only a Jewish mother have inheritance? Also will there status change at time of Messiah? 1:22:35 Why is the word Bar mitzvah in Aramaic and Bat Mitzvah in Hebrew? 1:24:07 Why do some halachos depend on looking at a Goyish majority? 1:27:42 What are the views on talking in the bathroom? 1:29:08 Should we respond to Palestinian treatment of Jews in a similar way as we did with the Soviets? 1:34:52 Is it morally wrong for a Cohen to be grateful for Chet HaEgel which gave him his kehunna? 1:36:50 When would shaking a hand with a woman be permissible? https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   Visit us @ ohr.edu    Produced by: Cedar Media Studios  

We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   00:00 Why is there zero tolerance for pictures of women in the yeshiva world when there are such explicit depictions in Chazal?   06:05 What is the difference between a kofer and an apikores?   07:46 How do we understand the concept of kollel (work combined with learning)?   25:44 Is the Rambam’s standard of hours  learning and working good for everyone?   29:21 Why does the Torah “hype up” Torah—in that it self promotes?   31:05 Could the Rav expound on the hidden tzadikim of the dor?   36:30 What is the meaning of Lshem Yichud?   42:14 What is the ko’ach of the month of Tammuz/What should we tap into?   45:22 Will we be able to commit sins after mashiach comes?   52:24 What is the meaning of the phrase “UMIKAYEM EMUNASO LISHAYNAY AFAR” mean in amida?    54:54 If Hashem is perfect, why does it appear that He changes his mind over certain decisions and improvise as he goes?   1:01:04 Why didn’t G-d create an “ideal world”?   1:02:50 Is there a transactional aspect of Judaism?   1:06:30 Isn’t the status of Halachot leMoshe Misinai hard to believe? Why would HAShem choose about 60 halachot that are seemingly random and unrelated to each other to not include in the Torah?   1:13:58 Is Rav Anan related to the amora of a similar name?   1:20:16 What does it mean that Moshe took the stick before Hashem in Parshas CHUKAS?   1:23:03 What is the takana of Ezra regarding immersing?   1:30:38 Is living together a mitzvah?    1:31:37 According to R Elyashiv, how do we understand Divrei Torah and hirhorim?   1:35:28 What’s the difference between chas v chalila and chas v shalom?   1:37:56 If there’s an expert on Torah but his personal life is poor, can we still learn from him?   Visit us @ ohr.edu !   Produced by Cedar Media Studios

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   00:00 Clarification about R Aryeh Kaplan and use of drugs    00:58 Is there a source for wars being prevented for learning Torah?   07:05 What is an appropriate response to answer a secular person about slavery in the Torah?   14:14 How do we visualize demons, what did they look like? How did we know they were there? Are they present today, or did they go away with certain yeridas hadoros?   19:28 How should a convert act in terms of honoring parents, shomer negiah, etc.?   23:47 What is the safek on mainstream techeles today?    31:43 Why is Miriam punished instead of Aaron if listening to Lashon Haro is worse than saying it according to the Chafetz Chaim?   33:12 How should we think about Angels?   37:46 What are the levels of Angels?   38:44 Why is the Shema such a meaningful prayer and what does it really mean?   40:25 When the Ark landed, how did animals spread to all parts of the earth? does this contribute to the idea of one continent/Pangea?   42:42 What are the Rav’s views on the different types of kiruv?   47:05 Shuckling and vigorous flailing during davening looks absurd, so should we stand still during Shemona Esrei?    51:42 What is wrong with occasionally drinking alcohol or smoking marijuana?   54:40 What are the reasons that Sephardim and Ashkanazi Jews have different ways to say certain tefillos out loud or not?   1:00:37 Are people who are married by a reform rabbi halachically married?   1:05:52 Why does the Torah state things one way but we have a mesorah that it means something else (such as eye for an eye)?   1:07:08 What is something that surprised the Rav in his  life or his favorite sefer?   1:10:53 What are the halachic ramifications of a Jewish man and woman being intimate outside of marriage?   1:17:10 Recently an animated Disney movie had a small homosexual scene. Should we not be showing cartoons to our kids?   1:21:40 Why does mashiach have to come in the form of a person? Why wouldn’t it just be Hashem himself? What depends on a human leader?   1:23:24 What is the opinion on causing a car to stop on Shabbos to cross the street?   1:25:40 What about when someone needs to use transportation for an emergency on Shabbos?   1:27:10 Should we not walk on grass on Shabbos?   1:28:00 In Parashas Shelach, why is there a seemingly larger focus on Yetzias Mitzrayim if the miracle to get to Israel is seemingly harder?   1:30:22 Where does the 250 incense offerings come from in Parashas Korach?   1:33:04 After all the miracles and revelations of Hashem in the Torah, why would anyone continue to question Moshe and Aharon’s authority?    1:37:30 Why do we say speedily in our days when amoraim prayed against that?   1:38:51 What does the Rav think of many Jews pursuing higher education in relation to going off the Derech?   1:44:31 How do we posken with non-Jews opening and pouring non-Mevushal wine?   1:49:29 Could a Kohen enter a cemetery of Karites?   1:50:40 If a convert stops being a shomer Torah Jew, do they become invalid?    Visit us @ ohr.edu !   Produced by Cedar Media Studios

00:00 What’s the significance of listing Esav’s family in the Torah?   06:12 What is the rebbe’s personal view on the age of the universe?   17:20 Is it kavodik to say prayers under breathe while the Chazan chants?   23:45 Why are we not allowed to discuss the Divine Chariot?   29:47 What exactly does it mean to be created in the image of Gd? And what is the breath of Gd?   37:52 Is there a source for lead pouring as a way of getting rid of ayin hara? And why is it whenever it's referenced in books or even nowadays it is something women do?   44:52 Does beauty get in the way of Torah?   47:05 Does the idea of Gd being “in things” interfere with the Arizal’s concept of TzimTzum?   55:47 Did Gd make particular mitzvos because it’s good, or is it good because it’s a mitzvah?    1:04:57 Why does the Arizal get Z”L permanently affixed to his name, and not Rashi or Rambam?   1:06:12 In Gemara Shabbos, what does it mean that angels burnt Moshe with their tongues?    1:07:30 What does it mean that even if Chazal are wrong we still listen to them?   1:12:48 What’s the point of 2 day Rosh Chodesh with the 30th day observed?   1:16:00 Why is the first question we’re asked is did we conduct business honestly? What if someone never went into business? Or was an employee their whole life? Does this apply to women?   1:19:27 Should we not support China (economically) due to their unethical practices?   1:25:10 Is it possible to marry the wrong person?    1:26:38 Could you talk about communal punishment?   1:31:44 How does someone know they married the right person?   1:34:05 Why did Rav Chaim hold not to wear wrist watches?   1:34:59 What’s the Halacha on certain men’s grooming actions?    1:38:00 Should we cut our beard?   1:40:22 Where do we draw the line with technology and the will of Gd (such as extending lifespan)?   1:44:43 What would happen if the Sanhedrin were obviously completely corrupt?   1:47:40 Does wearing a suit all the time present a problem with discomfort?    1:50:06 What does the Rav think about the Chabad Rebbe’s and Chofetz Chaim’s opinions of cutting the beard?   Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   Visit us @ ohr.edu     

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   00:00 Why do we say the language of “hamotzei lechem” if Hashem doesn’t take out bread?    02:29 Can the Rav expound on Judaism’s view of homosexuality?   10:10 How should Jews look at accounts of near-death experiences?    17:42 What is Rav Kook’s position on korbanos?   28:20 Why is it that we don’t "acquire" women through other means than money?   33:13 What is the Rebbe’s opinion on vanity cosmetic surgery or otherwise and how should we approach it?   38:20 The Gemara in Yevamos עו. discusses a certain ritual to test a bochor with certain medical problems for infertility before he gets married. How then can some of poskim argue against /married/ guys getting fertility tested if there are problems?   40:45 Can a person who cannot have children marry a mamzer or convert?   41:23 What exactly constitutes a siyum?    48:44 If mashiach can come from the dead, does this make Chabad’s view heretical?   54:32 What are some reasons that there are machlokesim in Mishnayos?   59:43 Some hold that there are parts of the Gemara that were written by the Gaonim themselves. Is this true?   1:02:00 How does the Rav speak to the idea of feminism?   1:07:40 Is there a concept of overturning precedence in Halacha. For example, is it possible that a contemporary Posek could permit electricity on Shabbat?   1:11:03 What is a gay Jew supposed to do?   1:22:30 How can we help secular people make sense of the shidduch process?   1:28:02 What is out responsibility to not patronize unethical commerce (such as places that employ sweatshops)?   1:32:24 How will Eliyahu HaNavi’s paskening work?   1:33:25 Would there be a leniency to switching sects of Judaism?    1:34:37 What is the Rambam’s position on reconstituting the Sanhedrin?   1:37:52 Is it a halachic requirement to say Baruch hu or varuch shemo? What about just shemo?   1:40:42 To what extent should someone go to avoid machlokes?   1:42:35 How do we understand great Torah personalities in Tanach doing certain things that people today would be ostracized for?    Visit us @ ohr.edu         

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   00:00 What is the basis of the Magen David?   01:46 What is the Torah view on liability of a self driving vehicle?   8:23 How important is pronunciation in the formula of tefilla? For example, many people don’t pronounce a moving shvah (like in Kedusha or Kaddish), or they misplace an emphasis, such as mezoinos instead of mezonos. Also, when we sing songs, like Lecha dodi or zemiros, or Shir hamalos, we might change the emphasis. Since difference nusachs exist, or people use modern Hebrew, etc…how does that work?   15:49 Do halachos of Rabbeim apply even in a time with no official smicha?    18:37 What response do we as Jews have to school shootings and how should we view gun policies?   23:03 What is the definition of divorce for non-Jews and how should we approach giving advice or otherwise?   28:30 The State of New York is attempting to strengthen oversight of Yeshiva education. Ostensibly, they want to enforce the "core" curriculum of math, science, and the like. If they were to stick to those issues, does a secular government have a right to insist on a population education in math, etc.?   35:19 How does the concept of a Shabbos Goy work?   42:14 Does maaris ayin apply in the case of eating heter mechira?   44:09 Could I put up a sign stating I’m a kosher Jew in a treyf restaurant?   47:05 How do we justify the idea that someone that has “chen” or grace, they have fear of Gd, but in Eshes Chayil, it states that chen is sheker or false?   51:18 What’s the rules on after-brachos?   54:35 How can someone understand the idea of uvdin d’chol or a “mundane activity” on Shabbos?    58:18 What is your halachic and legal take on halachic prenups? Do you think couples should get a halachic prenup? Do you think that the way people protested on social media and outside homes last spring is something that should be encouraged especially because many agunos received their gets that way?   1:10:26 There’s a new section in the Israel Museum about “magic” in Judaism and segulos—do we believe in them or not?   1:15:44 How do we understand going to a mikveh on Shabbos?   1:18:24 Why are the words RAH and REYAH so similar?   1:20:52 Where do the minhagim of black and white outfits and hats come from?   1:27:20 Why does the bracha for kiddush hat on on Friday night say “Vrozavanu” instead of “Vitzivanu” when seemingly every other bracha on a mitzvah contains the latter?    1:31:09 Why are Shabbos and kosher the main factors mentioned when discussing frumkeit?   1:34:25 Why do Talmudic rabbis use certain hermeneutical principles when inferring various laws?   Visit us @ ohr.edu     

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   00:00 Could the Rav elaborate on the Gra’s view that the days of creation correspond to millennia?   02:47 How does the Rav feel about the state messing with the Meron situation?   7:40 Is there an issur of Kol Isha in front of a gentile man, and likewise is there an obligation for tznius if the Jewish woman is not responsible for their aveiras?   15:10 What is the Rebbe’s advice if someone is attacked by inappropriate thoughts in the moment?   17:26 Zionists think that since we’re not in Galus, the Talmud Yerushalmi has more authority now—does it?   25:55 Why don’t women change their Hebrew name once they get married (since they change many other minhagim by their husband)?   27:35 Could the Rav speak on the topic of politician Aryeh Deri, what are the Rav’s thoughts, whether he should be leading Am Yisrael, is the media blowing things out of proportion or is there truth to their claims, etc.?   29:55 How will Halacha work when techiyas Hamesim happens, in light of many changes that have happened over time?   34:00 Does the Rav think that the war in Ukraine has anything to do with precursors to Mashiach?   37:42 Since it’s common to wear clothing made of animals, why is that not considered tumah?   42:10 Why are Pesach and Yom Tov names but not Sukkos, Shavuos, or Shabbos?   45:39 Is there a deeper (spiritual) understanding to if a man is mazria before a woman, having a daughter first?   49:09 Why are the curses in Bechukosai much stronger than the brachos in terms of description (and in Ki Savo)?   1:01:25 Do souls watch over us from above?   1:04:18 Why are the four questions we ask seemingly the only questions that are preempted by the Torah?   1:10:23 Why is there controversy around the author of the Zohar and how does this affect other controversial sefer authorships?   1:16:44 If tzitzis is lacking tcheles, why do we still say a bracha if the mitzvah is seemingly incomplete?   1:20:06 Recently there are images of Mars and new findings of caves, does Judaism accept the idea of life on other planets?   1:25:12 Is there a validity to the Yeshivish concept of “shtultz” (honoring older bachurim)?    1:28:38 Can you use Alexa/Siri/Google Home on Shabbos to turn on the lights or the AC? And is their a difference by Yom Tov?   1:29:26 What are the conditions necessary to make something no longer considered woman’s clothing?    1:31:43 With regards to offerings or food in general, what did the Jews do when all they had was manna?   1:34:15 What does the Torah state is the ideal lifestyle (Nomadic vs Urban)?   1:37:10 What should we think about during Lag B’Omer?   Visit us @ ohr.edu   

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   00:00 Correction of nekudos from last week regarding Megillah.    01:03 How do we answer someone that asks “why should I marry a Jew?”?   5:30 Why do we have to repeat Shemona Esrei when we miss even one phrase or bracha?    10:29 Why are we not encouraged to put on tefillin at other times besides Shacharis?    15:45 Why can we kill things that are made through Chazal’s definition of spontaneous generation?    26:09 How do we understand Rashbi’s notion of 18,000 or 2 righteous people in Gemara Succah?   31:04 How do we navigate the Israel kashrus system compared to the American one (or otherwise)?   33:43 Why did Hashem create a man in the way he did with guilt of getting a free ride?   38:52 What are the different opinions about giving up land in order to make peace with Arabs and Palestinians?   47:53 What should a BT refer to himself as haskafically? Can I not just say shomer Torah mitzvos? Or do I have to say Haredi, etc? Am I locking myself out of tents? Would a certain girl avoid me due to a label?   51:09 Do we hold by ״we want Mashiach now”?    55:26 What is the source and halachic basis of married women wearing a headband as a head covering?   1:03:20 What is the level of Shmiras Eynaim according to Halacha today?   1:05:35 Why are there some Aramaic words that end up in the Chumash?   1:07:14 Where does the Sefer HaMitzvis Katzar get the age of 25 to not get married if a Bachur can’t afford that life?   1:10:31 When learning all day how does one transfer his learning from Binah to Da’as?    1:19:14 Regarding gilgul, is it possible for a kohen soul to be reincarnated to other tribes?   1:21:40 How does one maximize remembering the Torah they have learned?   1:23:40 Is the idea that 80% of the Jews died in the plague of darkness a universal teaching?   1:26:13 What is the rebbe’s opinion on Bnei Torah being supported by in-laws or parents?   1:34:48 In terms of the blessings and curses of the Torah, are we to view these as cause and effect or as reward in the actions themselves?   1:38:58 Does a Jew have an obligation to protest on the side of pro-life in the abortion argument?   Visit us @ ohr.edu   

00:00 Are we allowed to smoke or vape in a beis Midrash?    05:17 Why would Hashem design a system of impurity at all?   09:39 Ramchal describes a spiritual energy of each day, so does this mean that negative events that occur on those days interfere with the energies?   15:34 Why was the punishment of R Akiva’s students considered balanced in regards to their deeds (lack of respect to each other)?   23:55 In NACH there’s a concept of having a legitimate government, are anti-Zionist stories irrelevant?    37:27 How should we view the possible overturning of Roe V Wade?   45:46 Many of our great rabbis we’re holding in science and math, so for one seeking wisdom to satisfy the heart and the mind, is it better to dive into (one area of) Halacha or dive into astronomy and the like?   52:02 What happens to people who are alive when resurrection of the dead occurs? Will their bodies be the same? Etc.    54:55 How does the Rav suggest that we approach the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch when there are Halachos that may be confusing at face value?   57:30 What is in the power of a kli (a vessel)? Why do we need to use it to wash, etc.?   1:01:03 What should be our response to a Jewish state seemingly already being established?    1:06:47 During the times of the Sanhendrin, what were the laws surrounding illegal abortion?    1:10:35 What are the purposes and differences in Kaddishes, and further halachos?   1:18:44 Why is the mitzvah for having children only for men and the curse is on the woman?   1:23:40 If one is learning in Yeshiva and he hears the national siren, should he stop and stand in honor?   1:26:49 If you’re in an area with a lot of elderly people passing by, to what extent does one have to stand in respect?   1:29:37 How do we understand the Mishna in Pirkei Avos about our ages and the roles they entail?   1:34:26 When it comes to Tcheles (strand of blue in Tzitzis), why don’t we all wear it if the Halacha says to be more machmir and we have no downsides if it doesn’t make the tzitzis passul?   1:37:24 Does that decision rely on the Arizal?   1:39:04 If there’s no eruv, would fake tcheles be considered carrying?   1:39:56 What is the origin of the segula to daven for shidduchim at the kever of R' Yonoson Ben Uziel (aka Amuka)?    1:45:17 Why did the practice of putting Shivisi end in Ashkenaz?   Produced by: Cedar Media Studios

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   Visit us @ ohr.edu    00:00 Is there a Heter for kiruv groups putting on events where mixed dancing is inevitable?   07:37 What kinds of advice can the Rav give to help us make more of our davening?   18:20 Why was the GRA so vehemently against Chassidus?   30:28 What is the Torah view of the drug known as Ayahuasca?    36:21 What’s the purpose of life once we reach a perfect reality/complete tikkun?   41:08 Does the Rambam hold that a Tinok Shenishbah would get resurrection?   55:19 Is it halachically permissible for women to take birth control?   58:30 What’s the difference between Rav SR Hirsch’s TIDES view and Rav Soleveichik’s Torah Umada view?   1:01:59 What is the Torah view on the following: In business if one deals with another company or client that treated them and their company poorly or ripped them off, what’s the right way to approach the transgressor from a professional standpoint?   1:04:32 How do we understand the idea that God “regretted” certain things?   1:08:06 How can we describe God using attributes when He is unlimited?   1:15:05 Why is a mother that gives birth to a female impure for longer than when she gives birth to a male?   1:18:05 Is there always some type of coherent arc in the Gemara or are there parts that are seemingly pieced together?   1:22:50 What are some in your opinion over the top cleanings that people do for Pesach?   1:25:03 Is there a difference between a Jewish and non-Jewish soul?   1:28:12 Why did Shmuel of the Gemara not listen to a woman in distress?   1:31:18 Why do we refer to Bar Kochba as that name specifically to this day and not reverting back to Shimon Ben Kuziba?    1:34:08 what does it mean to give power to the ayin horo?   1:35:10 In light of terrorist events lately, would it be a worthy hishtadlus to get a gun and should people avoid making aliyah?   1:38:38 What is the origin of Mishmar specifically on Thursday nights?   1:41:00 What should be out attitude on different machlokesim—follow the herd or have our own views?   1:43:44 Why can a ben eretz Yisrael go to chutz la’aretz and what kinds of Halachas apply?   1:47:37 In the Hespeidim, everyone commented that Rav Chaim never accepted money for his advice and brochos. He also famously never had a job/position. Even if we say that he lived on very little, how did he afford the little he did have?   1:49:40 Why does the Gemara present so many views that end up being refuted?   1:52:52 Can a Jew get a PCR test on Shabbos if it is administered by a non-Jew?   1:54:47 How does someone (namely the Amshinov Rebbe) keep Shabbos until Tuesday?    1:56:22 What halachic complications can occur with IVF?   Produced by: Cedar Media Studios

Dedicated in Loving Memory of Cliff Drazen- צדוק בן ראובן   Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu    00:00 How do you convey a positive connection to intimacy if it’s something we avoid before marriage and also how do we counteract society’s influence toward it?   03:42 When someone speak lashon hara about you, you accrue their mitzvos?   14:00 Why are there so many differences in sefardi and Ashkenazic Halacha? Is it based on Minhag? At what point does minhag become Halacha? What is the soul effect?   34:34 Is there a strong background of Mizrachi being related to ashkenazim?   36:10 Are all nusachs inclusive of the Arizal’s Kabbalah?   42:43 Why did Rav Moshe speak against Rav Steinzaltz’s translation of the Gemara?   49:20 Should we hold back on talking about ourselves as to avoid jealousy from others and does Hashgscha Pratis have an effect of preventing that?   57:50 If someone never knew or connected to Rav Chaim z”l, should they still mourn for him, or any tzadik in general?   1:04:40 How do we respond to the comment that Yeshiva is a brainwashing operation?   1:07:50 What are the origins of dressing up and eating hamentashen on Purim?   1:10:12 If the majority of nations agree to it, does International Law like the UN conventions, Geneva Convention, etc. fulfil Dinim to the point that NATO and other countries would be obligated to enforce violations under Torah law?   1:14:45 Where is the Torah source for Shadchans and why are there mechizas for events that don’t have to do with tefilla?   1:21:50 What is the logic behind the reasoning that certain mezonos could be bread, especially concerning matza?   1:24:49 Does the Gemara define romance at any point?   1:28:05 How are principles (eg Tznius or Shalom Bayis) defined in Halacha?—How can a principle be enough to outweigh a mitzva like women’s zimmun?   1:32:13 In regards to increasing a cooking flame on Yom Tov, can one use a boiling pot to extinguish the flame? (see amplification below)   1:34:18 Should we be abstaining or partaking in Judaism (asceticism)?   1:37:41 Could one be Yotzei Matanos Leevnyonim on both days of Purim?   1:40:08 What happened to Moshe Rabbeinu’s kids and why are they seemingly not mentioned very much in Tanach?   1:41:59 How literally should we take the fact that Rav Chaim Kanievsky was the last gadol hador?   1:44:00 What is the general controversy between Rav Moshe Feinstein and the Satmar Rebbe?    1:46:40 How does the Rav censor himself on camera versus off camera?   1:49:17 Outside of tzinus reasoning, are there permissibilities in movies and gaming if they are going to increase someone’s learning?    1:51:24 What is it about Aramaic that we find such deep inyanim?   1:52:50 Amplificatons on R' Steinzatlz and Hilchos Shabbos   Produced by: Cedar Media Studios  

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu    00:00 Why are the 39 Malachos related to the idea of “rest”?    03:37 What’s a good answer to give if someone asks why can’t a woman be a rabbi?   11:14 What exactly defines jewelry for men?   14:50 What is considered “extreme” Teshuva?    18:04 How do we understand Rav Moshe’s teshuva on homosexuality in terms of spiting Gd?   20:41 Why are minhagim so important?   27:12 Can the Rav define the word “mature” in a Jewish capacity or otherwise?   33:20 The Rav said in a previous QA (actually a few times) that one won’t be held to account for following the Aruch HaShulchan, would the same be true for Minhag HaGra or similar?   35:59 How and when exactly do we judge others favorably, especially if I see them do an aveira?   43:06 How many dates and for how long should a BT have/date before proposing?   46:22 Why do certain garments or kippah colors express a certain hashkafa?    55:26 If I have influence on my friend and he wants to go a certain Yeshiva (Hesder, for example), should I leave it alone or encourage him to go to another Yeshiva?    57:40 Why is learning Tanach emphasized more in the religious-Zionist world versus the Haredi world?   1:03:50 If you see a Talmid Chacham with his zipper down or hat on backwards, should you say something? And further, how do we approach rebuke of rabbis or fellows in general?    1:08:48 To what extent do I give my children the same openness I had in becoming a BT?    1:12:25 What if I keep Shabbos but not malava malka or vice versa?   1:16:57 Why do we mention a rav in third person but Gd in first person?    1:19:14 What does the Rav think of bnei yeshiva using the N-word?   1:23:48 How are we supposed to understand non-Jews in the Torah mentioning Gd’s name shem Hashem?   1:24:50 Will there be any “new Torah” in the days of Moshiach, for example, new “kesuvim,” or halachos?   1:26:42 Why do we lift our feet and turn left and right in Kedusha?   1:28:56 Should there be a movement to reestablish the Sanhendrin?   1:33:18 Does a Jew have to be Haredi or could they be Daati Leuimi?   1:35:00 What does it mean to bring the Kedusha of Shabbos to the chol?   1:37:15 Where does one draw the line with Halacha in terms of Daati Leumi or otherwise?   1:39:26 Why are there no minyanim later at night on motzei Shabbat?    Produced by: Cedar Media Studios    

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu    00:00 the Rav supplements this week’s Q and A with follow up up on questions from last week:    00:03 Leaving out Lecha Dodi   01:38 Going into a church   03:09 R Moshe on Dor Yesharim   08:33 The Netziv and secular studies    11:47 Making instant coffee on Shabbos   14:16 Is there any zechus in the Ukrainian prime minister staying back and defending his country?    17:54 What does it mean that the tannaim were learning Torah?   20:25 Why are there exactly 70 nations?   27:31 Why is there not more focus on tefilla in Yeshivas as we approach Mashiach times or otherwise?   39:04 Where did the mintage of using parsely as karpas on Pesach come from and is it correct?   44:06 Is there a preference to using Kabbalah or non-kabbalistic references. And what is the view of gedolim having mystical powers of sorts?    50:29 What’s the view of bachurim learning Tanach?   57:44 What is the Halacha about talking about divrei chol on Shabbos?   59:24 How does one balance the “level” of mitzvahs and aveiras?    1:02:26 How do Kabballists seemingly justify speaking to the dead when there is an issur of communication with the dead?   1:05:04 What is the earliest Mekor for Purim Torah and can the Rav share a few of his most favorite and best ones he's heard and/or created?     1:06:44 If malacha is usually defined as a creative action, then how can we say Shabbos is a day of menucha?    1:10:21 As a Baal Teshuva, one is supposed to feel simcha but also regret. Which should we take on? Especially if regret can turn into self-loathing?   1:15:15 Is the story of Elazar ben Dordia an example of wasting seed and was his teshuva a source of proof that one can make teshuva on this?   1:18:04 The Gemara in Sukkah speaks about the “Sheva Roim” (the Seven Shepherds) in Navi and the list excludes Yitzchak Avinu with Rashi there bringing a source that Yitzchak Avinu is busy saving his children from Gehinom… what’s happening here?   Produced by: Cedar Media Studios  

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu    00:00 What happened with Yehuda HaNasi’s grave?   00:17 Is therapy effective?   05:37 is one allowed to gamble in a casino or just with friends?   15:07 Excluding mesora, how should one decide to follow Mishna Berura or Orach Hashulchan?   21:03 Jews can’t go into churches for no reason. If a Jew is visiting Rome or a place where churches are like museums, what is the Halacha?   31:09 Is it permissible to make a powdered soup on Shabbat with a Kli shishi?   38:40 Is there an issue of giving respect to a place like the Sistine Chapel or the like?   42:33 What is the definition of Bitul Torah?   54:30 What is the Rav’s opinion on censorship?   1:14:50 Are Chazal censored?   1:16:38 Why does Lecha Dodi mention SHAMOR before ZACHOR when it’s opposite in the Torah itself?   1:18:01 Some Jews cut out verses of Lecha Dodi, why?   1:19:42 How do we explain machloket in the Gemara when there was a mesora from Rebbe?   1:23:37 What happens when we don’t posken like a Mishna?   1:26:23 We are given different ages of people in Tanach, should we take them literally?   1:29:20 If you’re sitting in shachris Shabbos morning, and a person you know to have been born a woman sits down next to you, what should you do?   1:36:13 Are children below 13/12 obligated in middos?    1:39:15 What does it mean that Avraham was blessed “BAKOL” exactly, and what gives the right to the Ibn Ezra to give his opinion about the grammar of the pasuk?   1:44:22 What if a one’s parents don’t keep Shabbos?   Produced by: Cedar Media Studios

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu    00:00 What is the secret of Sasson and Simcha in Gemara Sukkah?   04:55 Does MUTAR mean it’s good and allowed or just not forbidden but could be questionable?   09:11 What is the significance of the blood on the earlobe, the thumb, and the big toe of a Kohen?    14:42 Why would Moshe care about Hashem relinquishing his connection to the other nations of the world (Parshas Ki Tisa)?   31:59 We fight the Yetzer Hara every day, so how is that not analogous to the idea that Christians believe we are born evil?    34:45 Is the point of Tanya to mitigate our animal soul?    37:38 Can you contradict the Tanya?   42:19 How much should we value the five levels of a person mentioned in Tanya?    43:47 Why didn’t the Jews in the desert turn to Aharon as their conduit to Hashem? Why did they seemingly go straight to an idol?   45:36 How should we deal with climate change?   48:06 There are three exceptions to not living in Israel. Parnasa, learning, and shiduchim. Are these exceptions derived from the Torah? Otherwise, where are these exceptions derived from?    56:40 For Shnei mikra v'echod targum, do pictures yotzei you?   58:25 Why does it seem like Gd needs to be "calmed down" by Moshe so often?   1:04:30 In a chassidus setting or otherwise, how is it possible to do so much learning and whatnot in the morning (from 6am-11am) without eating?    1:09:50 How do I justify my Teshuva when I know I’ll sin again, even the same sin?   1:13:32 When it comes to Dor Yesharim blood testing, could the Rav elaborate why we should or should not, and what we should do? And what is the general view on genetic testing when it comes to kids, couples, etc.?   1:21:58 What about genetic engineering?   1:27:00 Did Adam HaRishon have a first wife?   Produced by: Cedar Media Studios  

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu    Video available here   00:00 What is the classical understanding of the size of the letters in Megillas Esther before 1945?    04:10 Why couldn’t Gd just give us Israel uninhabited? Why did we have to fight for it?    08:12 What is the origin of the Reisha and the Seifa in a Mishna?   13:32 Is there any issue with having a temporary bima in a shul?   19:13 How does it make sense that we’re commanded to love Hashem?    26:00 In terms of kavod of Torah and Beis Midrash, what’s halachically acceptable to help you stay awake or otherwise?    29:34 There are 72 3-letter names of Gd. Which names were written on the Urim v Turim?    31:37 How do we understand the point of existence without having eaten from the Etz HaDa’as?   37:20 What is the importance of saying the recitation of Korbanos?    40:55 How should a mainstream Yeshiva handle a former Talmid who is mchalel mitzvos bfarhesia by leading a publicly homesexual lifestyle, but expresses a genuine interest in attending an alumni Shabbos and will actually keep that Shabbos properly. On one hand, this may send a bad message to the attendees and their kids, but on the other hand he will keep that Shabbos and will have a better shaichus to Torah. What should they do? Is it worth having him?   43:58 What exactly does the term “mazal” mean?    53:32 What exactly did it mean to learn Torah before Chumash and Mishna?   56:52 What was the source of Kabbalah before Chumash/Zohar?    58:55 How could Jews derive certain laws without the Torah itself?    1:03:16 What is the purpose of the activity of the deep ocean in relation to Jewish avoda?   1:07:14 What was part of the tefillin before Moshe?   1:09:32 How do we understand or accept the grandchildren of a Rasha teaching Torah?   1:14:45 Is there Teshuva for non-Jews?   1:17:40 Why do we sometimes switch Chazzanim at Yishtabach?   1:19:36 Do nidoi and cherem apply today?   1:22:58 Why does Hashem put special needs children in the world?   1:24:48 What are the specifics of the cherem from the GRA to the chassidim?    1:30:20 Kosher phones in Israel?   1:32:34 If the GRA considers our universe absent of G-d, how would he see the idea of Hashem Echod?    1:36:31 Why did Hashem make angels?    1:38:54 What is the argument of tucking peyos behind the ear?   1:39:57 Rav Breitowitz talks on a question from last week regarding someone’s mission in life vs. learning Torah.    Produced by: Cedar Media Studios