Halacha Headlines: Recent Episodes
Halacha Headlines
What’s the Tafkid of a Rov
What’s the challenges of a Rov
What’s the rewarding parts of Rabbonus
What’s unique challenges to Rabbonim these days?
Hear fascinating Shailos that come up
What's the Tafkid of a Rov
What's the challenges of a Rov
What's the rewarding parts of RabbonusWhat's unique challenges to Rabbonim these days?
Hear fascinating Shailos that come up
Guest host: Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov of Young Israel of Holliswood
with Rabbi Noach Isaac Oelbaum – Rov Khal Nachlas Yitzchok Queens, Renowned Mechaber Seforim and Speaker – 3:30
with Rabbi Moshe Weinberger – Rov of Aish Kodesh Woodmere, Renowned Mashpia and Mechaber Seforim – 41:12
with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Rov of Kehilat Lev Ra'anana, Founder of Semichas Chaver – 1:34:32
מראי מקומות
The history and the present reality of antisemitism in America.
What can we do?
How to deal with it?
The history of Five Towns
and much more...
Guest host: Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov of Young Israel of Holliswood
with Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky – Rosh Yeshivah Yeshiva of South Shore, writer and author – 22:20
with Chaskel Bennett – Business Owner, Political Activist, and longtime Hatzolah member – 49:08
מראי מקומות
What makes a successful Bein Hazmanim?
When should parents intervene if a son isn't thriving in yeshiva?
What's the biggest parenting mistake during Bein Hazmanim?
Can enthusiasm for Torah and tefillah be taught?
How much learning and minyan should parents expect during Bein Hazmanim?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, New Jersey – 8:24
with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael – 33:48
with Rabbi Aharon Spivak – Rav of KBY in Monsey, author and therapist – 56:08
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:15:21
מראי מקומות
What’s behind the push to integrate women into combat roles in the IDF?
Is this debate unique to the IDF, or does it reflect broader issues in Israeli society?
Does the prohibition of yichud apply inside a tank?
How should religious soldiers navigate these challenges?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Dovid Fendel – Founder and Rosh Yeshiva of the Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot – 14:34
with Rabbi Dovid Stav – Founder and Chairman of Tzohar and Chief Rabbi of Shoham – 34:01
with Rabbi Itai Asman – co-founder of Torat Lechima, promoting Jewish identity in the IDF – 57:17
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:14:11
מראי מקומות
Skiing, Heli Skiing, Sky Diving, Bungee Jumping, Escooters, Ebikes, Rock Climbing
Is it Muttar?
How do we reconcile 'ונשמרתם מאד לנפשותיכם & שומר פתאים ה?
with Eli Rowe – Captain of HatzalahAir – 7:28
with Rabbi Aryeh Kerzner – Rav, Agudah of Montreal, Rosh Kollel Ichud Hakehillos D'Montreal, writer for Mishpacha Magazine – 19:23
How to have a successful marriage
with Rabbi Avraham Kaas – Social Worker and Marriage Therapist – 54:02
מראי מקומות
- Is it wise to buy stocks based on a “hot tip”?
- When does investing cross the line into gambling?
- How does halacha view margin investing (borrowing money to invest)?
- What is the status of trading options and other derivatives?
- Is it permitted to invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?
- Is there a way to realistically double your money without taking on significant risk?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Daniel Rapp – Dayan at the Beis Din of America, Maggid Shiur at RIETS – 12:08
with Mr. Morris Smith – Former Manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund – 38:20with Mrs. Stacey Zrihen – Senior Director of Coaching for Living Smarter Jewish and Senior Financial Advisor for Achiezer – 1:15:15
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:29:55
מראי מקומות
Gambling has moved from casinos to our phones.
FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, ESPN Bet, Kalshi, and day-trading platforms have made “action” available every minute of the day.
When is risk-taking legitimate, and when does it become gambling?
Is sports betting different from day trading or prediction markets?
What are the dangers of addiction, wasted time, and chasing easy money?
with Rabbi Chaim Jachter – Rav of Sha’arei Orah in Teaneck, Dayan on the Elizabeth Beis Din – 28:15
with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rav of Zichron Yechezkel, Toms River NJ, Rov of Hatzalah of Central Jersey, Pyscotherapist - 50:16
with Mr. Yehuda Liff – Therapist at Retorno, Specializing in addiction – 1:12:43
מראי מקומות
Is there a mitzvah to live in Israel nowadays?
What are the largest financial differences between living in Israel and out of Israel?
What budget is necessary to come, at least for a year?
What lends to being successful in moving to Israel and what are the challenges?
What trade-offs do people usually face between cost, community, and lifestyle?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Akiva Dershowitz – Rosh Kollel, Toras Efrayim Shlomo, Yerushalayim – 10:42
with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 39:30
with Rabbi Paysach Freedman – CEO and co-founder of Chaim V'Chessed - 50:24
with Mrs. Rifka Lebowitz – CFP and founder of Living Financially Smarter In Israel – 1:15:17with Naftali Derovan - Head of the Aliyah Guidance Division of Nefesh B’Nefesh – 1:41:15
Conclusions and Takeaways – 2:04:31
מראי מקומות
Is “Dati Leumi” in Israel the same as “Modern Orthodox” elsewhere?Is “Chareidi” in Israel the same as “Yeshivish” elsewhere?What are their respective views of secular studies, engaging in the modern world, and serving in the IDF?What are the most common misperceptions each has of the other, and what can each learn from the other?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – posek, Rav and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 11:14with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 40:02with Rabbi Moshe Taragin – Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion, Gush Etzion, Israel – 1:02:02https://www.mtaraginbooks.com/
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:56:37
מראי מקומות
A boy lost 150 pounds through Ozempic. Does he have to disclose?
A girl struggles with anxiety and takes medication occasionally. Does she haveto disclose? At what stage?
A boy has mild asthma controlled by an inhaler. Is that considered a medical condition requiring disclosure?
A girl once had depression in college but has been stable for 5 years. Does “past history” need to be revealed?
A boy’s father spent time in prison decades ago and completely rebuilt his life. Must that be disclosed to the other side?
A girl has a sibling who left religion entirely. Is that relevant information or lashon hara?
And much more……
with Rabbi Dovid Jaffee – Author, What Can I Say..Today, Maggid Shiur – 16:55
with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Rov of Agudas Yisrael Toronto' Renowned Mechaber Seforim and Poseik on Hilchos Loshon Hora – 46:09
with Rabbi Shlomo Goldberger – MSW, Former Executive Director of The Shidduch of Baltimore – 1:14:18
What financial conversations absolutely need to happen before a couple gets married — beyond just “how much money do we have”?
What are the most common financial disagreements between couples?
How can couples get control of their finances instead of constantly living “in the red”?
When spouses come from very different financial backgrounds or mindsets, can those differences realistically be bridged?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS – 9:30
with Mrs. Stacey Zrihen – Senior Director of Coaching for Living Smarter Jewish and Senior Financial Advisor for Achiezer – 34:02
with Mrs. Chani Juravel, LCSW – Author, lecturer and therapist – 1:03:50
with Rabbi Shimon Taub – Author, Laws of Tzedakah and Ma’aser – 1:35:56
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:53:01
מראי מקומות
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with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Rov in Rannana, Founder of Semichas Chaver – 20:04
Is there an obligation to keep healthy? If yes what is the source?
Does a spouse have a say in your health? Can you stop your spouse from donating a kidney etc?
Can you take ozempic if isn't doesnt have enough testing what the long-term side effects can be? Or can it be taken even if it has doing some side effects?
Are you allowed to cause damage to your body?
Does it lengthen the time of Birchas Hamazon and every brocha Achrona because it takes longer to digest? Or vice versa if someone has quick digestion?
Are you obligated in brocha achrona even less than a kzayis because it makes you full?
Are you allowed to take on Yom Kippur even though it takes away ?עינוי
Is there an issue of Refuah on Shabbos?
Is there an issue of chilul shabbos with an injection?
Do you have to disclose in Shidduchim?
with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rav, Cong. Ohel Moshe, Brooklyn, Dayan, Rosh Kollel Shaarei Ezra – 25:17
with Tanya Rosen – Founder Nutririon by Tanya – 52:12
מראי מקומות
What does it mean to be “ready” for marriage?
What’s currently taught to chassanim and kallos – and what’s still missing?
Are too many singles entering marriage with unrealistic expectations?
Which common marital struggles could be prevented through better preparation?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Yosef Greenfeld – Rav of the Chestnut Shul in Lakewood & Chosson teacher – 6:16
with Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman – psychologist & author of From Boys to Men – 34:08
with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – licensed marriage and family therapist, lecturer & author – 1:05:05
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:37:35
מראי מקומות
Find out from farmers what percent of grain in circulation is Chodosh
How to practically keep Yoshon
Can we rely on a dream of the Baal Shem Tov in Halacha?
Is the dream accurate?
What's called a Shaas Hadchak?
Was the Heter only based on Shaas HaDchak?
Does it make sense to be Machmir on Cholov Yisroel and be Meikel on Chodosh?
Can you be Makpid on Chodosh only when you are home?
And much more……
with Rabbi Mordechai Farkash – Chabad Shaliach, Rov and Poseik in Bellevue Washington – 24:25with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Dayan for over 50 years, Formerly Magid Shiur in Belzer Yeshivah, Editor of Otzar HaPoskim, Mechaber Seforim: Habori Vehashemoh; Kol Boi on Eiruvin; Milim shel Halacha - A dictionary of Halachic Words and more – 50:49
with Mr. Randy Watson – Quality Control Stafford Mills – 1:06:09
with Rabbi Beirach Steinfeld – Rov of Khal Dover Tov in Flatbush and head of Khal Dover Tov Kashrus, Halacha Columnist – 1:19:13
with Rabbi Nechemia Salzman – Representative of Kemach – 1:32:54
מראי מקומות
Are there halachic caps or guidelines on salaries and benefits?
Does nepotism ever become a legal or halachic problem?
What constitutes "reasonable compensation" for operators of religious non-profits?
Can money be taken out in indirect ways, such as consulting fees?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis Din – 10:20
with Mr. Raphael Grossman – C.P.A. representing individuals, families, corporations and numerous non-profits – 26:23
with Rabbi Jonathan (Yoni) Schick – president of GOAL Consulting Group – 50:50
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:05:58
מראי מקומות
Why do we rely on leniency these day when the Heter was due to שעת הדחק and we don't have a shortage of food? If the Heter is based on Safek, nowadays the Safek is verifiable and can't be relied upon
If a store has information posted that it's not Yoshon - there's no Safek at all - what do people rely on?
Why are people making on Stam Cholov which is maybe a Safek Derabbanan and not on this?
If a person needed to eat because of פיקוח נפש and it was a question of הקל הקל תחלה should he eat Chodosh or drink Stam Cholov?
People spend a lot of money and time checking vegtables for bugs which the obligation to check is Derabanan but blatantly eat Chodosh - why?
Why are Chasidim so lenient - How does a story from the Baal Shem Tov uproot Halacha - even if it's true we go with halacha not stories - we can uproot all the Torah if it's controlled by stories not Halacha?
Chassidim specifically love to quote Chasam Sofer "חדש אסור מן התורה" - when it comes to any slight deviance of Minhag or even culture - and חדש itself they don't care about?
with Rabbi Menachem Genack – Leading poseik of the OU, Rov in Englewood – 17:35
with Rabbi Dovid Gorelik – Rabbinic Coordinator of the OU – 17:35
with Rabbi Yaakov Teichman – Head of OK Kosher – 43:43
מראי מקומות
How has the role of being a Rav changed due to the war?
What should a shul’s policy be when a siren goes off during davening?
How are people doing emotionally with the constant sirens, sleep deprivation and stress?
What are the most interesting or unusual halachic questions that were asked during the war?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
Rabbi Avishai David – Rav of Kehillas Beis Tefillah Yonah Avraham – 12:00
Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb – Rav of Beis Kenesses Kol Eliyahu – 37:32
Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz – Rav of Ahavas Shalom – 56:35
Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer – Rav of Ohr Chadash – 1:18:51
Rabbi Shalom Rosner – Rav of Kehillas Ohel Efraim – 1:37:37
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:57:56
מראי מקומות
Do we also receive a Neshamah Yeseirah on Yom Tov?Does it have any effect on our capacity to eat?Is there any medical or scientific basis for the claim that calories are “absorbed” by the Neshamah Yeseirah and therefore don’t count on Shabbos and Yom Tov?What are some practical ways to manage our eating on Pesach while still fully enjoying the Yom Tov?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen – Dean of Kinyan Hilchos Shabbos, author of 5 seforim – 14:14
with Dr. Diana (Miriam) Isaacs – Endocrine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cleveland Clinic – 34:45
with Coach K – licensed social worker in New Jersey and Running Coach – 55:26
with Adam Ezekiel – certified fitness trainer and performance coach – 1:15:08
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:28:15
מראי מקומות
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What makes gambling so alluring, and how widespread is it?
To what extent is gambling linked to following professional sports?
What strategies are effective in helping someone quit gambling?
Should watching professional sports be banned?
If a child uses a parent’s credit card to gamble without permission, is that considered stealing?
Halachically speaking, is the parent responsible for charges made by the child?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rav of Bais Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha at RIETs – 18:06with Dr. Jacob Freedman – psychiatrist, speaker and author – 48:02with Menachem Poznanski, LCSW – Director of The Living Room – 1:04:36with Ike Dweck – Founder and CEO of the Safe Foundation – 1:35:55
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:59:29
מראי מקומות
Does collateral damage in war have a limit – can you destroy a missile base that will kill many civilians in the town nearby. Can you hit a nuclear reactor that will contaminate millions?
Are citizens who support the regime considered combatants?
What Issurim can you be Doche because of mental health – using phones on Shabbos, or other electric devices that will calm them down?
Does Iran have a Din of an active Rodef if it's only something in the future – they're in middle of making a nuclear bomb that won't be ready for another two years?
Is it a Milchemes Mitzvah to start it on Shabbos ?
Can you be Mechalel Shabbos for preventive action – such as attacking on Shabbos to preempt an act (Is it תלוי בהותרה או דחויה- smoking while driving a tank)?
Do you have to go to a shelter (odds of getting hurt are very small)?
Is a tank Chayuv in Mezuza? Can you make it into a Sukkah? Light Chanukah Neiros?
Can you listen do the Megillah on zoom?
And more....
with Rabbi Binyamin Zimmerman – Rosh Kollel of World Musmachim Semicha Kollel, Senior Educator at the Zomet Institute of Halacha and Technology, Captain (Res.) IDF Rabbinate – 19:17
with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Rov in Ranana, Founder and heaod of Semichas Chaver – 53:04
מראי מקומות
Can a family member who is less qualified be hired before a more qualified candidate?
Must admissions be based on merit?
When is nepotism allowed?
Can the Menahel/Principal keep any donations (bribes?) made to him personally? What if they are non-monetary, like expensive liquor, a new megillah, etc.
Can the son of the Menahel sell access to his father?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Eliezer Breitowitz – Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Toronto – 15:48with Mr. Chaim Book – Senior Partner at Book Law LLP in New York – 48:30with Benjamin A. Goldburd – Partner at Goldburd McCone LLP – 48:30with Rabbi Jonathan (Yoni) Schick – president of GOAL Consulting Group – 1:15:20
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:33:54
מראי מקומות
Is failure to disclose a significant personality disorder considered a mekach ta’us in marriage?
Are there halachos guiding how to treat one’s spouse during divorce, especially in high-conflict cases?
When is it appropriate to turn to secular courts during divorce proceedings – for example, to obtain a restraining order against a spouse?
Can refusal to go to the mikveh be considered a halachic violation when used as a tool in marital conflict?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
With Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Rav of the Agudah of Toronto – 11:00
with Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig – Rav, Posek and author – 43:59
with Dr. Shmuel Harris – psychiatrist, author and founder and director of Machon Dvir Institute, Yerushalayim – 1:15:14
with Dr. Jacob Freedman – psychiatrist, speaker and author – 1:15:14
with Mark Schreck – New York divorce and family law attorney – 1:43:56
Conclusions and takeaways – 2:09:06
מראי מקומות
What’s the best path for serving Hashem in our generation?
Does it have to be one or the other?
Can it be a combination?
Host: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rov of Boca Raton Synagogue
with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein – Rov of Kehilas Tiferes Mordechai Cedarhurst NY, Renowned lecturer and author – 8:26with Rabbi Yaakov Danishefsky – Rov Avodas HaLev in Chicago – Mechaber Seforim, LCSW – 28:28
מראי מקומות
Can a woman receive semicha and give halachic guidance?
Does the historical precedent against it prohibit change? Does is violate our Mesorah?
Is the Israeli Supreme Court’s push for women’s Rabbanut Semicha a religious goal or part of a broader feminist push?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC – 11:17with Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, Esq. – kashrus professional and Chairman of the Rabbinic Circle at Coalition for Jewish Values – 39:53with Rebbitzen Miriam Kosman – lecturer for Nefesh Yehudi, Author of "Circle, Arrow, Spiral: Exploring Gender in Judaism" – 54:33with Mrs. Michal Horowitz – lecturer and teacher, author of “Abled: Living with a Disability, a Torah View” – 1:16:24
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:29:55
מראי מקומות
How does coming to Israel for yeshiva and seminary affect a student’s mental health?When do difficult emotional feelings cross the line from normal struggles to something that should be addressed?Should a student who believes another is emotionally unstable report that behavior to the school administration?What are the key similarities and differences in how boys and girls experience stress, anxiety, depression, or other emotional pressures?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz – Posek, Rosh Yeshiva & Rav, Givat Ze’ev, Israel – 8:50with Dr. Jacob Freedman – psychiatrist, speaker and author – 29:43with Dr. Shmuel Harris – psychiatrist, author and founder and director of Machon Dvir Institute, Yerushalayim – 29:43with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 1:02:35with Mrs. Debbie Fox – clinical social worker and author of Seminary Savvy – 1:02:35
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:40:40
מראי מקומות
Do you need a human mind for Psak?
Do you need Shimush?
Do you need human emotion for Psak?
Can a computer be called שופט שבימיך?
And much more……
Why would there be a Kol Korah against AI?
with Rabbi Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz – 6:27
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah of YU, Poseik of the OU – 8:07
with Rabbi Yoni Levin – Rosh Yeshiva of South Florida, Assistant Rov of Aish Kodesh, Woodmere NY – 11:04
with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivah of Greater Washington Tiferes Gedaliyahu – 21:11
with Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt – Associate Rabbi of Young Israel of Woodmere – 47:39
with Rabbi Chezki Glatt – Magid Shiur Yehivah Toras Shraga, Founder of AI startup – 47:39
מראי מקומות
- What practical strategies can help us reduce phone usage and establish healthy boundaries?
- Does someone need to stop usage fully or can partial solutions be effective?
- What behaviors can we change in as little as thirty days? Does it last?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Rav of KLR in Raanana, Rosh Yeshiva of Semichas Chaver – 8:04with Rabbi Duvi Rubin – Rav of Kehillas Ohr Yisrael, Baltimore – 8:04with Mr. Richard Simon – author of Unplug: How to Break Up with Your Phone and Reclaim Your Life – 35:19
Conclusions and Takeaways – 56:52
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- Can a cellphone be used in shul for non-tefillah purposes?
- Does mindless scrolling on a phone constitute an issur of bitul zman?
- Is it preferable to daven from a physical siddur rather than from a phone?
- How do our phones affect our relationships with our spouse, children, and friends?
- What practical strategies can help us reduce usage and establish healthy boundaries?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rav of Bais Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha at RIETs – 9:39with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rav of Boca Raton Synagogue, Founder of the Yeshivah of South Florida – 9:39with Mr. Noach Levin – digital media expert and former contractor for Google – 54:46
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:18:35
מראי מקומות
Is it possible to determine that an abuser is no longer a risk? What’s the success rate of treating serious abusers?
Why do community leaders sometimes advocate for the early release of an abuser?
How does halacha view cases where a Jewish prisoner receives a disproportionate sentence?
Should the community celebrate someone’s release from prison?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Dr. Gavriel Fagin – Director of Tikunim Counseling Services – 14:49with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC – 50:20with Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg – Rav of the Chofetz Chaim Torah Center, Cedarhurst NY – 1:17:47with Mrs. Nicole Meyer – advocate against abuse – 1:50:14
Conclusions and takeaways – 2:09:07
מראי מקומות
Why are they asking?
Is it legal?
May you lie?
How’s it affecting High School girls?
with Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald – Dean of Me’ohr Bais Yaakov Seminary – 13:17
with Mindy Blumenfeld – Renowned Therapist, lecturer and author – 35:36
with Dayan Yitzchok Grossman – Renowned Dayan of Bais Havaad and Poseik, Rosh Kollel in Silver Springs – 54:17
with Yair Bruck – Renowned Attorney – 1:15:16
מראי מקומות
Why do married women cover their hair?
Is a tichel preferable to a sheitel?
Why do some women shave their heads after marriage?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Michoel Frank – Mora D'Asra of Kehilas Ohr HaTorah, Silver Spring, MD – 10:36with Rabbi Dovid Genish – Rav of Kehillat Meam Loez, Ramat Beit Shemesh – 10:36with Rabbi Tzvi Ortner – Rav of Linas Hatzedek in Boro Park, Director of Halacha and Technology for the OU – 59:43Summary of the Above Poskim – 1:25:36with Rebbetzin Shalvie Friedman – senior educator and seminary teacher – 1:29:57
מראי מקומות
- What draws men to these gatherings?
- How do they impact the home — especially when alcohol is involved?
- What is the halachic basis for tasting food before Shabbos?
- What are the halachic concerns with entering Shabbos intoxicated or eating too close to Shabbos?
- What should an ideal Erev Shabbos look like?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg – Rav of the Chofetz Chaim Torah Center, Cedarhurst NY – 13:11
with Rabbi Isaac Rice – Mora De’asra of Congregation Anshei Chesed, Hewlitt NY – 34:36
with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser – Rav of Khal Bais Yitzchok, Flatbush NY – 1:05:41
with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, lecturer, and author – 1:22:52
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:42:55
מראי מקומות
Does a person smuggling in drugs have a Din of a Rodef?
Should you report someone who's trying to sell drugs in the community?
Should you report someone giving out alcohol irresponsibly?
What to be aware of when someone asks you to take a package?
What causes suicide in our community?
How common is it?
with Dayan Chaim Yosef Dovid (Chidu) Weiss – Satmar Dayan of Antwerp – 29:56
with Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov of Young Israel of Holliswood, Rabbinic Editor of Ami – 52:28with Tzvi Gluck – Founder of Amudim – 1:06:17
מראי מקומות
How common are controversies over leadership in the Litvish yeshiva system? Is the Ponevezh controversy unique?
What were the main points of the machlokes and how did they develop?
Who halachically owns assets donated to a yeshiva — the Rosh Yeshiva, the fundraiser, or the institution itself?
When, if ever, may a yeshiva bring a dispute to secular arbitration or secular court rather than to Beis Din?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Professor Benjamin Brown – Professor at Hebrew University, expert on contemporary Haredi society – 6:49with Dayan Shlomo Cohen – Dayan and author of the two-volume work Pure Money – 29:08with Rabbi Pini Dunner – Rov in Beverly Hills CA, historian and lecturer – 45:54
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:10:30
מראי מקומות
What are the primary risks and the necessary gedarim?
May a Rabbi teach Torah to women or girls? What about one-on-one?
How should one handle a situation where women attending a class are not dressed modestly?
What can be done about predators who exploit those they are being mekareiv?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
With Rabbi Larry Rothwachs, LCSW – Rabbi of Congregation Beth Aaron, Teaneck, NJ – 9:19
With Rabbi Daniel Travis – Rosh Kollel Torah Chaim, Yerushalayim; Mechaber Takanas HaShavim – 43:59
With Rabbi Benzion Klatzko – National Director of College Outreach for Olami – 1:07:37
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:37:22
מראי מקומות
What are the primary risks and the necessary gedarim?
May a Rabbi teach Torah to women or girls? What about one-on-one?
How should one handle a situation where women attending a class are not dressed modestly?
What can be done about predators who exploit those they are being mekareiv?
Now that there’s a Frum brigade what’s the justification of Frum people at least who aren’t learning not to go to the army?
If there’s a shortage of soliders why wouldn’t yeshiva bochurim be obligated to join – isn’t Pikuach Nefesh Doche the whole Torah?
If the Frum will become a majority in the country what will you do then?
If Torah obligates hishtadlus, what is the minimum practical hishtadlus a nation must take to prevent harm? Can tefillah alone replace defensive capability?
If the IDF ceased to exist tomorrow, what do you realistically foresee happening to Jewish cities like Bnei Brak, Ashdod, or Yerushalayim?
How common is online dating in the Yeshivish community? What about Modern Orthodox?
Is it ever acceptable to adjust your age, height, or weight on a dating profile?
Should men and women post profile photos, and what are the concerns?
Is using an older photo to appear younger misleading?
What are the halachos of leaving feedback or “reviews” for shadchanim or daters?
Why does bullying happen, and who is most at risk?
How should victims respond, and what are the best ways for families, teachers, and community leaders to intervene?
How should the bullies themselves be dealt with?
What practical strategies can we employ to prevent abuse and foster respect?
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Is NY surrounded by walls?
Does that help?
Was Reb Moshe’s Shita a Chumra or a Kula
And much much more….
What’s the proper way to interact with male colleagues?
How should a frum woman dress in the workplace?
How do Heimish workplaces compare to secular ones?
How should a woman respond to uncomfortable moments – like a handshake or a hug?
Should she attend office events, parties, and social gatherings?
What are the risks and halachic concerns of a mixed gender workplace?
Should conversations be limited to only what’s necessary for work?
Can first names be used?
What if a woman extends her hand to shake hands with a man?
How can couples protect their shalom bayis when one spouse works in a mixed environment?
Most religions teach that only insiders make it to heaven - what does Judaism really say about the eternal fate of righteous non-Jews?
Can someone like Charlie Kirk merit Gan Eden?
How do we balance admiration for non-Jews with the Torah’s command of Lo Sechaneim?
with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rabbi of Boca Raton Synagogue, Founder Yeshivah of South Florida – 13:53
with Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rabbi Young Israel of Holliswood, Rabbinical editor of AMI magazine – 27:49
מראי מקומות
What’s your favorite Devar Torah for the Yamim Noraim?
How can we make our Kabbalos last – and what really works?
What’s the most powerful lesson you’ve learned this past year?
What do you hope to carry forward into the year ahead?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis Wolff – teacher, author and lecturer – 11:03with Rabbi Michoel Frank – Rav, Ohr HaTorah, Silver Spring, Maryland – 18:50with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 34:26with Rabbi Binyomin Wolff – shul Rav and magid shiur in Yerushalayim – Rebbe at Aish and Shapells - 52:50with “Rav Gav” Friedman – lecturer at Aish HaTorah, Yerushalayim – 1:05:37with Rabbi Yaakov Wolff – host of the Shtark Tank podcast – 1:22:05with Mrs. Michal Horowitz – lecturer and teacher – 1:30:53with Rabbi Aron Moss – Rabbi of the Nefesh Community in Sydney, Australia – 1:51:30
Conclusions and takeaways – 2:02:24
מראי מקומות
When does chazanus cross into tircha d’tzibburah?Can a chazan use popular tunes, repeat words, or sing with a choir?Should a professional chazan be hired for the Yamim Noraim, or is simplicity preferred?Is chazanus an ideal form of avodas Hashem — or is it frowned upon?What are the qualifications required of a Yamim Noraim chazan?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Isaac Rice – Mora De'asra of Congregation Anshei Chesed, Hewlitt NY – 12:35
with Rabbi Zev Leff – Posek, Author, Rosh Yeshiva & Rav of Moshav Matisyahu – 48:03with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and prolific author https://www.rabbimoshewalter.com/ – 1:13:00with Chazan Nissim Saal – Chief Chazzan at Yeshurun Central Synagogue – 1:38:55
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:50:43
מראי מקומות
The Torah's obligation to hold oneself higher in business
Kiddush Hashem in the workplace
Can you make money without cutting corners?Is there a concept of not doing Mitzvos in public that will cause non jews to ridicule us?
And Much more......with Rabbi Naftoli Horowitz – Managing Director at J.P. Morgan and acclaimed author and Lecturer – 15:10
with Rabbi Daniel Feldman – Rov, Ohr Saadya Teaneck – 37:18
with Rabbi Mordechai Farkash – Chabad Seattle – 50:18
with Rabbi Yossi Gordon – CEO of Chabad on Campus International – 1:08:53מראי מקומות
What level of proof is required before sounding the alarm?
When risks are identified, should they be broadcast widely, or kept within a limited circle?
What happens when victims are silenced, ignored, or when abuse is covered up?
How can we, as a community, ensure that abuse is never minimized or swept under the rug?
What role do journalists, news outlets, and podcasts play in exposing the truth and safeguarding the public?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC – 12:24
with Rabbi Yosef Blau – Member of the Baruch Lanner Beis Din and Mashgiach Ruchani at REIT’s for almost 50 years – 46:53with Mrs. Nicole Meyer – advocate against abuse – 1:26:12
with Avi Schick, Esq. – partner at Faegre Drinker international law firm – 1:44:50
Conclusions and takeaways – 2:00:29
Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview – Recalling his first day at work - 2:06:06
מראי מקומות
Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview – educating our youth who don’t want to listen
with Rabbi Wein – Renowned Rov, Author and Lecturer – 16:03
The Headlines Quit Smoking Challenge – featuring David Kopciel, Stamford Hill, Londonwith David Kopciel – 9:35 UnKosher Competition – The Four Halachic Red Lines in Business You Can’t CrossWhen is it prohibited to interfere with someone else’s pending transaction? (“Ani Hamehapech B’chararah”)
When is it prohibited to capitalize on someone else’s groundwork? (“Ani Hamenakef”)
Beis Din in Action:
• Outbidding someone for an apartment
• Poaching a long-term client
• Taking a business idea and running with it
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Mendy Weinberger – Sgan Rosh Bais Din, Bais Din Maysharim –25:16with Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman – Rosh Chaburah and Senior Lecturer, Greater Washington Community Kollel – 50:55withRabbi Dovid Schoen– Av Bais Din, The Bais Din of Florida – 1:18:22
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:43:37
Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – the famous story of Rabbi Wein meeting Chief Rabbi Yitzchok Herzog in Chicago – 1:151:05
מראי מקומות
Can you own intellectual property?
Can it be stolen if it's not tangible and there's no act of theft?
Do you have to pay for enjoyment?
Dina D'Malcusa Dina
Aveida M'Daas
And much more.....
with Rabbi Yosef Dovid Josilowsky – Dayan, Beis HaVaad – 13:10with Rabbi Chaim Jachter – Rav of Sha’arei Orah in Teaneck, Dayan on the Elizabeth Beis Din – 35:40
מראי מקומות
What are the minimum requirements of Tznius when it comes to women’s dress?
Are the reactions by girls/women when taught Hilchos Tznius any different than for Hilchos Shabbos and the like?
What specific things are more difficult for certain women to be responsive to?
How should Hilchos Tznius be taught so that it will be accepted?
Can up to a Tefach be shown? Long skirts worn? Denim clothing? Slits in skirts?
Should shul Rabbanim speak up against the lack of modest dress and prohibited interactions between the genders?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 14:11with Mrs. Chani Juravel, LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 37:08with Rabbi Anthony Manning – Jewish educator, author and speaker – 1:04:56
with Rabbi Larry Rothwachs – Rabbi at Congregation Beth Aaron in Teaneck, NJ – 1:43:24
Conclusions and takeaways – 2:18:17
מראי מקומות
Do any contemporary Poskim permit smoking?
Is vaping halachically better than smoking?
What’s the argument that smoking is permitted?
What are the risks of second-hand smoking and vaping?
If someone already smokes, do they need to quit?
How far must a smoker distance himself from others?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
With Rabbi Yehuda Spitz – prolific author and Rosh Chaburah of the Ohr Lagolah Halacha Kollel, Ohr Somayach in Eretz Yisroel – 8:21
With Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt – Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere, Chairman, Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau – 36:21
With Rav Rafael Kleinman – smoker of 35 years – 54:20
with Rabbi Yossi Sprung – Rav of Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Rosh Beis Medresh, Beis Medrash Govoha for Medical Halacha – 1:13:24
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:35:09
מראי מקומות
Is it permissible according to Halacha to establish communal guidelines or enactments that restrict the sale or purchase of homes within a defined radius of the community?
May a Jew purchase property in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood with the intent to rent it out to non-Jews?
Does it matter what type of tenants are placed in the property—for example, individuals of questionable character, multiple families, or undocumented immigrants?
If such tenants are likely to negatively impact the spiritual atmosphere of the neighborhood, is that a legitimate halachic concern that should be weighed?
Can one invoke the principle of kim li in a way that causes harm to others—for instance, to justify behavior that may otherwise be morally questionable?
with Rabbi Shlomo Perlstein – Rav in the Summit Park shul ,Rosh Kollel of the Choshen Mishpat Kollel of Monsey, as the Rosh Chabura for the Kollel in Yeshiva Or Yisroel (Monsey), Moreh Horaah for the Kav Halacha in Yerushalayim – 11:53
with Rabbi Elie Moskowitz – Neighbor – 35:45with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, and Mechaber Seforim – 49:31
מראי מקומות
Can a second business open up next to another and compete?
What if the second business will hurt or destroy the first business?What does a Beis Din do when potential Hasagas Gevul issues come before it?How does Hasagas Gevul apply in our modern, large cities nowadays?Is the prohibition of Hasagas Gevul only on the new competitor, or also on those who purchase from him?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rov of Bais Haknesses of North Woodmere and Head of Semicha at RIETs – 12:02with Rabbi Dovid Schoen – Av Bais Din for The Bais Din of Florida – 35:32with Rabbi Dovid Grossman – Rosh Bais HaVaad, Lakewood, NJ – 1:00:48
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:25:54
מראי מקומות
Can a second business open up next to another and compete?
What if the second business will hurt or destroy the first business?
What does a Beis Din do when potential Hasagas Gevul issues come before it?
How does Hasagas Gevul apply in our modern, large cities nowadays?
Is the prohibition of Hasagas Gevul only on the new competitor, or also on those who purchase from him?
The Shitos in the Rishonim
The Baal Shem Tov and the Gra’s Shita
If you hold like the Rambam and the Ramban’s Shita are you an Apikorus according to the Gra and Baal Shem Tov
Is Hashem busy with the animal kimgdom?
Can you do something to someone if it wasn’t preordained?
Why do bad things happen in the world?
What’s the point of Hishtadlus if everything is preordained?
What does Hester Panim mean?
Can you visit Israel during a war due to the danger?
How do hospitals deal with patients during missile alerts?
Is there an obligation to go to a bomb shelter while you are learning Torah?
Is it permitted to travel to and from Israel via Egypt, Jordan or Cyprus when Ben Gurion Airport is closed?
Can someone in Yerushalayim travel to Bnei Brak or Tel Aviv where it’s more dangerous?
Is it prohibited to go to Minyan when the “Home Front Command” and Chief Rabbis say not to go?
Can you carry a phone on Shabbos to hear the warnings of incoming missiles?
Can you leave on the news (radio, TV, Internet) on Shabbos to hear what’s going on?
Should we say Hamapil before sleep, since we may need to immediately head to the bomb shelter?
Do you need to wash Netilas Yadayim before heading to a bomb shelter in the middle of the night?
Does the IDF need to be concerned that the bombing of nuclear reactors could cause “collateral damage” to millions of Iranian citizens?
What’s life like right now living in Israel with regular Iranian missile attacks?
Is it prohibited to go to Minyan when the “Home Front Command” and Chief Rabbis say not to go?
Can you carry a phone on Shabbos to hear the warnings of incoming missiles?
Can you leave on the news (radio, TV, Internet) on Shabbos to hear what’s going on?
Should we say Hamapil before sleep, since we may need to immediately head to the bomb shelter?
Do you need to wash Netilas Yadayim before heading to a bomb shelter in the middle of the night?
Does the IDF need to be concerned that the bombing of nuclear reactors could cause “collateral damage” to millions of Iranian citizens?
What’s life like right now living in Israel with regular Iranian missile attacks?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
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with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – posek, Rav and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 18:42
with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 45:06
with Mrs. Sivan Rahav-Meir - media personality, prolific author and lecturer – 1:02:58
with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody – Executive Director of Ematai, author of “Ethics of Our Fighters” – 1:16:04
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:37:00
מראי מקומות
Why is wine touched by a non-Jew prohibited? Does this prohibition apply to a non-Jew who’s not an idol worshipper?
Is this extended to a nonreligious Jew who doesn’t keep Shabbos?
What is the status of someone who desecrates Shabbos but goes to shul or makes Kiddush?
What is the law of someone who’s embarrassed to desecrate Shabbos in front of a prominent person?
Do you need witnesses to testify in front of Beis Din to deem someone a Mechalel Shabbos?
Are you allowed to give non-religious Jews wine for them to drink?
Does touching a bottle of wine prohibit the wine?
with Rabbi Nachum Rabinowitz – Senior Rabbinic Coordinator of the OU and a Rov in Boro Park – 16:48
with Rabbi Beirach Steinfeld – Rov of Khal Dover Tov in Flatbush and Head of Dover Tov Kashrus – 39:28
מראי מקומות
Is using psychedelic drugs to get close to Hashem a Mitzvah or Aveira?
What about for therapeutic and recreational purposes?
How do psychedelics affect people and what are the side effects?
Are people in the frum world really using these drugs and, if so, how broadly?
How should we think about Rabbanim who use - and advise others to use – psychedelics?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
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with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 12:08
with Rabbi Akiva Dershowitz – Rosh Kollel, Toras Efrayim Shlomo, Yerushalayim – 44:07
with Dr. Jacob Freedman – psychiatrist, speaker and author – 44:07
with Mrs Sarit-Chen Kreutoro – Social Worker and Teacher for Maalot Bakodesh (To donate to Maalot click here)– 1:18:36with Rabbi Dr. Benjamin Epstein – psychologist and author of Living in the Presence – 1:40:28
Conclusions and Takeaways – 2:03:24
מראי מקומות
Should a boy consult with his friends, like his roommate or chavrusa, if they think he should date a given girl?
Is there a problem discussing the attractiveness of a potential Shidduch with friends?
Have promising Shidduchim been ruined by what friends have said?
Should parents be involved in the Shidduch process? And, what if the child does not want his/her parents involved?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
You can order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/
The Semichas Chaver Shavuos program with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht https://bit.ly/SCPchallenge –
with Rabbi Shimon Finkelman – Rebbi, Darchei Torah, prolific author – 21:28
with Rabbi Daniel Feldman – Rabbi of Ohr Saadya in Teaneck, Rosh Yeshiva at REITs – 35:51with Mrs. Aleeza Ben Shalom – international shadchan, relationship coach and author – 1:00:19
with Mrs. Penina Flug, LCSW – emotionally focused couples therapist – 1:21:56
with Mrs. Adina Galbut, MSW – dating coach – 1:21:56
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:45:07
מראי מקומות
Can we trust the wife she did zayin nekiiim and went to the mikvah?
Can we trust their kashrus if they say things are kosher or they didn’t make the utensiks treif?
Does their food have a din of פת עכו"ם ובישול עכו"ם?
Is the wine they touch יין נסך?
Can we serve them food knowing they won’t make a brocha or wah their hands – לפני עור?
Things they cooked on Shabbos is it Assur like ?מעשה שבת
If they have chametz in the house on Pesach do you have to get rid of it?
Is it Assur because of חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח?
Making Brochos if they aren’t dressed properly?
If they want to send the childrens to ireligous schools, camps etc
Can you impose your chumros on your spouse?
with Rav Yosef Shusterman – Rav Chabad of Beverly Hills – 10:22
with Rabbi Benjy Goldschmidt – Rav Altenu Synagogue NY – 37:38
with Rabbi David L. Seidemann Esq –Matrimonial Law Expert – 59:20
מראי מקומות
- Is the belief among Yeshiva bochurim that making money is easy — fact or fiction?
- According to Halacha, what happens when business partners fail to discuss equity upfront?
- What if one partner works harder or originally came up with the business idea — how should that be handled?
- Can you start your own business while working for someone else — and what if it’s competitive?
- What does it really take to succeed as an entrepreneur?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
You can order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/
With Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky – Rosh HaYeshiva of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington-Tiferes Gedaliah – 8:21
with Rabbi Dovid Grossman – Rosh Bais HaVaad, Lakewood, NJ – 19:46
with Dean Noam Wasserman – Dean, Sy Syms School of Business, and author of “The Founder’s Dilemmas” – 46:32
with Eli Langer – Host, Kosher Money Podcast – 1:15:06
with Avi Rubner – founder and CEO of https://flamingotech.co.il/ - 1:44:32
with Nick Esayian – Serial Entrepreneur – 2:09:53
Conclusions and Takeaways – 2:35:12
מראי מקומות
- Did Conservative activists violate Geneivas Daasand Lashon Hara by secretly steering the WZO election?
- Is it ethical for Chareidi media to be paid to promote an anti-Eretz HaKodesh agenda?
- Should frum magazines vet who’s behind their ads?
- Can you trust a "Psak" when you don’t know the full story?
- How should our leaders respond now that the truth is out?
- What are the long-term political risks for the Chareidi community?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
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with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Posek, Rav and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 8:54with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein – Host, “Two Rabbis, Three Opinions” podcast and the Cross-Currents blog – 43:15
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:08:20
מראי מקומות
Revisiting the WZO controversy
What's the difference between this and joining the Knesset?
Why’s this difference than the Moetzes pushing Avi Schnall to run specifically as a democrat?
Is this the old age Hashkafic Machlokes between Satmar and Brisk VS the Agudah?
Why did they stop second Seder in BMG for a political rally?
with Rabbi Avi Shafran – Spokesman for the Agudah – 11:27
The Tzedaka Generation
Have we lost our priorities to the glitz and the glamor?
Are we giving large glamorous Tzedakahs at the expense of our local institutions?
Should you give money to an out-of-town Yeshiva or Kollel when your son’s Yeshivah can’t make its budget?
Should we be sending our daughters to seminaries due to the tuition prices?
How much does a Frum Family need today to get by?
with Reb Shalom Ber Sorotzkin – Premier Fundraising Rosh Hayeshiva of our generation – 29:41
with Mr. Yisroel Orzel – Longtime President, Yeshiva of Spring Valley – 43:50
with Rabbi Yitzchok Gottdiener – Executive Director, Yeshivah Torah Vodaas – 59:13
with Rabbi Shimon Taub – Author, Laws of Tzedakah and Ma’aser – 1:13:34
מראי מקומות
Is it permitted to not disclose off-the-books income when applying for government benefits?
What if there’s a colorable argument that you fit the criteria? Is that enough?
Are there any Heterim to take funds when you don’t fit the eligibility requirements?
Is putting yourself in a position that you need to take money from the government allowed? Is it le’chatchila to take government assistance in order to stay in Kollel?
Is it a chilul Hashem if many frum people receive government assistance, when it’s not intended for those who can work?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
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with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Posek, Rav and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 9:23with Mr. Raphael Grossman – C.P.A. representing individuals, families, corporations and numerous non-profits – 36:05
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:10:41
מראי מקומות
What is Zionism? Did it accomplish its goal? Is it good or bad for Jews?
Assuming Zionism is wrong, can you vote in the WZO election?
What’s the history of the concept of “Daas Torah” and what does it mean? When did the phrase and concept come into being?
Why would one Gadol say it’s mutar to participate in the WZO election and another say it’s totally assur?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
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with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis Din – 16:16
with Rabbi Jonah Steinmetz – Rosh Kollel of the Nagel Community Kollel of Los Angeles – 35:13
with Mr. Gael Greenwald – Deputy Chairman of the WZO – 1:20:19
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:35:37
מראי מקומות
What is it?
Does the Torah agree to it?
Can we have groups in our yeshivos that we are forced to have or is it better to close down?
Do ends justify the means? Joining up with Ovrei Aveira
Is it diffrent than sitting on the Knesset or the WZO?
Should we have public forums talking about our Yetzer Hora?
Harav Mordechai Giftar – Rosh Yeshivah of Telshe – 17:26
Harav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik – Rosh Yeshivah YU – 21:24
Rabbi Meyer Twersky – Rosh Yeshivah YU – 25:26
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah YU – 29:44
with Dov Pfeiffer – Student in YU on the board of Hareni – 36:31with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Head of Semicha at RIETS (YU), Rov of Bais Haknesses of North Woodmere – 50:26
with Rabbi Pini Dunner – Rov of Beverly Hills CA, Noted Historian and Lecturer – 1:05:28with Meir Moschel – Alumus and parent at YU – 1:21:14
What is the WZO and why is the current election important?
How do the Mizrachi and Eretz Hakodesh parties differ?
How should we relate to Reform and Conservative Jews? Open Orthodoxy?
What lawsuits have the Reform Movement filed against Chareidim, and what’s their motivation?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
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with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC and Rosh Yeshiva at REITs – 14:45
with Rabbi Doron Perez – Executive Chairman of the Mizrachi World Movement – 38:32
with Rabbi Nechemia Malinowitz – Executive Director of Eretz Hakodesh and director of the Periphery Department of the WZO – 1:06:40
with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union – 1:30:08
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:51:47
מראי מקומות
What's the most difficult Mitzvah?
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Purim Torah
And more.....
Hosted by Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov of Young Israel of Holliswoodwith Meni Wakshtock – Founder, Producer and Actor of "Bardak" – 19:45with Dovid Nachman Golding – "Ding" of Suki and Ding – 48:10
מראי מקומות
What does Hamas hope to accomplish with their psychological warfare?
Should we be swapping live Hamas terrorists for the bodies of captives?
Does international law or world opinion halachically govern how the IDF acts?
Do the Laws of War (e.g., avoid non-combatants) mean that you can never use a weapon of mass destruction?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
You can pre-order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/
with Rabbi Mayer Twersky – Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanan – 10:15
with Itamar Marcus – Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch – 33:57
with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody – Executive Director of Ematai and author of “Ethics of Our Fighters” – 50:57
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:20:26
מראי מקומות
Is it stealing from your Kollel or employer if you regularly come late?
How hard do you need to work on the job?
Can you take personal phone calls, check the news, order your groceries, etc. while on the clock?
Does this impact Shalom Bayis, divorce rates, shmiras ha’mitzvos and hasmada in Torah learning?
How do we motivate those who don’t have motivation?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
You can pre-order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/
with Rabbi Peretz Segal – Rosh Kollel Eitz Pri, international speaker and executive coach – 17:44with Rabbi Akiva Dershowitz – Rosh Kollel, Toras Efrayim Shlomo, Yerushalayim – 41:30
with Dr. Ahuva Heyman – School Director Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore – 1:03:21with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael – 1:21:18
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:44:13
מראי מקומות
Terumos U’Maaseros
Shmitta
Mitzvas Yishuv Eretz Yisroel
Kevura in Eretz YisroelHistorically did Yidden live in Gaza
with Rabbi Yissochor Dov Krakowski – Mashgiach in Heichal Ha-Torah, Head of OU Kashrus Israel – 24:09
with Rabbi Ari Waxman – Mashgiach of Shaalavim, Tour Guide, Historical Expert – 49:20
מראי מקומות
What are the most common issues/controversies that come up between roommates?
Are there any halachic requirements to keep your place clean?
Do you violate Gezel Sheina when your alarm wakes up your roommate?
Can you borrow your roommates’ pots, books, pillow, toothpaste, etc. without permission?
What happens with the kitchen when roommates have different standards of Kashrus?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 8:49
with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – Head of Kashrus for OU Kosher; Rabbi, Zichron Yosef Ohel Aryeh, Borough Park - 29:19with Mrs. Debbie Fox – clinical social worker and author of Seminary Savvy – 47:43with Rav Yitzchak Spivak – Dorm Counselor at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh – 59:11
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:13:26
מראי מקומות
What would cause someone to regularly disturb in shul without regard to upsetting others?
How should those who disturb be dealt with?
Is it impatience or mental illness when someone always pushes the Chazan to go faster?
Is it okay to pace for all of davening? To evict guests from seats? To collect the Seforim during davening?
Should little children be brought to shul, knowing they may disturb?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of CRC and Rosh Yeshiva at REITs – 10:07
with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 37:53
with Dr. Jacob Freedman – psychiatrist, speaker and author – 1:08:52
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:33:22
מראי מקומות
Is it Hatzalos Nefashos or is it encouraging more murder?
How can you release murderers on the streets?
Are you emboldening Hamas?
Is it worth it to stay in good grace with the US?
with Rabbi Yitzchok Pindrus – Member of Knesset Degel HaTorah – 25:05
with General Tzvika Fogel – Member of Knesset Otzma Yehudit, Israeli Security Expert, Advisor to Itamar Ben Gvir, Former brigadier general – 35:48
with Mr. Gedalia Guttentag – Noted Columnist, Editor of Mishpacha – 46:13
מראי מקומות
Are women’s learning programs motivated by feminism and the desire for “equality”?
Are women required to learn any Torah? Can they learn Zohar and Gemara?
Is it preferable that women teach women? Can men attend the shiurim as well?
Does a connection need to be achieved through learning Torah, or do Chesed and Tehillim groups work better?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis Din – 7:51
with Rabbi Moishe Bane – President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union – 29:39
with Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton – popular lecturer and teacher – 51:45
with Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis Wolff – popular teacher, author and lecturer – 51:45
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:20:44
מראי מקומות
How has parenting changed over time? What lessons do we learn from Tanach?Should a parent discipline a child when the child will ignore the parent?How does a parent stay calm when the kids are misbehaving and not listening?What if the husband and wife are not on the same page when it comes to parenting?Should kids be brought to shul if they won’t behave? Can you discipline someone else’s child in shul? Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges with Rabbi Aharon Spivak – Rav, author and therapist – 14:34with Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener, MD – Rav, psychiatrist, and maggid shiur – 32:30with Dr. Ilyssa Bass, PhD – clinical psychologist and parent educator – 1:00:59with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:23:16Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:43:41
מראי מקומות
Can you ever make a Heter Meah Rabbanim without leaving a Get in Beis Din?
Is a Beis Din ever allowed to withhold the Get from the woman?
In order to get the husband visitation
To get the husband financial compensation
To get the woman to drop criminal charges
To get the woman to drop lawsuits
How easy is it to get a court to deny visitation from the father?
And much more...
with Shaul Cohen – Lawyer for husbands Rov – 32:58
with Rabbi Moshe Schwartz – Friend of the husband – 47:38
with Elad Zamir – Lawyer and Toein Rabbani for the wife – 1:44:43
with Rabbi Zalman Graus - Renowned Dayan, Toyein and Borer, Mechaber Sefarim – 1:65:37
with Martin Friedlander - Renowned family lawyer – 2:08:04
מראי מקומות
What did Gedolei Yisrael say about this and how did they behave?
Should Menorah be lit in public? Should a yarmulka be worn at work?
Should we wear black hats, shtreimels and other identifying marks?
Wear talis and tefillin while walking to shul? Build a Succah in a public area?
Should we remove Jewish and Israel references from our resumes when trying to get a job?
What are the biggest religious struggles in the workplace and what is most damaging to a Ben Torah?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author and lecturer – 14:00
with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and author of “You Revealed” – 39:47
with Harry Rothenberg, Esq. – partner at The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP (InjuryLawyer.com) and a popular lecturer – 39:47
with Charlie Harary – Business Executive and author of “Unlocking Greatness” – 39:47
with Rabbi Michoel Stern – author of “Divinely Distinct - The Jewish Mission in a Diverse World” – 1:27:54
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:42:35
מראי מקומות Hear Dovid Lichtenstein being interviewed
How can a child withstand peer pressure
Why do some kids give in easily to peer pressure and others don’t
How should parents educate their children to withstand peer pressure
What are the most common peer pressures in our yeshivos and girls’ schools
Why do kids and teens involved in bad behaviors want to get their peers to join them
Are we obligated to avoid negative influences and make Gedarim for ourselves
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, New Jersey – 15:13
with Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Elisheva Kamenetsky – Menahel of DRS and Rosh Yeshiva of HALB; Head of School of SKA – 52:14
with Dr. Debbie Akerman – Professor of social welfare and licensed clinical social worker – 1:27:52
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:52:25
מראי מקומות
How a Magen was forced to give a Getwith Attorney Elad Zamir – Renowned Family Lawyer, Toein Rabbani – 16:56
How the torah would view the presidential pardon of his son
Is there a concept of pardons in Torah
Do we find pardons in Tanach?Do you always have to be Moichel someone who wronged you?
When don't you?A fascinating conversationwith Rabbi Hayyim Angel – T’nach Expert RIETS – 29:40
with Rabbi Uri Tiger – Chavrusah and proofreader of Reb Chaim Kanievsky, Mechaber Seforim – 45:50
מראי מקומות
What are the arguments that there’s an obligation to serve in the IDF?
What are the arguments that there’s no obligation for someone learning Torah to join the army?
What if the person is not learning, but is working or doing something else?
What are the main challenges of a Chareidi boy/man joining the IDF?
Can those issues be fully addressed? What initiatives are currently under way to address the concerns?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Nechemia Steinberger – Program Officer, The Maimonides Fund – 17:15with Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon – Rosh Yeshiva, Jerusalem College of Technology – 48:47with Dr. Shlomo Black – Psychologist and Research Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) – 1:16:57
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:39:58
מראי מקומות
Do we need to give Tzedakah to everyone who asks?
Should we give to someone who refuses to work?
What if you think the person asking does not look legit?
What if he smokes? Or he’s an alcoholic or uses drugs?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Dr. Shlomo Black – Psychologist and Research Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) – 13:47with Rabbi Shimon Taub – Author of The Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser (Artscoll) – 40:40with Shimshon Katz – Gabbai, Congregation Kahal Avreichim (the “Boat Shul”) in Toronto – 1:07:33
מראי מקומות
Can a Rav ever be Meikil to prevent a more serious עבירה?
Do ends ever justify the means?
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rov of Kehila of North Woodmere – 14:15
with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rav Cong. Ohel Moshe Brooklyn, Dayan, AskHalacha.com editor – 34:57
מראי מקומות
What should be the goal of dating?
What are the minimum interactions required by Halacha before engagement and marriage?
What’s the downside of going too quickly? Of going too slowly?
How clear do you need to be about what you are looking for in advance of dating?
What are some great ways to get to know the other person?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkovits – Renowned Rov, Poseik and Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 9:48
with Mrs. Aleeza Ben Shalom – international shadchan, relationship coach and author – 32:54
with Dr. Jacob Freedman – noted psychiatrist, speaker and author – 1:05:22
with Rav Shea Landau – Chasidish shadchan – 1:30:32
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:45:18
מראי מקומות
THE REAL DEAL – avoiding legal trouble
with Eli Puretz – Real Estate Syndicator – 11:58
Is it microblading Assur because of tattooing?
Does it have to be for Avoda Zorah?
Does it have to be words or picture or a mark is enough?
Does it have to be permanent?
How many levels of skin does it have to penetrate?
Would it be Mutar for medical reasons, Shidduch reasons or even cosmetic reasons?with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rav of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere – 29:02
with Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein – Rav and Poseik, Director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, Head of Home Study Semicha Program – 39:56
with Mrs. Toiby Fried – Skincare Specialist – 48:16
מראי מקומות
What are the pros and cons of a man teaching girls/women?
If a Rav teaches girls/women, should there be a Mechitza? What if the Rav is not married?
Can/should a Rav call female students by first name or a nickname?
What Gedarim should a Rav institute for himself when teaching girls/women?
How does the relationship a Rebbe has with his male students compare to that of his female students?
Are there topics that women should not be teaching, like Halachah?
Hosted: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Sadya Grama – Magid Shiur, Mesifta Keren Torah, Lakewood – 11:23
with Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald - Menahel, Maor Beis Yaakov, Yerushalayim – 36:02with Rabbi Yisroel Grossberg – Principal and Mashgiach Ruchani of girls’ seminaries, Brooklyn – 59:40
with Dr. Rivka Schwartz – Professional educator and popular lecturer – 59:40with Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen, Esq., M.Sc. – popular speaker, author and therapist – 1:18:13
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:45:35
מראי מקומות
Are your responsibilities as a shul Rav any different during this time of year?
What questions are people asking you?
Is the war in Israel having an impact on you or your community?
What unusual incidents have happened in your shul during Chagim?
What’s your favorite Devar Torah for Yom Tov?
Hosted by: Ari Wasserman
Rabbi Shalom Rosner – Rabbi, Kehillat Nofei Hashemesh, Beit Shemesh, Israel – 9:55
Rabbi Moshe Elefant – Rabbi, Zichron Yosef Ohel Aryeh, Borough Park; Head of Kashrus for OU Kosher – 34:38
Rabbi Aron Moss – Rabbi, Nefesh Community, Sydney, Australia – 47:55
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman – Rabbi, Congregation Ahavas Israel, Passaic, NJ – 1:01:47
Rabbi Daniel Glatstein – Rabbi, Kehilas Tiferes Mordechai, Cedarhurst, New York – 1:09:32
מראי מקומות
Showering us with Brocha
Three day Yom Tov – Are you allowed to take a shower on Yom Tov?
with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of CRC and Rosh Yeshiva and head of Semicha – 13:22
with Rabbi Mendy Abramson – Mechaber Bnei Avraham, Showering in Halacha – 30:00
לא תעמוד על דם רעך
Are you allowed to give a donut to an obese person, and other fascinating shailos
With Rabbi Ahron Sorscher – Noted Talmud Chochom, Poseik and Oraysa Maggid Shiur – 46:10
תכלה שנה עם קללותיה
Combating domestic abuse in our community
With Dr. Shana Frydman, CEO Shalom Task Force – 59:08
מראי מקומות
How does Ayin Hara work, and what causes it?
Is there a way to proactively protect yourself from an Ayin Hara?
Is there a basis for the hand that people hang up for good luck, the red string or the blue eye?
Does it help to say “bli ayin hara” and Poo Poo Poo?
Are the services that are for hire to remove Ayin Hara legitimate, and how much do they cost?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Maggid Shiur and prolific author – 9:15with Rabbi Zev Leff – renowned Rav, Posek, Author and Rosh Yeshiva – 33:31with Rabbi from the Breslov Yeshiva – expert on removing Ayin Hara – 50:06with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody – Executive Director of Ematai, which deals with end-of-life and morality issues – 1:00:33
מראי מקומות
Are the Halachos of Shmiras Einayim more lenient for women than for men, and if so, why?
What’s the big deal about having thoughts, if they are only thoughts?
Is it permitted for a woman to gaze at men?
How – and from what age - should we educate our girls to stay away from inappropriate materials?
Practically speaking, are the schools seeing this Shmiras Einayim problems in the girls?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rabbi of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha at REITS – 10:15with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, popular lecturer and author https://get-intimate.mykajabi.com/SNS – 31:17with Rabbi Yisroel Grossberg – Principal and/or Mashgiach Ruchani of three schools, Brooklyn – 59:06with Dr. Rivka Schwartz – Professional educator and popular lecturer – 59:06
Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:22:02
מראי מקומות
El AL Price Gougingwith Mrs. Tzippy Yarom – Noted Israeli Journalist - 1:50 Is there Kedusha on the har Habayis Nowadays?Can a טמא enter?
Which טמאים can't enter?
Is the Kosel the wall of the עזרה or the הר הבית?
Can you put your fingers into the wall of the Kosel?
Are you a Rodeif if you go up to the Har Habayis?
with Rabbi Shlomo Aviner – Rosh Yeshiva Ateret Kohanim – 37:13
with Rabbi Nachman Kahane – Mechaber Mei Menuchos, Rav Chazon Yecheskel – 46:36
מראי מקומות
What causes someone to be unhappy with their looks?
Are our bodies halachically our own, such that we can do what we want with it?
Can we take medications when we don’t understand how they work and when there are serious side effects?
Should weight-loss injections be used only after trying to diet and control eating?
Can we suppress our appetite if it will take away from Oneg Shabbos and Simchas Yom Tov?
If someone uses Ozempic to lose weight while dating, does it need to be disclosed?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner – moreh d'asra of Congregation Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park – 9:30with Dr. Diana (Miriam) Isaacs – Endocrine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cleveland Clinic – 32:39
with Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener, MD – Psychiatrist, Rav and Maggid Shiur – 52:45
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:22:27
מראי מקומות
Why are people getting psychologically sicker and sicker despite there being more therapists and more mental health awareness?
How does having experienced “trauma” when younger impact one’s Bechirah Chofshis and being responsible for your own actions?
Do therapists focus too much on “trauma”?
Should podcasts, shiurim, etc. have “trigger warnings” to warn those with sensitivities that they should not watch/listen?
Do we need to use someone’s chosen pronouns, even calling a man by “she/her” and a woman by “he/his”?
What criteria should we use for finding a good therapist?
Host: Ari wassermam
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Renowned posek and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 11:42
with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 38:35
with Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman – Renowned psychologist, author of “From Boys to Men” – 1:19:03
Conclusion and Takeaways – 2:08:28
מראי מקומות
Lacetop Sheitels – Response to callers – 12:47
Is a syndicator who is overly daring or reckless with their clients' money required to use their own funds to compensate for the losses?What questions should an investor be asking?
with Rabbi Chaim Yosef Perlman, Av Beis Din Beis Aharon – 29:58
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, Toen and Mechaber Seforim – 35:22
with Yitzy Friedman – CEO of TowerFive Real Estate Group – 53:14
with investor – 1:09:17
מראי מקומות
What causes someone to become an extremist?
Is extremism stronger now than 20-30 years ago?
Are there similarities between Chareidi extremism, the Hilltop Youths and Leftists against Chareidim?
If you don’t agree with a law, can you violate it?
Are there times when extremism is warranted?
Is being OTD another form of extremism? And are there ways to improve the system?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Eliezer Breitowitz – Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Toronto – 9:52with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer – head of the Iyun Institute, community Rav in Ramot – 29:18with Dr. Jacob Freedman – noted psychiatrist, speaker and author – 58:19with Dr. Shlomo Black – psychologist and Research Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) – 58:19with Nati Rom, Esq. – civil rights attorney representing “Hilltop Youth” and the founder of Lev HaOlam – 1:35:08
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:52:05
מראי מקומות
What causes someone to become an extremist?
Is extremism stronger now than 20-30 years ago?
Are there similarities between Chareidi extremism, the Hilltop Youths and Leftists against Chareidim?
If you don’t agree with a law, can you violate it?
Are there times when extremism is warranted?
Is being OTD another form of extremism? And are there ways to improve the system?
Teaching our children about the dangers of camp (and life)
Should you teach or them, or should you shield them from exposure?
with Rabbi Moshe Aharon Kahane – Head of Machon Zichron Kehuna – 15:10
with Rabbi Yaakov Ephraim Forcheimer – Poseik of Lakewood – 15:49
Lacetop Sheitels in Halacha – Erase the Lace or Embrace the Lace?
Is it a new question or an age old Machlokes?
with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher – Renowned Poseik and Magid Shiur – 21:03
with Rebbetzin Rivka Slonim – Director Chabad at Binghamton University, renowned author and lecturer – 45:53
Voting In Halacha
Can you vote for a candidate that’s personally immoral?
Can you vote for a party that supports immoral values?
Can you vote for a party that’s anti Eretz Yisroel?
with Rabbi Yaakov Feitman – Rov of Bais Tzvi Yehuda in Cedarhurst, Prolific author – 54:33
מראי מקומות
Do all non-Jews hate us?Does exposure to the non-Jewish world help or hurt our children when they grow up?What are the hazards of teaching children negative attitudes about non-Jews?What separations did Chazal institute between us and non-Jews? Why did Chazal feel that was necessary?Do we need to be concerned with causing “Aivah” (animosity) with non-Jews, even if we are doing nothing wrong?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author – 11:20with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein – Director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – 42:19 with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 42:19with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 1:07:59with Rabbi Berel Wein – Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:31:09with Rabbi Shraga Freedman – Educational Director of Living Kiddush Hashem Foundation –1:46:26
Conclusion and Takeaways – 2:10:48
מראי מקומות
Do all non-Jews hate us?Does exposure to the non-Jewish world help or hurt our children when they grow up?What are the hazards of teaching children negative attitudes about non-Jews?What separations did Chazal institute between us and non-Jews? Why did Chazal feel that was necessary?Do we need to be concerned with causing “Aivah” (animosity) with non-Jews, even if we are doing nothing wrong?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author – 11:20with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein – Director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – 42:19 with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 42:19with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 1:07:59with Rabbi Berel Wein – Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:31:09with Rabbi Shraga Freedman – Educational Director of Living Kiddush Hashem Foundation –1:46:26
Conclusion and Takeaways – 2:10:48
מראי מקומות
What’s the rationale to halachically permit targeted killings of Israel’s enemies?
Is there any difference between a targeted killing during an active war and when there’s no active war being fought?
What if there’s only a 10%, 20% or 30% chance that the target is where you think he is?
Do you need to be concerned about collateral damage during a targeted killing? And, what if it could be significant?
Is there a problem celebrating when our enemies are killed?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Renowned Posek and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 10:33
with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody – Renowned Lecturer and Author of “Ethics of Our Fighters” – 30:46
with Professor Avi Bell – Professor of Law at Bar Ilan University and University of San Diego Law School – 50:35
with Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb – Shul Rabbi in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Director of Tzalash https://tzalash.org/ – 1:10:05
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:39:07
מראי מקומות
What’s the rationale to halachically permit targeted killings of Israel’s enemies?
Is there any difference between a targeted killing during an active war and when there’s no active war being fought?
What if there’s only a 10%, 20% or 30% chance that the target is where you think he is?
Do you need to be concerned about collateral damage during a targeted killing? And, what if it could be significant?
Is there a problem celebrating when our enemies are killed?
What would Reb Moshe hold about smoking based on the data
with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Renowned Poseik and Rov of Agudah in Chicago – 12:24
with Dr. Michael Zelefsky – Professor Of Radiation Oncology at the NYU Langone Medical Center, Musmach of Rav Moshe Feinstein ZT"L – 20:48
Would Halacha require an aging forgetful leader to step down?
If the population loses their trust in the president (or leader) can they Halachically oust him?
When a husband loses his sanity can his wife or children take away his business?
When a father loses his sanity can his children take from his money for their wedding expenses?
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, Toen and Mechaber Seforim – 43:11
with Malky Scher Esq – Guardianship Attorney, Moskowitz Legal Group Hewlett NY –1:11:43
מראי מקומות
Does living comfortably facilitate or get in the way of quality learning?
Can a father (or father-in-law) get out of the deal if he feels the son (or son-in-law) is not learning sufficiently?
What if there are unanticipated expenses that the child needs money for?
Is it best to fund the strongest learner, the neediest person, or a relative?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 11:00with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis Din – 37:34with Rabbi Yechiel Greenblatt and Jordan Odinsky – founders of www.SmachZevulun.com – 58:31
with Boaz Feinberg – Tax Attorney specializing in non profits – 1:11:13
with Rabbi Berel Wein – Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:20:24
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:33:34
מראי מקומות
When does conversation between parents go from “discussing difficult issues” to being offensive and prohibited speech?
Should parents avoid all conflict in front of their children?
If there is ongoing tension between parents, should they attempt to hide it from the children?
What’s the impact of bad Shalom Bayis on children?
How should children handle when parents regularly fight?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkovits – Renowned Rov, Poseik and Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 10:05
with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, popular lecturer and author – 28:58
with Mrs. Blimie Heller – Noted parenting coach – 28:58
with Rabbi Zecharia Greenwald - Menahel, Maor Beis Yaakov – 1:01:42
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:20:00
מראי מקומות
What are valid reasons to cancel on your chavrusa or to miss your daily shiur?
How can you concentrate on your learning when you are stressed about life and so distracted?
How do you keep on learning over the long-term?
What gets people off-track from learning when they leave Yeshiva?
How can an IDF solider learn when fighting in Gaza or on the Lebanon border?
Hosted by: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rabbi of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha at REITS – 17:52
with Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky – renowned Rosh Yeshiva and prolific author – 46:42with Rabbi Yehudah Auerbach – Director of JLIC at the University of Chicago – 1:00:57with Rabbi Eitan Philips – Director of the M.D Katz JLIC at Tel Aviv University – 1:00:57
with Harry Rothenberg – noted speaker and partner, Rothenberg Law Firm – 1:32:16
with Dr. Shmuel Harris – adult psychiatrist and founder and director of Machon Dvir Institute, Yerushalayim – 1:44:46
Conclusion and Takeaways – 2:03:21
מראי מקומות
Practical Halachos of Shemiras Einayim
How to make Shemiras Einayim part of your life
How to tun over a new leaf in your life
Practical Halachos of Shemiras Einayim
How to make Shemiras Einayim part of your life
How to turn over a new leaf in your life
Hosted by: Rabbi Shlomo Landau – Director of Mentorships, Olami
with Rabbi Joey Haber – Renowned Speaker and Lecturer – 10:55
with Rabbi Ari Bensoussan – Chazak International LA – 34:40
with Anonymous – Someone whose life turned around – 1:06:56
with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rov Khal Zichron Yechezkel in Toms River, Poseik of Hatzolah – 1:25:33
מראי מקומות
How do you handle a conflict between honoring in-laws and honoring your own parents?
Are there times that married children need to listen to input from in-laws?
Are there halachos about what to call your in-laws?
What does a mother-in-law do when she sees deficiencies in her daughter-in-law?
Are there typically father-in-law issues, and if so, what?
What are healthy boundaries, and how do you establish them?
Hosted by: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO OU Kosher, renowned Daf Yomi Maggid Shiur and Rov – 13:53
with Rebbetzin Feige Twerski – noted teacher and prolific author – 45:32
with Dr. Michael Tobin – marriage and family psychologist for 50 years – 1:06:12
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:35:05
מראי מקומות
How do you handle a conflict between honoring in-laws and honoring your own parents?
Are there times that married children need to listen to input from in-laws?
Are there halachos about what to call your in-laws?
What does a mother-in-law do when she sees deficiencies in her daughter-in-law
Are there typically father-in-law issues, and if so, what?
What are healthy boundaries, and how do you establish them?
What keeps us spending when we can’t afford it?What’s the impact on children when parents have an expensive standard of living?Is there an obligation to refrain from looking at materialism which may tempt us?Can we spend on luxuries when people need tzedakah?What are the minimums required to celebrate a bar/bas mitzvah and a wedding?Can having a low-budget bar/bas mitzvah or wedding hurt our children longer-term?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author – 10:52with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 44:29with Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman – Renowned Psychologist, Author of “From Boys to Men” – 1:03:13
מראי מקומות
Is Achdus a Halachic imperative, a Hashkafic concept or something else?
What’s the definition of “Achdus”? Is it different from “Kiruv”?
Can we outwardly express our disagreements?
Should we look to have Achdus with groups and movements of Jews who have values that are antithetical to Torah?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Renowned Posek and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 15:32with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Renowned Rabbi and EVP of the Orthodox Union – 43:09with Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb – Shul Rabbi in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Director of Tzalash https://tzalash.org/ – 1:01:43with Yoni Alon – Reservist in the IDF and works in the field of education – 1:36:16with Rabbi Shay Schachter – Rabbi and Rosh Beit Midrash at the Young Israel of Woodmere – 1:50:17
Conclusion and Takeaways – 2:15:08
מראי מקומות
What's your favorite Pesach Devar Torah?
Is there something unique you do at your seder?
What do you do to prepare for Pesach?
Is there something memorable that has happened to you at a seder?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *
with Rabbi Shay Schachter – Rabbi and Rosh Beit Midrash at the Young Israel of Woodmere – 14:16with Rabbi Binyomin Wolff – shul rav and popular magid shiur in Yerushalayim – 33:48with Rabbi Aron Moss – rabbi of the Nefesh Community in Sydney, Australia – 45:04with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 53:42with Mrs. Michal Horowitz – popular lecturer and teacher – 1:02:48with Rabbi Isaac Rice – Mora De'asra of Congregation Anshei Chesed, Hewlitt NY – 1:12:12with Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein – popular teacher and prolific author – 1:22:26with Rabbi David Foreman – noted lecturer and founder of Aleph Beta – 1:32:03
Conclusion and Takeaways - 1:49:52
מראי מקומות
Does Eretz Yisroel need an army or can it totally rely on Torah protection?
Do we have responsibility to serve - besides the learning protection - like we find previous generations?
The Bochurim who aren't learning should they go to the army?
Can we have Frum battalions run according to Torah?
What's are we going to do when the Chareidim are a majority?
with Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein - Talmid Muvhak of HaRav Eliyashiv ZT"L – 22:54
with Yossi Levy – Nachal Chareidi Officer – 48:08
with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rosh Kollel and Av Beis Din of Shaarei Ezra – 1:00:51
מראי מקומות
What are the biggest challenges, struggles and difficulties confronting our boys today?
How do those challenges differ from those of the girls?
What impact are technology and alcohol consumption having on the boys?
Should Gemara be the focus of yeshiva learning?
What’s holding the boys back from performing at their best?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *
with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 9:43with Rabbi Naftali Kaplan – zekan hamashgichim B'Eretz Yisrael, mashgiach of Yeshivat Netiv Ha’Da’at – 33:05with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael – 50:09with Rabbi Daniel Mechanic – Director of Project Chazon – 1:09:30with Rabbi Aharon Spivak – Rav, Author and Therapist – 1:33:53
Wrap-up, takeaways and lessons learned – 1:58:32
מראי מקומות
Should each of us be setting up Shidduchim?
What are the biggest challenges and difficulties?
Is the “shadchanus” fee only paid to a professional Shadchan, or even to beginners?
What does the Shadchan need to do to earn the fee?
Can you set up two non-observant Jews? One frum and one not frum? Two non-Jews?
What advice do professional Shadchanim have for amateurs?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman , Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author – 13:41with Rabbi Dovid Schoen – Av Bais Din for The Bais Din of Florida – 39:16with Mrs. Miriam Levitan – Noted Shadchan, Eretz Yisroel – 1:09:49with Shlomo Lewenstein – Noted Shadchan, Lakewood – 1:09:49with David Katzoff – “amateur” shadchan – 1:49:11with Noah and Ruchama Tradonsky – “amateur” shadchanim – 2:09:53
Wrap-up, takeaways and lessons learned – 2:32:20
מראי מקומות
Is it permitted, forbidden or a Mitzvah?
Are you מקיים פריה וריבה?
Does it exempt you from חליצה?
Is there an issue of ניוול המת?
Is there an issue of הנאה ממת?
Is there an issue of ביטול מצוות קבורה?
Are there any moral issues?
with Rabbi Shlomo Brody – Renowned Lecturer and Author – 15:00
with Irit Rosenblum – Attorney, Founder & Executive Director of New Family – 46:11
with Rabbi Gideon Weitzman – Director of the Puah Institute – 1:07:26
מראי מקומות
Yeshiva Bochurim in the IDF | Is it possible to be Frum in the IDF?Don’t we have an Achrayus הַאַחֵיכֶם יָבֹאוּ לַמִּלְחָמָה וְאַתֶּם תֵּשְׁבוּ פֹה?
What difficulties – if any – do Frum soldiers face in the army?
What would a Frum army look like?
When a majority of Eretz Yisroel is Frum what will become of the army?
with Rabbi..... – Rov, Talmid of Tifrach, Reb Shmuel Auerbach, Chevron, 20 Years in the army – 17:46with Rabbi Pinchas Friedman – Rosh Hakollel of Belz Kollelim, Mechaber Shvilei Pinchos – 42:47
with Naftoli Pudell – Solider – 55:04
with Rabbi Yehosua Pfeffer – Rav in Yerushalayim, Head of Netzach Yisrael – Nachal Chareidi – 1:01:47
והגית בו יומם ולילה – All day and night?Are you obligated to learn every spare second you have?
Does it depend on someone’s health, wealth or stamina?with Rabbi Moshe Aharon Friedman – Maggid Shiur in the Mir – 1:26:58
מראי מקומות
What are the biggest challenges, struggles and difficulties confronting our girls today?
How have things changed over the years?
Should money be given to children if they will use it for the wrong purposes?
What’s the impact that technology/smartphones/social media is having on the girls?
What solutions do we have to inspire girls today?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *
with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – Posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 13:33with Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz – Posek, Rosh Yeshiva & Rav, Givat Ze’ev, Israel – 38:27with Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton – popular lecturer and teacher – 1:08:55with Rabbi Daniel Mechanic – Director of Project Chazon – 1:36:48
Wrap-up, takeaways and lessons learned – 2:07:21
מראי מקומות
What are the halachic obligations spouses have to each other?
How does a relationship change over the course of a marriage?
Are there differences in how to stay connected at the beginning of marriage, in the middle and later in life?
What causes spouses to disconnect from each other?
Can you reconnect once you have already disconnected?
What’s the impact of social media on marriages?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham, New Jersey – 12:43with Mrs. Chani Juravel, LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 32:00with Rabbi Shmuel Maybruch, LCSW – psychotherapist specializing in dating & marriage – 55:21with Mrs. Sara Yoheved Rigler – bestselling author and inspirational teacher – 1:26:26
Wrap-up, takeaways and lessons learned – 1:48:19Reflections on the levaya of Maoz Ben Eitan Morell – 1:59:47
מראי מקומות
Hakaros Hatov to the soldiersBeing Mevaker Choleh soldiersBeing Menachem Avel these familiesSaying a Mi Shebeirach for the soliderswith Rabbi Refoel Wolf – Gabbai of Reb Shach zt"l for over 30 years – 28:04with Rabbi Yissocher Eichorn– Talmud Muvhak of Reb Meir Solovietchik zt"l, Rav of Kehilas Avreicihim in Yerushalayim, Mechaber Sifrei Pi Kohein – 38:10
מראי מקומות
What are the most common fears that people have?
How do we get over those fears?
What is “Jewish Mindfulness” and how can it help?
What are the most common fears in dating and marriage?
Can anxiety or OCD ever make a person patur from mitzvos?
Is it permitted to take experimental/homeopathic/Chinese medication treatments?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz – Posek, Rosh Yeshiva & Rav, Givat Ze’ev, Israel – 12:37with Dr. Jacob Freedman – noted psychiatrist, speaker and author – 1:03:23with Rabbi Avraham Willig, MSW – Rav, lecturer and psychotherapist – 1:23:00with Rabbi Dr. Benjamin Epstein – psychologist and author of Living in the Presence – 1:40:00
Wrap-up, takeaways and lessons learned – 1:58:27
מראי מקומות
How much should parents do for their children?
What are parents’ financial obligations to their children? Is there a maximum?
What causes a child to be spoiled?
Is it detrimental to grow up with less than your peers?
Do we need to treat all of our own children the same when buying them items?
What are the implications of having a spoiled child when they grow up?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rabbi of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha at REITS – 13:12with Dr. David Pelcovitz – Renowned Psychologist – 37:37with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, popular lecturer and author – 1:00:31with “Leah” – a twelve-year old girl giving her wise insights – 1:29:26
with Rabbi Berel Wein - renowned Rav, author, historian and lecturer – 1:36:50Wrap-up, takeaways and lessons learned – 1:40:47
מראי מקומות
Abortion of a fetus conceived through rape
Women tying tzitzis
Sheva brachos without the chosson or kallah
Returning home before Shabbos if one knows they will be called up on Shabbos
Returning home while one's wife is niddah if he doesn't think he'll be able to withstand the temptation to hug
A hug before a spouse leaves for battle if the wife is Niddah
Burying blood-soaked cars
Pidyon Haben when the father or kohen is not present
Shortening the taharah process for a Niddah during wartime
Saying shehecheyanu when one will not light or even see Chanukah candles
Eating homemade foods sent to the front
Matzah bakery that ran into a shelter in middle of making Matzos
Running to a shelter in middle of Shemone Esrei or Krias HaTorah
Yichud in a shelter
Rewriting Kesubos for people in the North or South who evacuated their homes
A Kohein entering an Ohel Hameis for shelter during a siren
with Rabbi Chaim Jachter – Rav of Sha’arei Orah in Teaneck, Dayan on the Elizabeth Beis Din, Mechaber Seforim – 23:25
with Rabbi Elli Fisher – Talmud of Reb Osher Weiss – 36:10
with Rabbi Moshe Bransdorfer – Av Beis Din and Rov of Heichal Ho'raah in Yerushalayim, M'Gedolei Haposkim in Eretz Yisroel – 1:01:30
מראי מקומות
What’s currently causing us the most trauma? The war? The captives? Antisemitism? Something else?
What’s the implication of not getting a body back from Hamas, and therefore no Kevura and no closure?
Is hearing the news and looking at war images helpful or hurtful?
How are students from out of Israel who are studying in Yeshivos and Seminaries in Israel handling the war?
How can we turn our current plight into a growth opportunity?
Will we have “Post-Traumatic Stress” or “Post-Traumatic Growth” from the war?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi YY Jacobson – world-renowned educator and lecturer – 11:47with Rabbi Aviad Goldvicht – a “Rav Tzvaii,” a rabbi/businessman serving in the IDF as a Rabbi – 35:26with Dr. Jacob Freedman – noted psychiatrist, speaker and author – 1:04:55with Mrs. Batya Widowsky BSW – social worker and volunteer for the psycho-trauma unit of Ichud Hatzalah – 1:35:56Wrap-up, takeaways and lessons learned – 1:52:30
מראי מקומות
How to handle the stress of having a close relative fighting in Gaza and the loss of a loved one killed in battle.
Is there a halachic requirement that the IDF bury dead Hamas terrorists? Other Gazans?
What are the IDF soldiers experiencing? What about their parents, wives, and close friends?
Is it okay for soldiers to use the homes of Gazans without consent? Can soldiers use the food of Gazans left in their pantries and cook in their pots?
What are some of the unique halachic questions being asked by soldiers, their wives, and their families?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon – Rosh Yeshiva, Jerusalem College of Technology – 17:33with Professor Yisrael Aumann – recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics, his son was killed in battle while serving in the IDF – 41:53with Rabbi Mordechai Becher – popular lecturer and author, with two sons in the IDF – 59:59
מראי מקומות
Hear from the trenches – How are the Kehilos and families in Eretz Yisroel Managingwith Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Rav in Ranana, Head of Semichat Chaver Program, Head of Chevra Kadish in the IDF – 3:58
Shabbos:
Is it permissible to place an order with one-day delivery on a Friday?
If a package arrives on Shabbos, is it permissible to open and use it?
Is it permissible to make an online purchase on Friday when it is already Shabbos in the seller's time zone, knowing the seller is Jewish?
Is it permissible to keep an Amazon account active during Shabbos and Yom Tov?
Ratings:
Is it permissible to leave negative reviews on products?
Is it permissible to create positive, but fictitious reviews for your own products to enhance sales?
Can one purchase items during the nine days (items like clothes and Keilim that is forbidden to buy in those days), to be delivered after tisha b'av?
Can one purchase item prior to the nine day to be delivered during the nine days?
Can one purchase items on Chol Hamoed (that are forbidden to purchase on Chol Hamoed) to be delivered after Yom Tov?
Can one purchase Chometz on Chol Hamoed to be delivered after Pesach?
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkovits – Renowned Rov Poseik and Rosh Yeshiva of Aish Hatorah – 36:50
with Rabbi Yosef Kushner – Dayan in Beis Havaad, Lakewood, Author of Commerce and Shabbos – 42:40
with Rabbi Tsvi Heber – Halacha Coordinator for COR – 1:32:30
מראי מקומות
Is Hakaras Hatov a halachic requirement, or just a nice thing to do?
Do we just feel gratitude, or do we need to say “thank you” or more?
Historically, did the Gedolim show Hakaras Hatov towards the soldiers of the IDF?
Why have a few Roshei Yeshiva said they are concerned about showing gratitude?
If Torah learning protects, why does Israel need an army?
Does the Israeli army enable those in Yeshiva to learn? Do those learning in Yeshiva enable the army to have military success?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi YY Jacobson – world-renowned educator and lecturer – 24:19
with Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb – Rabbi in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Director of Tzalash https://tzalash.org/ – 53:55
with Rabbi Doniel Haymann – Rosh Kollel, author of Hakaras Hatov L’Halacha – 1:26:59
with Rabbi Joshua Friedman – founder of Israel Select https://thechesedfund.com/israelselect/tefillin?aff=WA – 1:53:32
Clip from Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum – educator, author, and popular magid shiur – 2:16:47
מראי מקומות
Is there such a thing as the country of “Palestine”?
What are the halachic borders of Israel?
Is it mutar to give the Gaza Strip back now that Israel has retaken possession of it?
Is there a mitzvah to be buried in Israel? To make Aliyah? To exhume a body to Israel?
What does international law say about the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah of REITs, Poseik of the OU – 16:15with Professor Eugene Kontorovitch – legal scholar of international law – 48:40with Dr. Henry Abramson – historian and a Dean of Touro College – 01:12:39
מראי מקומות
Before WWII a lot of Gedolim were opposed to Zionism, what were their reasons?
After the war did a lot of the attitudes switch?
Why did they switch?
Is Zionism a danger to religion nowadays?with Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro – Author of The Empty Wagon, A book against Zionism – 13:56with Rabbi Yehuda Geberer – Noted Historian – 53:33with Dr. Einat Wilf – Former Member of Knesset, Author of numerous books on Zionism – 1:16:51with Professor Derek Penslar – Historian, Author, Professor of Jewish history in Harvard – 1:37:51with Rabbi Shnayor Burton – Prolific Author – 1:55:47 מראי מקומות
Is there a Torah idea called Daas Torah?
Can it override doctors?
Does the "Daas Torah" have to know the facts?
Can it override Shulchan Aruch?
Even if it's not in contradiction with Halacha, must we listen to it ?
Is there such a thing as saying blanket statements without proofs that must be listened to?
Are we supposed to be using our heads?
If someone questions "Daas Torah" should he be explained the position or be branded a Kofer?
Do we believe in infallibility of Gedolim?
Can there be two "Daas Torah's"?
Are two different people allowed to have different views, or is it my way or the highway?
How should we treat someone who disagrees with us?
with Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky – Rosh Yeshiva of yeshivah Gedolah of Greater Washington – 25:55
with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher – Poseik of the Yeshivah Community of Waterbuty Connecticut – 1:00:15
מראי מקומות
What’s the original Samtar Rav’s argument against the State of Israel?
Has the concept and definition of Zionism changed over time, and what does it mean today?
How are Satmar and Neturei Karta similar, and how do they differ?
Is there a prohibition of publicly going against the consensus view of Klal Yisrael?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Renowned Posek and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 16:26with Rabbi Pini Dunner – British Rabbi in Los Angeles, lecturer, historian and author – 44:28with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, Forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 1:06:06with Rabbi Eliyahu Reingold – Rosh Kollel in the Yeshiva of Greater Washington – 1:24:46with Rebbetzin Feige Twerski – noted teacher and prolific author – 1:46:21
מראי מקומות
Was the Rally in Washington correct?
In Galus do we keep our heads low, or do we try to garner support?
Do we do Hishtadlus or just Daven?
Do we join in rallies with people who don’t have the same belief system as ours?
Historically, what was the approach of the Gedolim?
with Malcolm Hoenlein – Executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations – 32:50
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rabbi of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha program in YU – 1:02:19
with Rabbi Moshe Don Kestenbaum – Rosh Yeshiva Ohr Yitzchok, Author, Lecturer – 1:15:44
with Rabbi Henoch Plotnick – R"M Kanfei Yonah, Chicago – 1:23:47
מראי מקומות
Neturei Karta – Is Hatzalah allowed to save them on Shabbos?Does the conflict in Gaza qualify as a מלחמת מצוה according to הלכה? In this case, is there a duty for individuals to join from distant locations? Are students from ישיבות required to participate?
Concerning unintended harm in warfare, such as civilian casualties: if a terrorist uses a taxi as a getaway vehicle, is it permissible to target the vehicle, risking the driver’s life? What is the stance on targeting buildings?
Is there a חיוב to bury terrorists according to Jewish law?
Laws of war according to the Geneva convention
with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rov of Hatzalah of Central Jersey – 12:48with Rabbi Shlomo Brody – Executive Director of Ematai, Rebbi at Yeshivas Hakosel, Mechaber Seforim – 19:25
with Professor Eugene Kontorovitch – Legal Scholar International Law – 39:20
מראי מקומות
Where did all of the antisemitism on university campuses come from?
Should it be a concern to our community? Can anything be done?
If a student is feeling threatened, when can he take off his Kippah? Tuck Tzitzis in? Remove a Mezuzah from his front door?
What did Chazal mean when they said that it’s a “halacha” that Esav hates Yaakov?
Are there any halachic or hashkafic reasons to counter-protest?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with JJ Kimche – PhD Candidate, Harvard University – 25:39with Rabbi Yonason Sacks – Rav of the Agudas Yisroel of Passaic – 44:35with Jacob Birman – student at Binghamton University – 1:09:37with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein - Director of Interfaith Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center – 1:17:10with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 1:17:10with Yitzy Tanner – student at the University of Pennsylvania – 1:52:43with Rabbi Berel Wein - renowned Rov, author, historian and lecturer – 2:00:14
מראי מקומות
Are you permitted to pay for captives more than their worth?
Are you allowed to release terrorists in exchange for prisoners?
Can you put other people’s lives in Sakanah to save a life?
How many more deaths were caused historically by terrorosts released by prisoners swaps?
Can you wage war to save hostages at the expense of more lives than the ostages themselves?
Are the settlers putting their life and the life of others in danger?
with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein – Prolific author and renwoned speaker, Rov in Cedarhurst – 10:20
with Rabbi Shlomo Aviner - Rosh Yeshiva Ateres Cohanim, Poseik, Mechaber Seforim – 33:28
Share in the pain of the hostages and become inspired to help
with Leon Yanai – Brother of one of the hostages – 54:43
מראי מקומות
How are the Kedoshim being buried
How to make a Kiddush Hashem in the army
with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Head of Semichat Chaver, Rav of the Chevra Kadisha in the army – 13:26
Should we train people in every Shul to carry guns ?
Should there be armed security guards in Shuls and schools?
Are guns Muktza?
Are you allowed to carry a gun in a place that doesn't have an Eruv?
Is it against the Torah Hashkafa to carry a gun?
What message would carrying guns give over to children?
with Harav Nochum Eisenstein – Talmid Muvhak of Reb Eliyashiv, Rov of Maale Dafneh, Head of Geirus Beis Din – 27:17
with Rabbi Moshe Revah – Rov in Chicago, Rosh Yeshivah of Skokie, Mechaber Seforim – 54:50
How do carry weapons in Shuls responsibly
with Yoni Burstyn – Firearms instructor from Chicago – 1:28:29
מראי מקומות
Sign up here to learn Mishnayos (בלי נדר) for the soldiers, injured and captives, by the 10th of Kislev, November 23rd:
Mishnayos audios available here
Do we need to worry about “collateral damage” when bombing Gaza?
Can a Jewish doctor refuse to treat an injured terrorist?
What does halacha say about having a death sentence for terrorists?
Are prisoner swaps permitted, if Israel exchanges many more prisoners than it receives?
How can we process the trauma we are experiencing?
What can we do to be there for families directly affected?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Berel Wein - renowned Rov, author, historian and lecturer – 16:50with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 28:21with Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author – 56:58with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, Forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 1:17:28with Rabbi Daniel Wasserman – Rabbi in Ashdod, Israel – 1:35:32with Professor Claude Berrebi - Terrorism Expert at Hebrew University – 1:52:29
מראי מקומות
Should we be sending our Bochurim to Yeshivos and our daughters to seminaries in Eretz Yisroel?
Can a Doctor go to Eretz Yisroel to help the war effort
How can we help the war effort from America?
How should we act in such times?How do we show empathy with the Yidden in Eretz YisroelShould we be toning down our simchas and lifestyle in general?
How should we improve?How are the Yidden in Yerushalayim dealing with the situation?Words of Chizzuk
The Torah view on the situationAnd much more......
with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Renowned Poseik and Rov of the Agudah in Chicago – 14:47
with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh Yeshiva in Silverspring, Maryland – 28:23
with Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Senter, Rosh Yeshiva In Yerushalayim – 49:59
with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein – Prolific author and renwoned speaker, Rov in Cedarhurst – 1:02:19
מראי מקומות
Hilchos Daled MinimCommon Shailos of Daled MinimDoes spending a lof of money on an esrog take precedence over buying a wife a dress?With Rabbi Aharon Twerski – Rov Albert Shul in Lakewood – 25:38
How to shop for an EsrogWhat to look for when buying an Esrog?
What’s the minimum to be Yotzei and what’s a Hiddur?
What’s the difference between the different types of Esrogim?
What does the Hechsher on the Esrog box mean?
and much more…With Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Charlap – Esrog Moicher from Queens – 34:28
Mitzvos of building and sitting in a SukkahWhat to be careful about when making a Sukkah?
What mats are Kosher for Schach?
What to do if your mat rolled up on Yom Tov?
Can you go on a trip to a place that doesn’t have a Sukkah?
Is someone who’s sleeping obligated in the Mitzvah of Sukkah?
and much more…with Rabbi Shlomo Francis, Mechaber: The Laws Of Eruv, Sukkah Expert – 55:04
מראי מקומות
What’s your favorite Yamim Noraim devar Torah?
What’s your advice for improving ourselves?
What’s worked for you?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein – popular teacher and prolific author – 16:57
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 30:02
with Rabbi Yissocher Frand – Rosh Yeshiva, Ner Yisroel, Baltimore – 40:18
with Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton – popular lecturer and teacher – 51:33
with R’ Charlie Harary – management consultant and noted speaker – 1:06:50
with Mrs. Michal Horowitz – popular lecturer and teacher – 1:20:39
with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 1:32:36
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Mara D'asra of Beis Haknesses, North Woodmere – 1:40:53
with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham, New Jersey – 1:53:11
with Mrs. Sivan Rahav-Meir - media personality, prolific author and lecturer – 2:02:15
with R’ Harry Rothenberg – noted speaker and partner, Rothenberg Law Firm - 2:12:51
with Rebbetzin Feige Twerski – noted teacher and prolific author – 2:22:02
with Rabbi Berel Wein - renowned Rov, author, historian and lecturer – 2:30:16
מראי מקומות
If a person knows that he only if he Davens everything he won't have Kavanah & he Davens less he'll have can he skip anything? If yes which parts can he skip?
If a person can't have Kavanah because he doesn't understand the language should he Daven in English?
Should a person Daven at length at the expense of learning Torah?
If a person can compose his own Tefilah is that better than davening the standard (more personal & heartfelt when coming from the composer- more than he can relate to Chazal's Tefillos).
Where's the source(s) of not talking during davening? If the only minyan he has is one which they talk in is it better to Daven Byechidus?
Is it better to Daven with a Minyan without a hat and jacket or B'Yechidus with a hat and jacket?
Is there any reason to daven Pesukei D'zimra with a minyan or come to Shul for Borchu? Likewise Kabbalas Shabbos with a minyan or just come for Maariv?
Someone who's not dressed properly for Davening but if he waits until he gets his clothing he won't have a minyan should he daven with the minyan dressed as is or wait?
Someone is on the beach with only a bathing suit and it's getting night and he didn't Daven Mincha and by the time he gets clothes it'll be too late to Daven?
If someone is traveling and doesn't have a siddur and he doesn't remember all the words of Shemone Esrei just most can he Daven with skipping some words? (Also Tefilas Haderech)
Someone is not feeling well and is sleeping should they be woken up to say Krias Shma and Daven before the Zman?
What takes precedence if you can't do both Tefillah BTzibbur or Krias Hatorah?
A Shul doesn't say Tachnun for no good reason do you have to say afterwards by yourself?
That was it says in Shulchan Aruch to give Tzedaka before Davening does this include Tzedaka to non-Jews?
with Rabbi Moshe Dovid Lebovits – Author Tefillah with Meaning and many other Seforim – 17:32
with Rabbi Yosef Vigler – Rov, Poseik and Rosh HaKollel of Mayan Yisroel – 41:49
with Reb Alter Rabinovich – Director Keren Tosfos Yom Tov, No Talking Initiative – 1:08:55
מראי מקומות
For what type of situations should you be calling Hatzalah.
How should you call Hatzalah – with a shinui etc ?
Can you turn on outside lights to make it easier for Hatzalah to identify the house?
If you have to go to the hospital on Shabbos what do you have to know – what can you take clothes, phone, wallet etc?
Is it better to go with Hatzalah or drive yourself or go with uber?
Do you have to go to the closest hospital or to a further one – out of the T’Chum
Should you cancel Hatzolah if all is good and you don't need them anymore?
If you madean early Shabbos should you be Matir Neder and then drive youself to the hospital?
Who can go along with the patient?
What can you or can’t you do in the hospital?
When can you come back home on Shabbos and when not?
Halachos of Pikuach Nefesh on Shabbos
with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Poseik for Hatzolah, Rov in Toms River – 15:44
Fascinating Shailos and stories of Hatzolair
with Eli Rowe – Founder and President of Hatzolair – 51:51
Combating abortion in the Chareidi community
with Mr. Nir Salomon – Executive Director of EFRAT – 1:03:46
מראי מקומות
Are there Halachos on how spouses should engage in conflict? Do men and women fight differently? What are the top 3 things men complain about regarding their wives and vice versa? Should conflict be avoided or embraced? What are effective methods to deal with conflicts?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS, Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield – 13:21 with Rabbi Peretz and Mrs. Shoshana Segal – Marriage and Conflict Resolution Experts – 48:21 with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 1:16:59 with Rabbi Doniel Frank – Licensed Marriage Therapist & Dating Coach – 1:47:39 with Mrs. Penina Flug, LCSW – Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist – 2:10:40
מראי מקומות
Are there Halachos on how spouses should engage in conflict?
Do men and women fight differently?
What are the top 3 things men complain about regarding their wives and vice versa?
Should conflict be avoided or embraced?
What are effective methods to deal with conflicts?
Is having discriminatory school acceptance policies Halachically allowed? What damage are we doing to our children? Do we have a communal obligation to accept all children into schools? Is there a difference between a boys school and a girls school? Can schools force people to accept upon themselves Chumros, in order that their kids should be accepted? Can schools claim they hold themselves to certain standards, if they overlook these standards for affluent members of the community? Is this the first time in history there was an elitist attitude?
Intro to School Acceptance - The issue - The facts on the ground - The view of the Gedolim: with Sori Zahler – 1:24 with Mr. Shlomo Yehudah Rechnitz – 2:31 with Rabbi Meir Hertz – Menaher of Tashbar, Lakewood – 10:29 with Rabbi Dovid Yosef - Rov, Mechaber Seforim & Member of Moetzes Chachmei HaTorah – 14:14 with Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein – Rov of Maale Dafneh, Close Talmid of Reb Eliyashiv ZT"L – 19:29
The love of the Tosher Rebbe ZT"L - Hear a Fascinating firsthand account with Steve Rosenberg – Chairman of Greystone – 33:46
Firsthand report of the issue - The Halachos of School Acceptance - A historical perspective - Boots on the ground and how to navigate the system with a parent from Brooklyn – 46:40 with Rabbi Beirach Steinfeld – Rov in Flatbush, Longtime Menahel – 55:02 with Mr. Yehuda Geberer – Noted Historian – 1:15:33 with Mr. Shuli Halpert - School acceptance Askan – 1:34:30
מראי מקומות
Kashrus on vacation: with Rabbi Sholom Fishbaine – Head of the CRC – 18:29 What can you buy in a store without a Hechsher? Halachos of Cholov Stam
Summer Tznius Halachos: with Rabbi Gideon Weitzman – Rov of Peuah Institue – 45:43 Going mixed swimming with family Taking a walk on the boardwalk Sitting next to women on planes
Visiting Kivrei Tzadikim: with Rabbi Doniel Neustadt – Rov of Pine River Village, Lakewood NJ – 59:12 Should you visit a Beis Hakvaros? Are you allowed to Daven to the dead or just in the Zechus of the dead? Can expectant ladies go to a Beis Hakvaros? Can a Kohein go to Kivrei Tzadikim? Putting on a Tallis and Tefillin by Kivrei Tzadikim
מראי מקומות
How should I react when the “Pride Parade” goes by my home in Yerushalayim? How should I explain the rainbow flag to my 10-year-old? Are we being influenced by secular values? If so, how are we seeing those influences? How do we strengthen our own values? Is being active in the rainbow movement worse than Chilul Shabbos? Is it a chilul Hashem to go against the “enlightened” values of secular society?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman: Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 15:45 with Mr. Yitzy Mittel and Mr. Eli Sarfaty, Esq. – owner of the West Orange Bake Shop and his attorney – 44:23 with Rabbi Mayer Twersky – Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanan – 1:06:59 with Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman – Renowned Psychologist, Author of “From Boys to Men” – 1:33:20 with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 2:13:19
מראי מקומות
How should I react when the “Pride Parade” goes by my home in Yerushalayim?
How should I explain the rainbow flag to my 10-year-old?
Are we being influenced by secular values? If so, how are we seeing those influences?
How do we strengthen our own values?
Is being active in the rainbow movement worse than Chilul Shabbos?
Is it a chilul Hashem to go against the “enlightened” values of secular society?
What responsibility does an influencer have to do due dilgience when endorsing a product or business deal?
If an influencer didn’t do due diligence and people suffered financial loss is the influencer responsible?
Not letting people know you’re getting paid for what you’re promoting is it גניבת דעת?
Are you allowed to push people to live beyond their means or become envious?
What responsibility does someone on social media have?
Are influencers a danger to the influence of Rabbonim?
What responsibility does an influencer have to do due dilgience when endorsing a product or business deal? If an influencer didn’t do due diligence and people suffered financial loss is the influencer responsible? Not letting people know you’re getting paid for what you’re promoting is it גניבת דעת? Are you allowed to push people to live beyond their means or become envious? What responsibility does someone on social media have? Are influencers a danger to the influence of Rabbonim?
with Rabbi Michoel Frank – Rav, Ohr HaTorah, Silver Springs, Maryland – 11:22 with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Senior Rabbi Boca Raton Synagogue – 33:59 with Chez Chaya – Top Influencer – 52:23 with Nachi Gordon – Meaningful People Podcast – 1:16:25
מראי מקומות
Listen and cry along and become inspired to help
with Sori Zahler – 25:57 with Rabbi Yitzchok Reichman – Nasi Project – 45:57 with "Sori" – an older single – 1:01:02
מראי מקומות
Is there a prohibition of Histaklus of a woman staring at a man performing? What about “Kol Ish” in hearing a man sing? Is there a problem posting videos of women singing online? Does a “Kol Isha Warning” help? Do female performances not reflect “yiddishe values”? Where do we draw the line of Tznius in public?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Anthony Manning – head of a seminary and popular speaker – 14:27 with Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton – popular lecturer and teacher, London – 42:15 with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rav, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva – 1:05:15 with Mrs. Bracha Jaffe – popular performer – 1:21:41
מראי מקומות
Is there a prohibition of Histaklus of a woman staring at a man performing? What about “Kol Ish” in hearing a man sing?
Is there a problem posting videos of women singing online? Does a “Kol Isha Warning” help?
Do female performances not reflect “yiddishe values”?
Where do we draw the line of Tznius in public?
What would be the reason to Assur AI more than filtered internet?
Why’s AI a bigger danger than google search?
Can AI be filtered?
Is there any positive uses in AI for Yiddishkeit?
Will AI become a major necessity in most people’s lives/businesses like the internet?
Is it Loshon Horah to say the name of the perperators?
Is it Mesirah to report such people to the authorities?
What is the proper way to deal with the families of the perpetrators?
What’s the Halachic status of the returns that insvestors received from the swindlers?
Is there a legal requirement to report fraudsters?
How should someone invest?
How do we judge if a segulah is valid or not? Is the $1 given out by the Lubavitcher Rebbe meant as a segulah? Are the red bendel (bracelet) and Schlissel Challah actual segulos or prohibited? Is buying Kol Hanearim, Maftir Yona or Pesicha for Neilah effective? Are there any valid segulos for parnassah, shidduchim, health, Shalom Bayis and great children? How do fake segulos catch on?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Aharon Spivak – Rav, Author and Therapist – 8:35 with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah of YU, Poseik of the OU – 29:56 with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Maggid Shiur and prolific author – 58:11 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Renowned author and lecturer, Founder of the Meaningful Life Center – 1:20:38
מראי מקומות
How do we judge if a segulah is valid or not?
Is the $1 given out by the Lubavitcher Rebbe meant as a segulah?
Are the red bendel (bracelet) and Schlissel Challah actual segulos or prohibited?
Is buying Kol Hanearim, Maftir Yona or Pesicha for Neilah effective?
Are there any valid segulos for parnassah, shidduchim, health, Shalom Bayis and great children?
How do fake segulos catch on?
Overreacting in self defense, is it Muttar?
Do you have have to try to be מציל באחד מאבריו when someone’s attacking you?
When unsure if someone is attacking what can you do to protect youself?
(ספק רודף)
Self defense against people who are mentally unstable – does a שוטה have a din of a rodef?
Are you חייב מיתה if you kill a שוטה?
What preventive measures can you take to protect yourself from being harmed?
When perfected will you be able to rely on AI for Psak?
Do you need a human mind for Psak?
Do you need a human emotion for Psak? [Is Psak dependent on the place, questioners situation etc[
Shouldn’t we rely on a computer when it’s more knowledgeable and doesn’t make mistakes?
Can a computer be מדמה מילתא למילתא?
Is knowledge enough for Psak? Can a child Pasken? Can a Goy Pasken? Can a woman Pasken? [if they knew all the Halachos]
סייעתא דשמיא in Psak – is it needed? Can a computer have it?
Why do people spend when they can’t afford to? Is it mutar to do so?
What’s the concept of “keeping up with the Joneses”?
What should we spend on and what should we not spend on?
Is there a problem flaunting your perceived wealth? Posting it on social media?|
How do you raise kids without their thinking they are underprivileged?
For a wealthy person, is there any reason they should limit their spending?
Does money buy happiness?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 15:57
with Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener, MD – Psychiatrist, Rav and Maggid Shiur – 37:30
with Professor Michael Norton – Professor, Harvard Business School – 1:00:14
with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 1:14:32
מראי מקומות
Why do people spend when they can’t afford to? Is it mutar to do so?
What’s the concept of “keeping up with the Joneses”?
What should we spend on and what should we not spend on?
Is there a problem flaunting your perceived wealth? Posting it on social media?|
How do you raise kids without their thinking they are underprivileged?
For a wealthy person, is there any reason they should limit their spending?
Does money buy happiness?
The most popular Shavuos night program in the world
bit.ly/SCPchallenge - 4:23
What are the issues with the Shabbos elevator?
Is it a halachic shayla of a Hashkafic Shayla?
What switched now?
with Rabbi Tzvi Ortner – Rov in Boro Park, Poseik of the OU technology dept – 33:20
with Rabbi Yisroel Krengel – Rov in the Tzomet Institue – 50:24
If a Rov makes a mistake in Psak does he have to pay?
What if he retracts his Psak due to Haskafic considerations?
with Rabbi Chaim Yosef Perlman – Dayan on Beis Aharon – 1:07:33
מראי מקומות
Who’s a מומר?
Someone who flaunts his Aveiros publicly - is he a מומר?
Can a Baal Aveirah write an Ois in a Sefer Torah?
If the Sofer writes the outline is it kosher?
Can they get an Aliya?
Can they Daven for the Amud?
Are they Possul to be עדי קידושין?
Can they make ברכת הזימון?
Are we allowed to be Mechabed them or is it חנופה?
Should we be ostracizing them from our community?
Should we be Mekarev them?
with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher – Rov of Yeshiva Community in Waterbury, Maggid Shiur of Oraysa – 13:06
with Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun – Rov in Crown Heights, Member of the Beis Din of Crown Heights– 39:55
מראי מקומות
What’s the source and reason for having a Shana Rishona?
What are the halachic requirements? How should the year be spent?
What are common issues that come up?
What preparation can be done to make a Shana Rishona easier?
What are the basic halachos of kavod to in-laws? What should in-laws be called?
How does a new Kallah properly interact with her new brothers-in-law?
How does a new Chosson interact with his sisters-in-law?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rav, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva – 7:41with Rabbi Dr. Eitan Eisen – Clinical Psychologist – 28:32with Rabbi Doniel Frank – Licensed Marriage Therapist & Dating Coach – 1:02:35with Mrs. Penina Flug, LCSW – Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist – 1:30:10
מראי מקומות
Someone who had a miscarriage and is very vulnerable can her husband hold her in extreme situations or is it יהרוג ואל יעבור ?Is there a חיוב קבורה on the fetus and at what stage?Can you test the fetus to check for illnes?Is the fetus named – and at what stage?Do you say Kaddish for a fetus?Do you sit Shiva?After what type of miscarriage is there no Pidyon Haben?Does the lady have a Din of a Choleh regarding fasting on Yom Kippur?Regarding being Mechalel Shabbos?
with Mrs. Dvora Entin – LCSW, PMH-C Specialist in Perinatal and Reproductive mental health – 15:12
with Rabbi Tuvia Kasimov – Posek Bais Horaah Bedatz Crown Heights – 43:05
מראי מקומות
Donating organs from a live donor
From a dead donor posthumouslyWhat are the types of organ retrieval after death?
Is there a nafka Mina between them in Halacha?
If a frum Jew decides to donate organs after death, is there anything different they should requests than the general public?
Are you allowed to sign the back of your license to become a donor?
If someone donates an organ against Halacha are you allowed to be a recipient of that organ?
with Rabbi Binyomin Weiss – Chief Rabbi of Montreal – 10:39
with Rabbi Dr. Aharon Glatt – Associate Rabbi Young Israel of Woodmere – 28:56
with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Weiner – Rabbi of Cedar Sinia Hospital in LA – 41:51
Should young men in yeshiva develop a plan for parnassa? If so, when?
Does having a parnassa plan also apply to those going into teaching and rabbanus?
Is “I want to learn” enough of a plan?
Does having a plan apply to young women?
Do girls in shidduchim ever ask “does he have a plan”?
Do boys in shidduchim ask: “does she have a plan for supporting a family” or “does her family have money”?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael – 15:27with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 40:16with Mrs. Miriam Levitan – Noted Shadchan, Eretz Yisroel – 1:04:36with Rabbi Nesanel (“Tani”) Lauer - Mashgiach Ruchani,Machon RubinMaarava – 1:14:03with Mrs. Bella Beer – Dating coach – 1:40:00
Maos Chittim
Siyum Bechorim on the telephoneSelling Chametz for someone who's comatose
Selling Chametz Gamur
E-Ciagrettes on Pesach
Gastric Bypass - If you can't drink Kosos and eat Matzah what takes precedence
Lap-Band Surgery - Does the Shiur of a Kzayis switch
What can you Kasher?
Do cosmetics need a Hechsher?
How much do you have to clean?Shiur of a Kzayis
Switching your Minhag of Gebrokts
What should you use for Maror
A Sephardi who married an Ashkenazi what do you do regarding kitnios
And much more....
with Rabbi Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz - Zkan Haposkim of America – 23:14
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshiva of YU, Poseik for the OU – 33:35with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rov in Toms River, Poseik for Hatzolah of Central Jersey – 47:03
with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Renowned Poseik, Rov of Agudah in Chicago – 1:11:34
מראי מקומות
Learn how to keep away from legal trouble
How to make the right choices
What are commom mistakes people make?
What’s the best way to avoid them?
What to do if you already made them, what steps should you take?
What effect does incarceration have on the families?
Learn how to keep away from legal trouble
How to make the right choices
What are commom mistakes people make?
What’s the best way to avoid them?
What to do if you already made them, what steps should you take?
What effect does incarceration have on the families?
with Rabbi Levi Landa – Project 432 Director, Aleph Institute – 35:17
with Willie Rapfogel – 1:00:08
with Ms. Rochel Van Etten – CEO, Aleph Institute – 1:20:55 מראי מקומות
Is it okay to date two women (or men) at the same time?
Can you test your date’s middos, and if so, to what extent?
What should be the goal of dating?
What is the most important thing for a person to do when dating? Is love necessary?
Is choosing from pictures and photo albums/catalogs effective in choosing who to date?
What are current trends in dating? What types of singles events are being held?
Are friends helpful or hurtful in getting dating advice?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 11:48with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Renowned Rov and EVP of the OU – 34:54with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 50:15with Dr. Avi Muschel – A Clinical psychologistspecializing in relationship issues – 1:14:14with Micah Friedland – shadchan and unofficial dating coach – 1:35:50
מראי מקומות
Does Medicine need to be Kosher L'pesach? Machine Matzah VS Shmurah Matzah at expense of other Pesach needs ie: a new dress for your wife
with Rabbi Dovid Heber – Expert in kosher pharmaceuticals for the Star K, Director of annual Passover Directory, Rav of Khal Ahavas Yisroel Tzemach Tzedek in Baltimore – 21:05with Rabbi Gershon Bess – Rov and Poseik in LA – 39:00with Rabbi Boruch Hirschfeld – Renowned Rov, Rosh Hakollel and Poseik in Cleveland – 48:57with Rabbi Yosef Veiner Rabbi Yosef Veiner – Rav of Kehillas Sha'ar HaShamayim, noted author and lecturer – 52:00
Pesach Hotels - Is it better to stay at home?
with Rabbi Leizer Ginzberg – Rosh Kollel in Flatbush – 57:28
מראי מקומות
Would everything be run according to Shulchan Aruch?What about the things that according to Shulchan Aruch Beis Din can’t enforce nowadays?How do we deter people who steal if they get caught all they’ll have to do is return the theft?Is there a concept of jail for monetary damage?What if there’s no two kosher witnesses or no witnesses at all?Being that there’s no capital punishment nowadays, what would do to murderers?What would be done regarding all electricity on Shabbos?How do you run a government on Shabbos?How do you run a police force or army on Shabbos?How do you run hospitals on Shabbos?
with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Renowned Poseik and Lecturer, Rosh Kollel of Shaarei Ezra, Av Beis Din Shaarei Levanon – 25:32with Rabbi Yisrael Krengel – Tzomet Institute – 42:25
מראי מקומות
Is a Kippa enough for davening? For Kiddush and Bentching?Do secular styles impact what we wear and the halacha?What if your parents don’t want you to wear a hat?What if your parents want the hat and you don’t?Did Chasidish garb and the black stripes on our Taleisim come from the non-Jews?Minyan without a hat or daven be’ye’chidus with the hat?Should women wear hats for davening as well?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rav Yitzchak Spivak – Tanach expert – 16:19with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz –Mara D'asra of Beis Haknesses, North Woodmere – 24:37with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos – 50:01with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah, Silverspring – 1:19:53with Avrami Ellenbogen – owner of Hatbox – 1:58:38
מראי מקומות
How to address this issue with our youth?How to prevent it from becoming an issue?What percent of Frum Yidden are struggling?What should people who are struggling do?Is this struggle unique in our generation?How to get help on this taboo subject
with the founders of GYE – Guard Your eyes - 19:23with Dr. Shlomie Zimmerman – Renowned Psycholoigist – Author of “From boys to men” - 50:43with Rabbi Mendel Kessin – Renowned lecturer and world expert on the Ramchal - 1:12:33
מראי מקומות
If you make products at home and sell them, do you need a Hechsher?Why is it different than eating at someone else’s house that you don’t need a Hechsher?Is this Hechsher different than a Hechsher on a food establishment?How can you do spot checks in a person’s private home?There are hundreds of Hechsherim – How do you know what you really can rely on?What standards does a Kashrus need to have to really rely on them?
with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO OU Kosher, renowned Daf Yomi Maggid Shiur and Rov – 36:03with Rabbi Shloima Perl – Head Mashgiach of KCL - Lakewood Kashrus – 1:07:06with Rabbi Beirach Steinfeld – Head of Kashrus organization, Rov Khal Dover Tov – 1:11:08
מראי מקומות
What gets people to stick with their learning after many years?What’s a valid reason to miss your Kevius?Does someone who gets paid for learning or teaching additionally need to be Kovea Ittim?Can the Kevius change over time, like when more children are born?What if a wife needs her husband during his learning?Do you need to lose business/clients as a result of your learning?Should you answer calls from clients or your boss during learning?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Zev Cohen – Rav of Adas Yeshurun, Chicago – 21:08with Mr. Mark Salamon – owner of A-1 Appliance Repair – 43:04with Rabbi Ilan Halberstadt – Rav of Machzikei Hadas, London – 1:02:35with Mr. Ira Lipsius – senior partner at Lipsius-BenHaim – 1:30:07with Rabbi Doron Lazarus – director of Executive Sleep Consulting – 1:55:45
מראי מקומות
How Makpid should we be on names in marriage (father in law and son in law with the same names etc)?Can younger siblings get married before older siblings?Marrying for money?How important is the family (if there's a sibling off the derech etc)?Marrying into a family of Baalei Teshuvos?Health in the family, what do you have to divulge?How should people be dating?What common mistakes are they making?How do you know if you are getting bad advice?
with Rabbi Yaakov Berman – Rov Khal Beis Tefillah Lakewood, Av Beis Din Machon L'Gittin – 16:47with Mrs. Bella Beer – Dating coach – 46:45with Rabbi Dr. Jack Cohen – International dating coach – 1:05:35
מראי מקומות
Is there a mitzvah for a childless couple to adopt?Are you מקיים פריה ורביה with adoption?Is there an obligation of חיוב כיבוד אב ואם towards an adopted parent?Balancing obligations to the natural parents VS the adoptive parentsDoes an adopted child say Kaddish for his adopted parents?How is an adoptive child called up to the Torah?Adopting non-Jewish children VS Jewish childrenIs there an Issur Yichud with adoptive parents? Hugging & kissing?Do you have to reveal they are adopted?
with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer– Rov, Maggid Shiur and Dayan in Yerushalayim – 13:25with Dr. Zelig Schur – Founder, Jewish Children Adoption Network – 38:38with Mr. Chaim Krausz – Expert on Frum Adoptions – 58:52
מראי מקומות
What preparation is necessary to leave yeshiva/kollel and start working?What skills do yeshiva graduates say would be helpful?What should a yeshiva consider as its goals and responsibilities towards it’s talmidim?How do you decide on an occupation?Should you study a trade or go straight into business?What are the primary challenges we need to be ready for nowadays?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh Yeshivah and Noted Author – 12:55with Rabbi Binyamin Rappaport – Career Guidance Counselor – 35:53with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 1:02:55
מראי מקומות
Making a Bas MitzvahWomen giving Shiurim and writing articles in Halacha and HashkafaWomen giving Hadracha and Paskening Shailos – Yoetzet HalachaWomen going to college and joining the workforceWomen’s Hatzalah
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshiva of YU, Poseik of the OU – 24:51with Rebbetzin Chana Henkin – Dean of Nishmat – 50:25
מראי מקומות
Should Headlines have Shiurim on sensitive issues?Is it better to educate the public, or is it exposing Bochurim and others to things that they shouldn’t be exposed to?Is it a lack of Tznius to discuss certain topics in public?Is there a way to balance Tznius VS public awareness?Does discussing certain issues promote wrong ideas?Is it Loshon Horah to publicize allegations against a specific person or is it הצלת נפשות?Should magazines and newspapers be running ads on these sensitive issues?
with Rabbi Mayer Schiller – Noted Chasidishe Maggid Shiur, writer and lecturer - 14:20with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rov of Boca Raton Synagogue, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva of South Florida – 33:29with Rabbi Yitzchok Franfurter – Publisher of the Ami Magazine – 54:21with Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov in Holliswood Queens – Noted writer – 1:11:13
מראי מקומות
Is there something halachically wrong with using drugs? Alcohol? Vaping?Can you tell on a classmate who is using drugs or alcohol?What are the trends of drug and alcohol use in our high schools?How are teenagers able to afford and access drugs?Are we better – or worse – than secular society?What can be done by parents and the schools?
*Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim*
with Dr. Rivka Schwartz – Professional educator and popular lecturer – 15:40with “Dovid” – a recent high school graduate – 40:34with Mrs. Leanne Forman – founder and executive director of CCSA – 49:40with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser– Rav of Khal Bais Yitzchok, noted author and speaker – 1:18:06with Rabbi Daniel Feldman –Rosh Yeshiva at REITs, author of “False Facts and True Rumors” – 1:38:57with “Sara” – a recent high school graduate – 1:57:42with Dr. Debbie Akerman – Professor of social welfare and clinical social worker – 2:06:08
מראי מקומות
Marching down flower girls to the Chuppah – Is that a Jewish thing or is it חוקות הגוים Standing up for the Chosson and Kallah when they walk down, is that a Jewish custom?Are you supposed to stand up during the recital of the Sheva Brochos?Walking down to the Chuppah – Should the parents walk down their child - or both fathers should walk down the Chosson, and both mothers the Kallah? What if they are divorced or one of the parents was Niftar?Are the Chosson and Kallah permitted to hold hands after the Chuppah?Should the Kallah come into the men’s side during the dancing?Does the Kallah have to wear a Sheitel by the Chasunah?The minhag by various Chasidim for the woman to shave her headMitzvah Tantz – What’s the Mitzvah? Or is it actually an Aveira?If there’s any conflict in Minhagim, whose Minhag is done the Chosson’s or the Kallah’s?
with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher – Rov of Waterbury, Maggid Shiur Of Oraysa – 14:14with Rabbi Yona Reiss – Av Beis Din Of The CRC, S'gan Av Beis Din of America – 36:00with Rabbi Moshe Shmiel Rottenberg – Mora D’asra Bais Moshe Shmiel (Flatbush), Dayan, Shaarei Mishpat – 48:58with Rabbi Yitzchok Feldheim – Renowned Lecturer – 1:12:47 Eight Chanukah Riddles – 1:18:15 מראי מקומות
Should you in invite guests/ Kiruv at your Shabbos Seudos or is at expense of your children's Shabbos experience and your relationship with your children?If someone has different Kashrus standards than you can you eat in their house? What if they'll be insulted if you don't come?What type of a Chezkas Kashrus does a person need to eat by him? If you’re a bachur and someone you don’t know, in shul, invites you, what constitutes a Chezkas Kashrus?If you know your host is ‘modern’ for example he keeps Kashrus, Shabbos and Taharas Hamishpacha, can you eat there? What about if he tells you I bought the highest degree of kashrus for you, is he נאמן?with Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer – Rov of the BJX Beis Medrash, Morah D'Asra of Brooklyn's Kiruv Center – 25:25with Rabbi Mordechai Becher – Renowned Lecturer and author – 46:31with Rabbi Mordechai Farkash – Rov in Bellevue Washington – 1:10:25
מראי מקומות
Should a Rabbi meet in his office with a woman?What’s enough proof to start warning other women? Do recordings suffice?When do we go to the police?When do we keep abuse quiet and when do we publicize the dangers?What’s going on in the head of an abuser? Is he not worried about getting caught?Why would followers of a Rabbi coverup his abuses?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
Audio from Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman – Av Beis Din of the Federation of Synagogues in London – 15:10with Rabbi Gershon Bess – Rabbi of Cong. Kehilas Yaakov, Los Angeles – 23:12with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, Forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 47:29with Mrs. Debbie Fox, LCSW – founder and executive director of Magen Yeladim – 1:24:30with Rabbi Yona Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC, Chicago – 1:34:43
מראי מקומות
Is there any Heter ever for taking one’s own life?
Terminal illness? Extreme poverty? Mafia chasing him?
How do we view someone who commits suicide due to mental health issues?
How do we prevent this tragedy?
Is there any Heter ever for taking one’s own life? Terminal illness? Extreme poverty? Mafia chasing him? How do we view someone who commits suicide due to mental health issues? How do we prevent this tragedy?
with Rabbi Mordechai Twersky – Horonsteipel Rebbe – 26:19 with Tzvi Gluck – Director of Amudim – 42:06 with Mrs. Aliza Bulow – Mother of child who commited suicide, Founder of CORE – 1:04:12 with Dr. Chaim Nissel – Licensed Psychologist Yeshiva University Vice Provost, Senior trainer for American Association of Suicidology – 1:13:07 with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Wiener – Rov of Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, Rov of Knesses Yisrael – 1:30:14
מראי מקומות
Does a wife have to take on her husband’s Chumros?
Should you be your spouse’s Mashgiach?
Is there a Mitzvah of כיבוד אב ואם when parents are meddling into the children’s lives?
If a Chosson or Kallah teacher taught incorrectly and it lead to divorce, are they obligated to pay for damages?
Why are there so many divorces these days?
Are they all frivolous or necessary?
Why are so many young people coming home so quickly? Are they immature, unwilling to put the work in?
When is it time for therapy and when is it time to give up on therapy?
Is therapy the problem or the solution?
What is the solution?
How can we stop this tidal wave?
What’s the definition of being on the “derech” and “in-the-box”? How have those definitions changed over time? Is the “derech” too narrow and the “box” too confining? Does being “out-of-the box” violate Halacha or just societal expectations and norms? Are there halachic requirements to: wear white shirts and black pants, always wear a hat, go into certain occupations, not play sports and music?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Berel Wein - Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 11:28 with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 24:42 with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 31:48 with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 1:09:57 with Rabbi Gedalia Oppen – Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ateres Eitz Chaim – 1:30:39
מראי מקומות
What’s the definition of being on the “derech” and “in-the-box”? How have those definitions changed over time? Is the “derech” too narrow and the “box” too confining? Does being “out-of-the box” violate Halacha or just societal expectations and norms? Are there halachic requirements to: wear white shirts and black pants, always wear a hat, go into certain occupations, not play sports and music?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Berel Wein - Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 11:28 with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 24:42 with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 31:48 with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 1:09:57 with Rabbi Gedalia Oppen – Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ateres Eitz Chaim – 1:30:39
מראי מקומות
Is same sex attraction real? Hear about it in real life
with "Sara" – A wife of someone who has SSA - 22:23
Can the mother have custody of the boys when the father has a Mitzvah to teach his children Torah? Are you allowed to say Loshon Horah when asked Shidduch information about your ex- spouse? Are you allowed to say the divorce wasn’t messy? Can you hide your assets to give less alimony? If a spouse is violating the divorce agreement and Beis Din can’t enforce it, are you allowed to go to secular court? If one of the spouses goes off the Derech how should it be dealt with? How are the ex-spouses supposed to communicate with each other? If one of the spouses remarries, how do they walk down to the Chuppah?
with Rabbi Avrohom Kahan – Rav of Congregation Khal New City, Av Beis Din of the Bais Din Vaad Hadin V’horaah – 34:25 with Reb Yitzchok Gruenbaum – Concord Mediation Group – 1:16:26
Answers to last weeks riddles – 1:33:55
מראי מקומות
Is same sex attraction real? Hear about it in real life
with "Sara" – A wife of someone who has SSA - 22:23
Can the mother have custody of the boys when the father has a Mitzvah to teach his children Torah? Are you allowed to say Loshon Horah when asked Shidduch information about your ex- spouse? Are you allowed to say the divorce wasn’t messy? Can you hide your assets to give less alimony? If a spouse is violating the divorce agreement and Beis Din can’t enforce it, are you allowed to go to secular court? If one of the spouses goes off the Derech how should it be dealt with? How are the ex-spouses supposed to communicate with each other? If one of the spouses remarries, how do they walk down to the Chuppah?
with Rabbi Avrohom Kahan – Rav of Congregation Khal New City, Av Beis Din of the Bais Din Vaad Hadin V’horaah – 34:25 with Reb Yitzchok Gruenbaum – Concord Mediation Group – 1:16:26
Answers to last weeks riddles – 1:33:55
מראי מקומות
How does Halacha view mental health? Can you be Mechalel Shabbos? How do deal with OCD and Mitzvah observance? When someone comes to therapy and is saying lashon Horah or talking bad about parents is that a problem? Especially when the therapist is encouraging it. Can you tell an eating disorder patient to eat on Yom Kippur? What to say when it comes to Shidduchim and you have privileged information? And much more......
with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, Forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of crisis intervention for Chai Lifeline – 20:40 with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Licensed therapist, Renowned Rov for Hatzolah of Central Jersey and Ohr Yechezkel in Toms River – 1:25:25
מראי מקומות
How does Halacha view mental health?
Can you be Mechalel Shabbos?
How do deal with OCD and Mitzvah observance?
When someone comes to therapy and is saying lashon Horah or talking bad about parents is that a problem? Especially when the therapist is encouraging it.
Can you tell an eating disorder patient to eat on Yom Kippur?
What to say when it comes to Shidduchim and you have privileged information?And much more…**
What are some strategies and tactics for dealing with difficult people? Can you reciprocate the negativity? What if it’s your boss, Rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva or spouse? When does the prohibition of hating someone apply? What if he earned the hatred? Do people get crankier when they get older? How can someone tell if they are a difficult person?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 15:11 with Dr. Debbie Akerman – Professor of social welfare and clinical social worker – 39:02 with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:01:53 with Rabbi Berel Wein - Renowned Rav, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:19:07
מראי מקומות
Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht - Upcoming Semichas Chaver Events
NY and Baltimore event
Florida event
What are some strategies and tactics for dealing with difficult people? Can you reciprocate the negativity?
What if it’s your boss, Rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva or spouse?
When does the prohibition of hating someone apply? What if he earned the hatred?
Do people get crankier when they get older?
*How can someone tell if they are a difficult person?*
—————Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Upcoming Semichas Chaver EventsNY and Baltimore event
Florida event
The Kashrus scandal in the (non) Kosher Chinese Express in Manalapan Revisited - Is it Loshon Horah to discuss or a Mitzva? The court's decision regarding YU - What options do they have? When a religous school hires a Trans teacher what is their recourse? with Rabbi Michael Broyde – Professor of Law & Academic Director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University School of Law – 34:03
Transgender in Halacha with Rabbi Eli Ozarowski – Renowned Author, Teacher and Lecturer – 1:06:43
מראי מקומות
The Kashrus scandal in the (non) Kosher Chinese Express in Manalapan Revisited – Is it Loshon Horah to discuss or a Mitzva? The court’s decision regarding YU – What options do they have?
When a religous school hires a Trans teacher what is their recourse?
Transgender in Halacha
A heart wrenching eyewitness report.Is it an act of Hashem or of human negligence? How do we strengthen our Emunah? How do we explain it to our children? Can we know why it happened? and much more…
The Kashrus scandal in the Chinese Restaurant Are our restaurants and Kosher establishments really Kosher? What can we do to ensure that these incidents don’t happen again? with Rabbi Yudel Shain – Dayan and Renowned Kashrus expert, Lakewood NJ – 16:30
Yom Hadin comes early for our Yeshivos!! The New York State Board of Regents vote How are we supposed to look at it? Hear both sides of the debate
with Simcha Eichenstein – Assemblyman, State of NY – 33:34 with Avi Shick – Former deputy attorney general of New York, Partner at Troutman Pepper – 1:00:26
מראי מקומות
Do you need to stop working when you have enough money to learn full time? How should a wife handle the husband being around? What’s the impact on the children? What happens when the husband traifs up the kitchen preparing his own lunch? How much money do you need to save to retire? When do you need to start planning for it? What’s the impact of retirement on our health and memory?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Posek and Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto – 14:05 with Dr. Ross Andel – expert in aging and brain function – 41:23 with Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 54:52 with Rabbi Yechiel Greenblatt and Jordan Odinsky – founders of www.SmachZevulun.com – 1:20:17 with Rabbi Berel Wein – Renowned Rav, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:43:47
מראי מקומות
Hear from some of the greatest thinkers and Mashpiim our generation with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Renowned Rov and Rabbinical Leader of the OU – 20:58 with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Renowned Rosh Yeshivah and Lecturer – 34:41 with Rabbi Efrem Golberg – Rov of Boca Raton Synagogue and Lecturer – 1:04:24 with Rabbi Shay Schachter – Rosh Beis Midrash in the Young Israel of Woodmere – 1:21:34 with Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis-Wolff – Renowned Author and Lecturer – 1:36:16
מראי מקומות
Should we be bringing up Reb Nachman to Eretz Yisroel? [The Halachic analysis of exhuming remains] According to Reb Nosson and other Gedolei Breslov it’s better to stay in Eretz Yisroel than to go to Uman!!! Do we really know which Kever is the Kever of Reb Nachman? with Rabbi Ari Enkin – Rov, Maggid Shiur & Mechaber Seforim from Beit Shemesh – 13:24
Is it permissible to go to Uman this year due to the war in Ukraine? Is it a dangerous place? Hear from boots on the ground with Rabbi Moshe Azman – Chief Rabbi of Ukraine – 26:57
What is the mesorah in Breslov regarding bringing up Reb Nachman? What did Reb Moshe Feinstein say about bringing Reb Nachman to Eretz Yisroel? with Rabbi Nosson Maimon - Worldwide Breslover Mashpia – 35:44
Hear fascinating history about bringing up Gedolim to Eretz Yisroel with Rabbi Yechiel Goldhabr – Historian and Mechaber Seforim – 1:04:16
מראי מקומות
What is the purpose of having a school handbook? Should the rules be realistic, or the ideal (but unrealistic) hopes of the school? Can parents lie about not having internet, texting, smartphones, etc.? What percentage of families violate school rules? Why would a school have parents/students sign the handbook?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Elisheva Kamenetsky – Menahel of DRS and Rosh Yeshiva of HALB; Menaheles of SKA – 16:39 with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Renowned Posek, Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto – 38:58 with Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein – Popular lecturer, Author and Ram at the Gruss Kollel – 1:04:14 with Rabbi Zeev Leff – Rosh Yeshiva, prolific author, Rav of Moshav Matisyahu – 1:30:13 with Rabbi Binyomin Kessler – Menahal of Yeshiva Ketana of Queens – 1:39:05
מראי מקומות
Is having discriminatory school acceptance policies Halachically allowed? What damage are we doing to our children? Do we have a communal obligation to accept all children into schools? Is there a difference between a boys school and a girls school? Can schools force people to accept upon themselves Chumros, in order that their kids should be accepted? Can schools claim they hold themselves to certain standards, if they overlook these standards for affluent members of the community?
with Rabbi Berach Steinfeld – Rov of Khal Dover Tov, Flatbush, Halacha Columnist – 10:49 with Mr. Shuli Alpert – Extraordinary Askan head of Gesher L'Yeshivos – 31:19 with Mr. Yosef Shidler – Parent, Outspoken on school acceptance policies – 1:02:44
מראי מקומות
The alcohol epidemic in our community, what are the repercussions? If a person gets arrested due to a DUI incident is there a Mitzva of Pidyon Shevuim? If a person gives alcohol to legal minors, can he be held culpable? Can a person be held accountable for giving excess drinks to adults? Can a persom who gives alcohol to legal minors be turned over to the authorities? A person who endangers the public can he be turned over to the authorities? Hear an in-depth Halachic and legal analysis from renowned Rabbonim and lawyers
with Lou Shapiro – Superlawyer, Media legal commentator – 15:23 with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, Toein and Mechaber Seforim – 27:56 with "Chaya" – Victim of alcohol addiction – 53:20 with Reb Tzvi Gluck – Director of Amudim – 1:01:07 with Rabbi Yaakov Feitman– Rav of Kehilas Beis Yehuda Tzvi, Cedarhurst NY – 1:16:25
מראי מקומות
What are the most important character traits we should teach our children? What’s the main challenge in raising children? How do we teach kids how to wake up, and generally be independent? How about to be compassionate and caring people? How has parenting changed over the past 30 years?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rav, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva – 12:31 with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 33:01 with Rabbi Avishai David – Rosh Yeshiva, educator and shul Rav – 1:02:27
מראי מקומות
The history of the ghetto Is it a form of Kiddush Hashem to go down fighting rather than getting killed passively? Are you allowed to resist when you technically won't win: Is it a form of suicide? Are you causing others to get killed? The controversy surrounding Reb Menachem Zemba’s view Are leaders obligated not to abandon their flock or do thet have to leave to save their lives?
with Yehuda Geberer – Jewish Historian and Tour Guide, Jewish History Soundbites – 19:55 with Rabbi Reuven Brand – Rosh Kollel, YU Torah Mitzion Kollel, Chicago Illinois – 38:27 with Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Glatstein – Rov in Cedarhurst, Noted Speaker, Grandson of Reb Menachem Zemba's lookout in the uprising – 1:02:22
מראי מקומות
If your spouse is irreligious, can she trusted to say she went to the Mikvah? Can you allow your son to stay in your house if he insists on staying there with his girlfriend? Can you eat from the food they bring you? Do you have to be afraid they’ll make your oven, microwave, and dishes Treif? If they cook is it Bishul Acu”m? If they touch wine does it become Yayin Nesech? Can you give them food and drink if they won’t wash their hands or make a Brocha? Are they מצטרפף לזימון ? What happens if they bring Chametz into your house on Pesach? If the air conditioner shuts off on Shabbos and they turn it on do you have to leave the house? If they turn on a light on Shabbos can you use that room?
with Rabbi Sholom Fishbane – Director, AKO and CRC, Chicago, Illinois – 17:54 with Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan – Mashgiach Ruchani at Yeshiva High School of Cleveland, Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) – 57:10 with Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis – Rosh Kollel Torah Chaim, Yerushalayim, Mechaber Takonos Hashovim and other Seforim – 1:25:36
מראי מקומות
What type of cases come before Beis Din These days? How does Beis din differ from an abitration panel? What can you do to avoid Dinei Torah? How are matrimonial cases (including Sholom Bayis) dealt with in Beis Din? The role of lawyers and Toyanim in Beis Din
Guest Hosted by Rabbi Yehoshua Wolfe Menahel of Bais HaVaad Rabbincal Court, Lakewood NJ
with Dayan Dovid Grossman – Founder and Rosh Bais HaVaad Rabbincal Court, Lakewood NJ – 6:25 with Rabbi Yaakov Siemiatycki – Dayan, Bais HaVaad Rabbincal Court, Lakewood NJ – 21:34 with Mr. Baruch Cohen esq – Trial Attorney, Los Angeles, California – 36:32 with Mr. Gary Snitow – Trial Attorney in NY and NJ – 53:07
מראי מקומות
Are friends a replacement for a therapist? What’s appropriate to discuss with friends, and what’s not? How should a wife handle when her husband lives a lifestyle she does not approve of? How should the husband handle his wife “being on his case”? Can a non-Jewish book be used for Shalom Bayis? Is there a Torah hashkafa in how to handle Shalom Bayis issues? What if the wife is the problem?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 13:55 with Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen, Esq., M.Sc. – popular speaker, author, therapist and podcaster – 41:58 with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:08:06 with Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier – veteran mechanech, relationships expert and author – 1:23:24 with Laura Doyle – best-selling author of the “Surrendered Wife” and more – 1:39:53
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When a Yeshiva is compelled by the goverment to take action that is K'Neged HaTorah, are they obligated to shut down in lieu of complying? Does the yeshiva have to split off from the university and re-open as a separate new independent Yeshiva? If the yeshiva follows the goverment's orders, is one permitted to continue teaching there? How should orthodox Jewry as a whole react ? This ruling affects all Yeshivos Is this reminiscent of the closing of Yeshivas Volozhin?
Rav Giftar on the YU clubs – 2:10 Rav Soloveichik on the Secularization of YU – 13:00 with Eric Baxter Esq – Becket Religous Freedom – Attorney for YU – 28:48 with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Senior Rabbi Boca Raton Synagogue – 45:25 with Reb Yaakov Sasson - Mechaber of Shiurei Harav on Sanhedrin, Musmach of YU, Historian – 1:01:35
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Simchas: Chupa, Chasuna, Sheva Brochos Do any of them need a Mechitza? Does a concert need to have a Mechitza or is mixed seating/family seating allowed? Why is a Mechitza not mentioned in Shulchan Aruch
with Rabbi Boruch Oberlander – Chief rabbi of Hungary, Av Beis Din of Budapest – 21:33 with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rov of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha in YU - 42:07 with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rosh Kollel of Shaarei Ezra, Av Beis Din Ohel Moshe – 54:39
Hear a unique perspective how music furthers Avodas Hashem The only Charedi Yeshivah with a music room with Rabbi Baruch Chait – Rosh Yeshivah of Maaravah – 1:23:54
מראי מקומות
What are the major areas of tension between parents and children regarding religious observance? How should the issues be handled by both parent and child? Are there differences between baalei tshuvah, modern orthodox and yeshivish in this regard? Does Kibud Av Ve’eim mean that the child needs to fulfill the desires of the parents, even when the child disagrees? Must children eat by parents when the children have stricter standards of Kashrus? Can parents eat by children who have laxer standards?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael – 14:13 with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 39:22 with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO of the OU, Rov of Zichron Yosef Ohel Aryeh – 1:10:02 with Rav Yitzchok Lobenstein – head of Ten Tikva, guiding parents with their struggling teens –1:31:05
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Dealing with the celebrity status Balancing family life and singing Should young aspiring singers go into singing? What are the red lines for venues not to sing in?
with Yaakov Shwekey – International singing star – 16:19 with Lipa Schmeltzer – Jewish Music’s Most Innovative Creator and Performer – 35:27 with Shulem Lemmer – International singing star – 1:01:43
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Hear a firsthand report how Reb Aharon Leib Steinman ZT"l encouraged concerts Hear how music is keeping our youth from falling away How has Jewish music evolved over the years? What makes a song Jewish? What’s the point of music entertainment or inspiration? The new style of Jewish music – Is it Jewish? Is the Jewish music style these days real or just a passing fad?
with Yossi Green – World famous composer for 45 years – 16:57 with Menachem Toker – Radio Kol Chai host, The music expert – 39:07 with Nachum Segal – America’s Jewish Music MC and Maven – 57:11 with Sheya Mendlowitz – World famous producer for 45 years – 1:04:43
מראי מקומות
Rabbi Elyada Goldwicht - link to the Shavuos learning program: Bit.ly/SCPchallenge
Should a man/Rabbi teach tznius to girls? Is it true that “Tzinus for women is just like Torah learning for men”? What are the consequences of tznius PTSD on the girl, her family and her Avodas HaShem? What’s the impact of social media and frum print media on how girls and women dress? What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? How can we improve?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton – popular lecturer and teacher, London – 15:30 with Rabbi Anthony Manning – head of a seminary and popular speaker – 41:29 with “Sara” – “it happened to me - throughout my schooling” – 1:08:41 with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 1:31:15 with Fran Berg – “it happened to me - in Israel and NY” – 2:00:00
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History of debates with our adversaries Dr. Rivka Schwartz – Associate Principal, General Studies at SAR High School, Bronx, New York, Ph.D. History from Princeton University - 6:15
Are we preparing our children for marriage - The Sholom Bayis initiative of Reb Zecharia with Rabbi Reuven Epstein – Noted marriage counselor and lecturer –23:42
Reb Nota Greenblatt's impact on communities all over the USA - Piskei Gittin, Pesakim and Stories with Rabbi Rabbi Tzvi Holland – Kashrus Administrator of Star K – 54:19 with Rabbi Avi Lebowitz – Rosh Kollel, Jewish Study Network, Palo Alto, CA – 1:15:48
Answers to last weeks riddles – 1:33:09
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with HaRav Moshe Sternbuch – Ravaad of Yerushalyaim, Mechaber Moadim Uzmanim – 24:20 with Harav Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz – 26:24 with Mara Nathan – Spiritual leader Temple Beth El, San Antonio – 42:09 with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of CRC, Rosh Yeshiva of RIETS – 1:00:46
Answers to the Pesach Riddles – 1:25:30
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What’s the most important ingredient to have a successful marriage? What are significant issues that are easy to resolve? What are some common mistakes that spouses make? What can boys and girls in Shidduchim – or even earlier – do to prepare for a successful marriage? What should be done when a couple hits turbulents during marriage? How to handle disagreements over: money, having additional children, conflicting minhagim, where to send kids to school and more
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of “Making it Work,” “Making it ALL Work” (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS, Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield – 8:44 with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 38:32 with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:02:15 with Rabbi Paysach Krohn – noted maggid – 1:25:46
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If you Daven Maariv after Plag or after Shkiah can you count Sefirah? How to count of you're making early Shabbos? If a Rov forgot to count can he continue to count with a Brocha? And much more? with Rabbi Chaim Jachter - Rov, Shaarei Orah of Teaneck, Beis Din of Elizabeth – 16:42
Was your Chametz really sold? Are your cookies really baked after Pesach? Can you have sourdough made after Pesach? How do the have pizza immediately ater Pesach? Can you but whiskey in duty free shops? And much more..... with Rabbi Yudel Shain – Rov, Poseik and renowned veteran Mashgiach – 36:07
Can you rely on Shabbos and hotel Hashgachos? Hear the stories.... with Rabbi Mordechai Shain – Noted Mashgiach – 56:10
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Can we bring Korbanos these days: Tumah, Techeilis, Kohanim - Can we rely on the Kohein DNA chromosone? The place of the Mizbeach - can it be proven archaeologically? Bigdei Kehuna, and much more... with Rabbi Shimshon Nadel – Rov of Zichron Yosef in Har Nof, Rosh Kollel Sinai Kollel – 18:57
How to bring a Korban Pesach - A checklist with Rabbi Binyomin Feldman –Mechaber Machon L’Dvir Baisacha – 55:53
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Do the halachos and secular laws regarding false advertising apply to organizations raising tzedakah? Are promises by the charity a permitted form of advertising? Should a charity require a minimum payment in order to get a beracha? Is it better to daven for yourself, or have someone else daven for you? Do the ends justify the means? Can puffery/manipulation be used in ads for the purpose of raising tzedakah for the genuinely needy?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis Din – 17:35 with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos – 40:44 with Mrs. Linda Goldstein – respected FTC/advertising attorney – 1:04:34 with Mr. Moshe Caller – Founder and CEO, The Marcal Group – 1:39:05 with Rabbi Yair Hoffman – prolific author and Posek – 2:06:02
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Guest Hosted by Rabbi Pesach Lerner
The Orthodox community, Security, economics, Issues we are dealing with EREV PESACH from around the globe
Eretz Yisroel: with MK Rabbi Yitzchok Pindrus – Chaver Knesset of Degel Hatorah - 8:41 with Eli Paley – Publisher, Mishpacha Magazine, Chairman, The Haredi Institute for Public Affairs, Israel - 20:13
USA: with Yitzchok Weinberg – Executive Director Flatbush Community Fund, Brooklyn NY - 41:01 with Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik – President COJO of Staten Island, NYPD Clergy Liaison, Executice Vice president of Rabbinical Alliance of America - 59:56
England: with Eli Spitzer– Member of the Hasidic community in Stamford Hill, London, England, and the headmaster of a Hasidic school in London, columnist for Mosaic Magazine and writer of a regular blog on Haredi matters. - 1:22:17
UKRAINE Do we Daven for their success or do we remember…. The massacres: The Cossacks ת"ח ות"ט , Massacre of Uman 1768, Odessa Pogrom 1821, 1851, 1871, 1905, Kiev pogrom 1881, 1905, Mass killing of Jews during Russian civil war 1918-1923. Collaboration of Ukrainians with the Nazis killing 900,000 Jews during World War II - Massacres and mass shootings of: Bila Tserkva, Odessa, Babi Yar, Dniepropetrovsk, Drobytsky Yar, Feodosiya, Ivano-Frankovsk, Kamenets-Podolskiy, Klevan, Lviv, Lwów professors, Mezhirichi, Mizoch, Nikolaev, Olyka, Pliskov, Terebovl, Zhytomyr GERMANY Would you buy a Mercedes or BMW? The Germans killed out half of the Jewish people… Are grandchildren accountable for their grandparents' sins?
with Rabbi Binyomin Hamburger – Noted Mechaber Seforim on Minhagei Ashkenaz, historian – 15:28 with Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber – Renowned Mechaber Seforim, historian – 30:51
Reb Chaim Kanievsky Zt"l: Hear personal stories from inside his house
Rabbi Shai Graucher – Talmid muvhak of Reb Chaim Kanievsky Zt"l, translator of his Seforim to English, Household attendant – 49:20
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Why do women get hammered to dress modestly, while some men walk around with tight shorts and tank tops? What about super tight-fitting pants? White shirts vs. blue shirts? No socks? Colorful socks? Tight-fitting bike clothing? How do standards change over time? What about other areas of Tznius? Living above your means? Driving a car you can’t afford?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Anthony Manning – head of a seminary and popular speaker – 12:44 with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 42:31 with Mrs. “Beatie” Deutsch – chareidi mother of five, and Israel’s national marathon champion – 1:06:06 with Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS – 1:25:09
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Is this war a precursor of Mashiach? The Kabbalah from Kelm with Reb Elya Ber Wachtfogel – Rosh Yeshivah South Fallsburg – 00:47
Can someone stay in Ukraine to help the war effort or are you obligated to run? Are you obligated to give all your money to save the Yidden there ? Does this take precedence over your local Tzedakas, schools, Bikur Cholim/etc? In general, what is the Halacha of our obligation to other worldwide communities that are in danger? with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshiva of YU, Poseik of the OU – 17:06 with Rabbi Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz – 24:13
Hear live reports from rabbonim in the war zone and bomb shelters Rabbi Meir Stambler – Chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine – 27:36 Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein – Shaliach in Chernigov – 34:20 Reb Mendel – Shaliach in Chargov – 39:17
Historically how did Klal Yisroel react to such situations? with Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Renowned expert and author on Ukranian Jewry – 41:30
Is Moshiach Coming? with Rabbi Pinchas Winston – Author on Achris Hayomim – 54:22
מראי מקומות
Chaim Walder - Shaming public figures while damaging innocent family members, permitted or not? Do we allow collateral death of innocents when killing a terrorist? Families of other עבריינים Trolley problem and the Chazon Ish מראי מקומות
Guest Hosted by Rabbi Pesach Lerner Chairman of Eretz Hakodesh
The battles against Yiddishkeit that are going on, and how you can make a difference with Rabbi Dovid Lau – Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisroel – 4:54
The battle against the Kosel with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz - Rov of the Kosel and Mekomos Hakedoshim – 15:45
Chizuk from his life and the life of his wife - giving over her last will and testament to Klal Yisroel with Jonathan Pollard – 23:53
Join American Jewry in the battle - One Kosel Campaign with Mrs. Leah Zagelbaum - Vice President of communications for Agudas Yisrael, Director, Am Echad USA – 41:51
Preserving Har Hazeisim with Menachem Lubinsky - Founding co-chairman of International Comittee for Har Hazeisim – 53:59
On the political front with MK Yizchak Pindrus - Chever Knesset for Degel HaTorah – 1:00:08
What was done, what's being done and the goals for the future with Rabbi Nechemia Malinowitz – Director, Eretz Hakodesh, Eretz Yisroel - 1:15:18
The harmony of Torah & science, Saga of the chicken without a heart
with Rabbi Kahane – Professor of history, Author of Tarnegolit Bli Lev – 12:26
Clashes of Gemara and science
with Rabbi Mendel Shafran – Dayan in Eretz Yisroel – 35:27 with Rabbi Dovid Cohen - Rov of Gvul Yaavetz, Flatbush – 37:47 with Rabbi Moshe Meiselmann - Rosh Yeshiva Toras Moshe, Yerushalayim – 49:13
How does science reinforce our belief in Hashem?
with Rabbi Dr. Chaim Presby – world renowned physicist, lecturer and author – 1:10:53
Previous weeks riddles – 1:29:38
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"Boys only” vacations, female personal trainers for men “Business trips” to Vegas and Atlantic City Conventions and conferences away from home Earning quick money from loan sharking and other unclean sources Can a wife trust her husband when he travels
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Moshe Caller – Founder and CEO, The Marcal Group – 14:50 with Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Senter – Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivas Aderes HaTorah, Yerushalayim – 47:48 with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah, Silverspring, Maryland – 1:18:21 with “Nick” – Successful entrepreneur discussing the dangers of drinking and business trips – 1:58:54
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Halachos of Chatziza - Rings that you can't remove, stiches, casts, fillings, braces, contact lenses, nail poish, long manicured nails
with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rosh Kollel, Arzei Lebanon, Rosh Beis Din Shaarei Ezra – 18:09
Can you send Shailos to a Rov through a photo – Whatsapp? If there's no Mikvah can you use the ocean? When - if ever – is Tevillah by day permitted? What type of supervision do you need for the Tevillah? Who should be deciding the Halacha questions of the Tevillah the Rov in charge of the Mikvah or the personal Rov of the person Toveiling?
with Rabbi Avrohom Kahn – Morah D’asra, K’hal of New City – 51:24
Dealing with OCD related to Tevillah
with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Morah D’asra K’hal Zichron Yecheskel, Maggid Shiur, Hatzoloh of Lakewood, LCSW – 1:20:29
Last weeks riddles – 1:34:40
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Who owns the money of a Yeshivah? Can a Rosh Yeshivah sell his Yeshivah in America and relocate the Yeshivah to Eretz Yisroel? Does the administration have a right to pocket the money if the Yeshivah folds, or does the money have to be given to another Yeshivah ? Does the donor get back his money or get to decide where the money goes? Do the legal laws of nonprofits apply to Yeshivos – Dina d'Malchusa Dina? Can a Rosh Yeshivah take a severance package? How much? Is 21 million dollars too much? What happened by the dispute of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's libary
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – preeminent expert in Bes Din process – 21:39 with Avi Shick Esq – renowned attorney, Askan, Former Deputy DA of NY State – 1:03:03 with Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky – Chabad Shaliach and Historian – 1:27:22 with Rabbi Moshe Shmiel Rottenberg – Mora D’asra Bais Moshe Shmiel (Flatbush), Dayan, Shaarei Mishpat – 1:36:39
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Guest Hosted by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rov, Boca Raton Synagouge
Are we supposed to have one way in Avodas Hashem or combine various ways? Is it infusion or confusion?
with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshiva of Greater Washington – 6:53 with Rabbi Moshe Weinberger – Rov, Aish Kodesh, Woodmere NY – 28:26
Guest Hosted by Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov, Young Israel of Holliswood
Teaching practical secular studies in our Yeshivos Dealing with mental health challenges in our schools
with Rav Eliyahu Efraimson – Lifeprep – 57:16 with Rav Binyomin Hammer – Executive Director, Nefesh International – 1:27:37
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Are freshly rolled cigars and expensive alcohol acceptable ways to attract men to attend shiurim? Where is Klal Yisrael learning these behaviors from? What’s the problem with getting drunk at kiddushim? Vaping? Marijuana? How does it impact our children? Our wives? What keeps a working man grounded and connected? Why do women seem to do better than men?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser – Rav of Khal Bais Yitzchok, noted author and speaker – 10:30 with Dr. David Pelcovitz – Renowned Psychologist – 41:23 with Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger – Rav of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah and member of the Yated Chinuch Roundtable – 55:05 Closing Remarks from Rabbi Yissocher Frand – Rosh Yeshiva, Ner Yisroel, Baltimore – 1:24:35
Previous weeks Riddles – 1:38:03
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Is it true? Testimony from an independent 3rd party Tzviki Fleishman – Clinical psychologist, Founder, Lo Tishtok – 25:46
Was Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu correct to expose CW or was his process flawed? Some of the halchik problems; Listening to testimony without the accused present, CW desire to go to another bes din, listening to עד מפי עד Rabbi Zalman Graus – preeminent expert in Bes Din process – 45:28
Is there a problem of lashon hara or malbin pnai chavairo? Can the books be used? Rabbi Zev Leff – Rov, Posek and Maggid Shiur – 1:11:30
Are rabbonim listening to the victims? Is the sympathy with the victims or the perpetrators? Hagaon Harav Aharon Sorscher – Rov, Waterbury Conneticut, Maggid Shiur Shas Illuminated – 1:33:48
Is Israeli society getting the message? Should a suicide get a mass funeral and nichum availim from the chief rabbi? Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author - 1:50:48
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Can cameras be used for Hashgachos / Cholov Yisrael? Do we still need on site Mashgiachim? Security cameras around homes and shuls; does it create a problem entering / walking by on Shabbos? Can you use a camera to monitor an elderly parent who's in quarantine / in the hospital on Shabbos? Can you use a nanny cam or baby monitor on Shabbos?
with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO of the OU, Renowned Maggid Shiur, Rov Zichron Yosef Ohel Aryeh – 19:49 with Rabbi Ortner – Director of Halacha and technology OU, Rov, Linas Hatzedek, Mechaber Seforim – 43:03
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Can allegations be believed? Does the perpetrator’s behavior “passul” his teachings and writings? Should his books be removed from the stores? From our houses? How do we come to grips with our leaders failing us? Does the position cause the problem, or does the person take the position in order to take advantage of others? Are there certain character traits which are more common in perpetrators? Should we discuss it with our children, and if so, how? Should a Rabbi, male marriage coach, etc. advise women on Shalom Bayis?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 12:55 with Dr. David Pelcovitz – Renowned Psychologist – 40:29 with Dr. Erica Brown – award winning author & lecturer, Jewish leadership expert – 1:00:56 with Rabbi Daniel Feldman – Rosh Yeshiva at REITs, author of “False Facts and True Rumors” – 1:25:42 with Rabbi Dr. Yisrael Levitz – founding dean of The Family Institute of Neve Yerushalayim, author of “Rabbinic Counseling” – 1:42:57
Previous weeks Riddles – 2:09:35
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There are 4 different parenting styles – which one are you? What should you do when you're child isn't living up to your expectations? Should you stand firm or give in to your child's demands? Why are we seeing so much parent/child strife these days? How do I talk to my child about potential predators? Why do my friends have better kids than me when I try so hard? How can you boost a child's self-esteem? Is a successful career a contradiction to successful parenting? My child is being bullied – how do I handle it? What do I do when my child won't listen? My child is jealous of his peers – how do I deal with it? What do I do when my child asks the "wrong" questions? Am I responsible "to" my child or "for" my child?
with Dr. Sara Yaroslowitz - Parenting Expert – 18:47 with Mattis Miller - Well known psychologist, Parenting Author – 46:13 with Rabbi Ron Yitzchak Eisenmann - Rov, Ahavas Yisroel Pasaic, Mishpacha Columnist –1:12:22 with Mrs Sarah Chana Radcliffe - renowned pyschologist, author and columnist – 1:26:03 with Rabbi Noach Orloweck - Noted Educator andparenting expert – 1:57:00
Previous weeks Riddles – 2:04:45
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What are red flags you should be concerned about? Does attraction come before or after marriage? What’s a mental health issue and what’s run of the mill? What are some of the Middos issues that make a Shidduch DOA? Can stinginess be cured? Lack of ambition? Anger? Should you be worried about the possibility that you're settling’? How do you know if he/she is ‘the one’ ?
with Rabbi Dr Jack Cohen - Noted dating coach, lecturer & columnist – 16:56 with Mrs. Bella Beer - Dating coach, life coach and columnist – 39:49 with Rabbi Rabbi Zecharia Greenwald Menahel, Meohr Seminary – 1:01:57
Previous weeks Riddles – 1:29:19
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What needs to be disclosed (e.g., having a colorful background, health problems, addictions)? When and by whom? How should we respond to shidduch inquiries when asked? Should references disclose everything? Can they lie? Are people typically lax in disclosing? Do certain segments of Judaism fail to disclose more than others? Can things be patched up when problems are discovered after marriage?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto – 8:41 with Rabbi Daniel Stein – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS and Rav of The Ridniker Shteibel – 33:16 with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 1:00:07 with Dr. David Pelcovitz – Renowned Psychologist – 1:20:02 with Rabbi Daniel Travis – Rosh Kollel, Toras Chaim and prolific author – 1:32:40
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Internet – kosher phones or iphones? Science – Should the big bang scare us? Kosher Entertainment – Bad influence or another way to engage with our children? Modern Clothing and Sheitels – Has Tznius gotten too lax? Education – Secular education or just Gemara? How have we handled modernity in the past (a historical perspective)? Have we succeeded?
with Rabbi JJ Schacter - Noted Historian – 22:24 with Dr. Alan Kadish - President, Touro College – 45:59 with Rabbi Berel Wein - Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:04:01 with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin - Author, Director of Education, NCSY – 1:14:41 with Dr. Elisheva Carelbach - Director of Jewish Studies, Columbia University – 1:28:26 with Dr. Eli Shapiro - Popular Educator/social worker, Creator, The Digital citizenship project – 1:37:01 with Rabbi Chaim Veshnefsky - Director Yesodei Hadaas yesodeihadas.org – 1:53:28
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What's the Halacha:
Can a child be thrown out of school because of a parent switching affiliations? Is there an obligation to the child, or is a Yeshivah like any other private corporation that can do what it wants? Can a wife be fired because of her husband's actions? If parents sign a document not to change affiliations is it binding on the child? How much damage is caused to a child when he/she is thrown out of school? Historically, what effect does a Chassidus splitting have on family structure?
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, Toein, and Mechaber Seforim – 14:05 with Yair Bruck Labor and Employment attorney – 41:19 with Rabbi Berel Wein - renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer - 56:10 with Yehuda Geberer – Noted Jewish Historian, Jewish History Soundbites podcast – 1:00:46 with Mordechai Weinberger LSW - Well known Social Worker and Columnist – 1:21:19
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Is the “surrendered wife” a Torah-concept? Why should the wife surrender, and not the husband? Is “extreme-giving” normal and healthy? What should Kallah teachers be teaching? Should the husband or the wife make the financial decision when there’s a disagreement? Should a wife say anything when the husband is making bad decisions?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rabbi of Moshav Matisyahu – 12:42 with Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier – veteran mechanech, relationships expert and author – 37:20 with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 54:08 with Mrs. Sara Yoheved Rigler – Bestselling author and inspirational teacher – 1:11:06 with Mrs. Chaya Juravel – relationships coach and founder of Go4Harmony – 1:40:23
Previous weeks Riddles – 2:00:53
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Should we inoculate or isolate our children? How far has it seeped into our community? Is there a difference between the internet and social media? Balancing trust VS control, How children react to inconsistency
with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg - Rov, Boca Raton Synagogue – 19:46 with Rabbi Nechemia Gottlieb - Founder, TAG – 48:54 with Rabbi Henoch Plotnick, Renowned educator, Rov, Maggid Shiur and columnist – 1:17:55 with Shimon Kolyakov - Co-founder Torah Anytime – 1:34:07
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Mikvaos for men: Is there any source for going to the Mikvah every day? Did the Tanoim, Amoraim and Rishonim go? How about on Erev Shabbos? Are you allowed to go to a hot Mikvah on Shabbos? What about a cold Mikvah on Shabbos? People who are far away from a Mikvah can they use the ocean or rivers? What does it really cost to build a Mikvah? How do you build one? Hear the fascinating story of the discovery of the Rashab's Mikvah - The first Mikvah in the world built with a Bor Al Gabei Bor
with Rabbi Chaim Danzinger - Chabad Shliach, Rostov, Russia, www.jewishrostov.com – 18:38 with Rabbi Shmuel Stein - Mechaber, Shabbos in Our Times, Chaver, Miami Beach Kollel – 39:39 with Rabbi Shaya Shagalov, Mikvah Expert – 54:00
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What are the basic halachic requirements for tznius? Do tznius chumros imbue the girls with kedusha or cause rebellion? What’s the long-term impact when a dress code is strictly enforced? Does it only affect the struggling girls, or everyone? Do modern schools also have enforcement issues? Are there ways to improve?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 9:58 with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rabbi of Moshav Matisyahu – 30:04 with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 44:13 with “Chana” – a recent Beis Yaakov graduate – 1:16:46 with Rabbi Yisroel Grossberg – Principal and/or Mashgiach Ruchani of three schools, Brooklyn – 1:25:31 with Dr. Rivka Schwartz – Professional educator and popular lecturer - 1:47:50
Previous weeks Riddles –2:24:03
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How are you Mekarev: through philisopical debates or through teaching Torah? How to answer the tough questions, How every individual can and is obligated to get involved
with Rabbi Rav Uri Zohar - Legendary leader of the Teshuva movement in EY – 22:10 with Rabbi Yanky Arem - Chairman Peiylim Lev Lachim, Levlachim.org – 42:09 with Rabbi Yossy Gordon - CEO, Chabad on Campus – 48:16 with Rabbi Chaim Sampson CEO, Project Inspire (Aish) – 1:04:54 Previous weeks Riddles – 1:23:11
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Should you take elderly parents in your home or place them in a nursing home? Are you obligated to care of your parents at the expense of your children? Do you have to take off from work to tend a parents need? When you're taking care of a parent are you exempt from all Mitzvos? Is there a Chiyuv Kibbud Av to a comatose parent? Estate Planning, Succesion Planning, Health Proxy
with Rabbi Shimon Finkelman - Rebbi, Darchei Torah, Prolific Author – 21:37 with Rebbitzin Feige Twersky - Renowned Milwaukee Rebbitzin, Hamodia Columnist – 41:51 with Mr. Joe Klein, esq - Eldercare Expert – 1:04:54
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Are any deficiencies a husband sees in his wife really his own deficiencies, as claimed in the Garden of Peace? Should a husband ever remark, comment or criticize his wife? What about for a gross misdeed? What issues do husbands complain about in their wives and vice versa? Is there anything that can be done?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 12:02 with Rabbi Lazer Brody – author and spiritual guide, translator of the Garden of Peace – 36:09 with Rabbi Dovid Rosman – Director of Aish HaTorah and shalom bayis author – 58:14 with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael and shalom bayis author – 1:32:17
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Askanus L'sheim Shomayim: Rabbi Avi Schnall
with Rabbi Mordehai Burnstein - Chaplain, Jackson NJ, Dean, Ne’emas Bais Yaakov – 29:30
Chol Hamoed: Can you go apple picking or fishing? Have someone build your house or mow your lawn? Fix your car? Order on amazon? Go in to work? Allow your employees to work? and much more.......
What should you have in mind when eating in the Sukkah, The message of the Daled Minim, The meaning behind Simchas Yom Tov
with Rabbi Moishe Francis - Rosh Kollel, Chicago, Mechaber Hilchos Chol hamoed – 39:58 with Rabbi Moshe Elefant - Worldwide Daf Yomi magid Shiur. COO, OU Kosher. Rav, Zichron Yosef – 1:01:46
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What to look for when buying an Esrog? What's the minimum to be Yotzei and what's a Hiddur? What's the difference between the different types of Esrogim? What does the Hechsher on the Esrog box mean? And much more....
What to be careful about when making a Sukkah? What mats are Kosher for Schach? What to do if yout mat rolled up on Yom Tov? Can you go on a trip to a place that doesn't have a Sukkah? Is someone who's sleeping obligated in the Mitzvah of Sukkah? And much more....
with Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Charlop, Daled Minim Maven – 17:25 with Rabbi Shlomo Francis, Mechaber: The laws of Eruv, Sukkah expert – 38:00
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What’s researched in advance by the parents, and what’s left for the boy and girl to figure out? What specific questions should be asked? What can’t be asked? What must be asked? Who should - and should not - be asked?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto - 7:41 with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael and shalom bayis author – 31:53 with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue – 55:27 with Mrs. Lisa Twerski – Therapist, author and Nefesh board member – 1:20:51
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What should we be doing during Elul? How do we internalize message of the times? How do you know what your pupose is in the world? How do we ensure that this year will really be different? How do you block out all the distractions and noise? Be present in the moment.
with Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein, Founder Ohr Naava, International speaker – 30:00 with Rabbi Shlomo Farhi - Rav, Safra Synagogue Manhattan, Founder of Chazak, International lecturer – 42:35 with Rabbi Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Rabbi of Boca Raton Synagogue, Worldwide lecturer – 56:20 with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein - Rav, Tiferes Mordechai, Popular Author and Lecturer – 106:20
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Buying a piece of land to keep Shemittah is it a Mitzvah or is it detrimental to Shemittah?
Can you have a part in the Bracha of Shemittah? is the Bracha nowadays?
What items in the supermarkets in America can be from shemittah products?
with Reb Shia Markowitz - Head of Keren Hashviis – 24:05 with Rabbi Nochum Rabinowitz - OU Rabbinical Coordinator, Rav, Chevra Nachlas Yehoshua in Flatbush – 32:58 with Rabbi Efraim Landy, Av Beis Din, Rosh Kollel and rav in Eretz Yisroel, Poseik of Kinyan Shmita – 54:43
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Should a Kashrus certifications decisions be solely based on Halacha? What moral decisions should be taken into consideration?
A lesson in Ahavas Yisroel from Reb Moshe & Reb Dovid Feinstein
Guest Hosted by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz Rov of Beis HaKnesses of North Woodmere, Director of Semicha at RIETS
with Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov of Young Israel of Holliswood, Queens, Ami Columnist – 16:44
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Is a birthday a day to celebrate? If so, how? Are there more significant birthdays, like the 70th? How should Jonathan Rosenblum celebrate his 70th this week? Have the gedolim historically celebrated their own birthdays? Is there a problem of Chukas Hagoyim to have a birthday cake? To have candles on it? To blow out the candles? To make a wish?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva of Greater Washington – 8:25 with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 23:18 with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos – 49:37 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Chozer of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Renowned author and lecturer, Founder of the Meaningful Life Center – 1:19:46 with Rabbi Manis Friedman – Famed author, speaker, educator and Chabad Shaliach – 1:33:23
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Why is the divorce rate in our communities escalating at an alarmimg rate? Hear the astonishing numbers
Should something be added in our children's school curriculum to better prepare them?
How to deal with a spouse that has changed?
and much more.... Hear from the experts
with Rabbi Yosef Greenfield - Rov of Chestnut, Lakewood NY, Chosson Rebbi – 22:53 with Mrs. Esty Greenberg - Kallah Teacher, Lakewood NJ – 41:48 with Rabbi Zecharia Greenwald - Menahel, Maor Beis Yaakov – 52:26 with Rabbi Dr. Bentzion Twersky - Marriage Counselor – 1:12:32
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Which poskim prohibit entering the Temple Mount and why? Which permit? Does politics come into play? Which areas are less problematic? How would one prepare? Are we missing out on any mitzvahs by not going? What do the gedolim say to do with Har Habayis?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – with Rabbi Yehuda Glick – President of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation – with Rabbi Menachem Glick – Senior Mashgiach at Yeshivas Beis Yisrael –
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Can one leave negative reviews that can potentially harm a business? Can you create fake reviews to purposely increase business? Can one person leave reviews from multiple accounts? Can you create algorithms to get your business to the top of a search ?
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz - Rosh Yeshiva Aish Hatorah – 35:18 with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher - Rov in Detroit, Maggid Shiur Oraysa – 41:07 with Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs - Dayan Bais HaVaad Lakewood – 57:20 with Joel Wolh - Founder, Boutique Seller (an Amazon agency), Co-founder Bizfluence – 1:07:14 with David Melamed - Founder, Digital Marketing News Whatsapp Group – 1:19:53
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Do we ever stop Davening for their safety?
Dealing with unidentified bodies or parts of them.
This recovery can take months: When does Aveilus, Shivah and Kaddish begin?
with Rabbi Sholom Lipskar - Rov of The Shul, Bal Harbour, Surfside Florida – 20:13 with Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz - Renowned author and lecturer – 33:26 with Rabbi Yonah Reiss - Av Beis Din of CRC, Chicago – 51:37
מראי מקומות
Is there a problem with giving “semicha” to a woman? Can a woman be a shul or community rabbi? Can a shul with a woman rabbi call itself “orthodox”? What if she’s called Rabbah, Maharat, etc. instead of being called “Rabbi”? What’s the line between what’s acceptable and what’s not? Can a woman pasken shaylos?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 12:38 with Rabbi Mayer Twersky – Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanan – 48:00 with Rebbitzen Miriam Kosman – Author, "Circle, Arrow, Spiral: Exploring Gender in Judaism" –1:05:31 with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael – 1:35:35
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What's the difference from these to other Sheitlach? Is there really a difference? Can you see the hair underneath? Is there a problem of Maaris Ayin? Is it going against the Torah's will?
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz - Rosh Yeshiva Aish Hatorah – 12:05 with Rabbi Shmuel Felder - Poseik BMG Lakewood – 14:03 with Rabbi Gedaliah Oberlander - Rov, Heichal Menachem, Monsey NY – 17:24 with Hagaon Rav Reuven Feinstein - Rosh Yeshiva Staten Island – 23:48 with Rabbi Daniel Ahron Coren - Rov, Monsey NY – 29:15 with Dini Weinberg - Dinis Wigs – 53:41
מראי מקומות
Do we know what the Techeilis is - Is it the murex or the cuttlefish? Are you obligated to wear it because of Safek?
with Hagaon Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky - Rosh Yeshiva of Philadelphia – 20:10 with Hagaon Rav Menachem Mendel Shafran - Av Beis Din Hayashar V'hatov Yerushalayim, Rosh Yeshiva Noam Hatorah Bnei Brak – 20:34 with Hagaon Rav Dovid Cohen - Rov of Gvul Yaavetz, Renowned Posek, Mechaber seforim – 21:30 with Hagaon Rav Herschel Schachter - Rosh Yeshiva & Rosh Kollel YU, Leading Posek of OU – 25:10 with Hagaon Rav Nissin Kaplan - Maggid Shiur, Mir Yerushalayim – 28:26 with Hagaon Rav David Yosef - Rosh Kollel Yachveh Da'at Kollel, Chief Rabbi of Har Nof, Member Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah – 34:57 with Rabbi Bentzion Halberstam, Rav of Khal Chassidim Westgate – 36:03 with Hagaon Rav Moshe Heineman – Rov of Agudas Yisroel Baltimore, Renowned Poseik – 55:40 with Rabbi Michoel Shlomo Bar-Ron – Founder Torath Moshe learning center – 1:11:54
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What are the challenges a Rabbi has in a small Jewish community? What are the main issues and shaylos in-town versus out-of-town? What are the strangest issues that come up? How do the communities compare?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Ilan Feldman – Rabbi of Cong. Beth Jacob, Atlanta, Georgia – 10:42 with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rabbi of Beis Hakenesses, North Woodmere – 40:44 with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah, Silverspring, Maryland – 40:44 with Rabbi Daniel Wasserman – Rabbi of Shaare Torah, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – 1:39:33
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Should we show unconditional love or set boundaries? If there a time when we need to send our children out of the home? What's the root of the problem?
with Rav Pinchos Friedman – Rosh Kollel of Belzer Kollelim in Eretz Yisroel, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshivas Mevakshei Hashem, Renowned lecturer, Mechaber Shvilei Pinchos – 12:51 with Ronnie Cohen – Founder of Always our Kids AKA "Ronnies Rebels" – 26:58 with Rav Ahron Glick, Rav of Kamenitz Brooklyn – 48:28
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A heart wrenching eyewitness report. Is it an act of Hashem or of human negligence? How do we strengthen our Emunah? How do we explain it to our children? Can we know why it happened? and much more..
with Reb Shmulik Kleiner – President, Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin, Eyewitness – 18:42 with Rabbi David Ashear – Best Selling Author, Living Emunah Series, livingemunah.com – 34:09 with Rav Pinchos Friedman – Rosh Kollel of Belzer Kollelim in Eretz Yisroel, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshivas Mevakshei Hashem, Renowned lecturer, Mechaber Shvilei Pinchos – 49:37
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Are there heterim to not repay debt? What if it’s owed to a credit card company, bank or government, as opposed to a Jewish lender or gmach? What must be disclosed when taking out a loan? Is it better to learn in Kollel and incur debt or to get a job? Can a creditor force the debtor to sell his home and other assets? Does halacha ever cap the amount of debt we can incur?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 9:57 with Rabbi Yosef Greenwald – Dayan, Posek and Rav of Khal Dexter Park – 35:32 with Naftoli Horowitz – Managing Director at J.P. Morgan and author – 01:07:10 with Shmuli Margulies – Chairman of Mesila – 01:40:00 with Rabbi Berel Wein – Rabbi of Beit Knesset Hanassi – 02:01:47
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Are our Chasunas over the top? Do affluent people/community leaders need to cut down to encourage others? Is there a difference on how much Tzedaka you give? What about all the Yidden who make Parnassah from Chasunas?
with Chaim Ekstein – Founder CE Capital Services & Empowerment funding, Author, Founder of the $10,000 wedding challenge – 16:28 with Rabbi Yosef Vigler – Rav, Maayan Yisroel, Flatbush – 32:22 with Shloimy Dachs – Singer, orchestra owner – 47:19 with Shaul Greenwald – Co-founder, simchainitiative.org, CEO, Riverside Abstract – 1:02:37
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What's the source of the proihbition of music? Is recordings, acapella and other forms of music forbidden? Can you shave your beard? Can you make Shecheyanu? Should you go to Meron this year or will it cause Chilul Shabbos? Does the pigrimage to Meron repair Charedi Chiloni relations ? What's the real source of the Yom Tov of lag Baomer? A novel approach to the source of lag Baomer
with Rabbi Beirach Steinfeld – Rabbi of Rov, Khal Dover Tov, Flatbush, Halacha Columnist – 16:50 with Reb Yitzchok Pindrus – Chairman, Yahadus HaTorah – 38:30 with Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber – Mechaber Seforim –59:37
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What are the strangest shaylos a shul Rav is asked? What about 40+ years ago? What are the greatest challenges and difficulties encountered by a shul Rav? How have things changed? What’s most enjoyable, and what’s the least enjoyable? What are congregants struggling with the most today?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Berel Wein – Rabbi of Beit Knesset Hanassi, Yerushalayim – 7:59 with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rabbi of Moshav Matisyahu – 39:39 with Rabbi Gershon Bess – Rabbi of Cong. Kehilas Yaakov, Los Angeles – 1:16:37
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Are we allowed to make a special day for mourning? Is it allowed to be made in Nissan? Is "never again" a Jewish concept? Is it wrong to enumerate anti-semitic acts? and much more.....
with Rabbi Marvin Hier – Dean and Founder of Simon Wiesenthal Center – 22:55 with Rabbi Yaakov Feitman –Rav, Khal Beis Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst NY – 35:19 with Hanoch Teller – Noted Historian, Author and Lecturer – 58:42
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Does it enhace chances of Shidduchim or does it objectize the girls, Are they being passed around like baseball cards, Is a breach of Tznius, What can you know from a picture, and much more.......
with Rabbi Henoch Plotnick – Rosh Mesivta Meor Hatorah Chicago, columnist in the Mishpacha – 16:49 with Rabbi Shlomo Goldberger – Director, Shidduch Center Of Baltimore – 34:25 with Mrs. Bella Beer – Longtime Shadchan and coach, Shidduch columnist in the Yated –1:02:29 with Mrs. Tova Weinstein – Spearheading movement to discontinue pictures @ noshidduchpics@gmail.com – 1:13:46 with Reb Meir – A young married man who spent 5 Yrs in shidduchim –1:27:55
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Balancing protecting from the predator to protecting the reputation of the accused, Should the jewish media be reporting offenders to make awareness? Are allegations to be believed if they can be poliitcally motivated? The Ne'emanus of women, Are offenders habitual, and much more........
with Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rav, Young Israel of Holliswood, Ami columnist – 16:40 with Yochanan Donn – Longtime columnist for Jewish newspapers – 47:46 with Keshet Starr – CEO of the ORA (Orthodox Resolution of Agunot) – 58:54 with Rabbi Menachem Rosenfeld – Family Mediator –1:05:08
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The 8 Kashrus questions you must ask the mashgaiach before booking a hotel for Pesach, Does it take away from our childrens Pesach experience or is it a necessary break, Is it over excessive Gashmius or Ruchniusdike inspiration, What can go wrong, and much more..
with Rabbi Leizer Ginzburg – Rosh Kollel of Mirrer Yeshivah, Rov of Agudah – 18:42 with Yitzchok Neger – Sabra Tours – 37:06 with Rabbi Lenny Steinberg – Rabbinic coordinator for the OU – 47:23 with Rabbi Mordechai Shain – Longtime Pesach Hotel Mashgiach – 59:12 with Arieh Wagner – Pesach Programs in Davos Switzerland and around the world –1:11:25
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Can Mitzvos be bought and sold? Can you pay someone to take your Aveiros? Is Dovid Lichtenstein’s purchase of Michael Steinhardt’s mitzvah/olam haba valid? Can either party rescind the deal in Beis Din?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Reb Dovid Lichtenstein – founder and CEO of The Lightstone Group, purchaser of Michael Steinhardt’s “Birthright mitzvah” – 10:33 with Rabbi Manis Friedman – famed author, speaker, educator and Chabad Shaliach –28:09 with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 38:24 with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Toen, Dayan and Mechaber Seforim – 1:05:47 with Rabbi Yona Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC - 1:18:53
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Reb Dovid Soloveichik's life: Torah, Hashkafos and Hanhagos
with Reb Yitzchok Frankfurter – Publisher of Ami Magazine, Talmid and personal emissary of Reb Dovid – 19:47
Brisk: What was Reb Chaims' Chiddush in learning over previous generations?
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah of YU and talmid of Rav Soloveitchik – 49:01 with Rabbi Lictenstein – Rosh Yeshivah and grandson of Reb Chaim – 1:00:02 with Rabbi Ezra Rodkin – Rosh Yeshivah of Pe'er Hatorah, Rov of Zichron Yaakov Slomo V'Chava, Talmid Muvhak of Reb Dovid Soloveichik – 1:05:22
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What is role of Jewish media in the frum world today? Has their influence usurped the Rabbonim? What is the red line for crass consumerism? Are they making the singers and musician into Jewish celebrities? Is it their job to stay politically neutral or can they slant their opinions? And much more....
with Reb Eli Paley – Publisher of the Mishpacha, Head of Chareidi institute of public affairs – 20:22 with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue – 49:00 with Rabbi Avi Shafran – Agudath Israel of America's director of public affairs, Columnist for the Ami – 1:07:20
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Which liberal and progressive ideas conflict with the Torah? How should Jewish institutions handle LGBT pressures by a member? How does the secular view of sexuality compare to that of the Torah? Should we educate our children about these issues, or keep silent? Should someone with these beliefs and/or practices be distanced? Not given an Aliya?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 11:19 with Rabbi Mayer Twersky – Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanan – 36:51 with Jonathan Rosenblum – Famed Author and Writer for Mishpacha Magazine – 59:42 with Denise Harle Esq. – senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom – 1:23:56
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The Torah's look on: the Covid Vaacine, the Ne'emanus of doctors, the reasons of the anti vaxxers and anti maskers
with Rabbi Akiva Tatz – Renowned Rabbi, Doctor, Lecturer , London, England– 16:19 with Dr. Lawrence Palevsky – Doctor Northport Wellness Center– 48:09 with Reb Yaakov – Statistician, Bnei Brak, Israel – 1:14:08
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Over the top vacations, extravagant spending on Simchas: is it permitted Halachically & hashkafically? what message does it send our children? is it putting pressures on our communities, and much more...
with Rabbi Chaim Mendel Brodsky – Rosh Yeshivah Zichron Shmaryahu, Toronto, Canada – 15:06 with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union – 30:08 with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rav of Zichron Yechezkel, Toms River NJ, pyscotherapist – 50:46
מראי מקומות
Is it permitted to be a vegetarian or vegan? What about an animal rights activist? Is meat required on Shabbos, Yom Tov and at a Bris? Can we eat veal? Is there a chance shchitah can be banned in the U.S. like what’s happening in Europe? Is Synthetic meat still fleish? Can an Ashkenazi eat meat from a Sefardi hashgacha and vice versa? Can meat be left alone on a barbecue or at home with non-Jewish cleaning help?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Renowned Posek and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 4:23 with Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt – Chief Rabbi of Moscow, President of the Conference of European Rabbis – 32:50 with Rabbi Yissochar Dov Krakowski – Director of OU Kosher in Israel, noted Posek and author – 48:00
מראי מקומות
What can or can’t you drink at a Starbucks, 7-11 and other non on kosher coffee shop.
with Rabbi Sholom Fishbane – Director of Kashrus for the Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc), president of AKO – 13:33 with Rabbi Eli Gersten – Rabbinic Coordinator and Halachic Recorder for the OU – 41:27
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What is Bitul Torah? What about Bitul Zeman? Do these concepts apply to women? Do they apply to: Shabbos naps, attending simchas, studying secular studies, listening to podcasts, watching sports, playing sports, visiting Gedolim, visiting kevarim, leisure activities, reading Gedolim biographies and much more.
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union – 8:00 with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto – 33:51 with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Head of Semicha, REITS, and Rabbi of Beis HaKnesses of North Woodmere – 1:05:12 with Reb Dovid Lichtenstein – founder and CEO of The Lightstone Group – 1:34:44 with Mr. Charlie Harary – management consultant and noted speaker – 1:45:14
מראי מקומות
Can you go to company parties? Can you go to holiday parties? Can you drink there? Can you give co-workers gifts for the holidays? Can you wish them happy holidays? And much more.......
with Rabbi Doniel Neustadt - Rov of Pine River Village, Lakewood – 16:28 with Ralph Hertzka – CEO of Meridian – 41:16 with Rabbi Ari Wasserman – Author of “Making it Work,” “Making it ALL Work” (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim – 57:35
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Are you obligated to vaccinate? Is it Safe? Can schools mandate it? Is it permitted to jump the line? Who should we listen to Rabbonim or Doctors?
with HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky – Zkan Roshei Yeshivos – Rosh Yeshivah of Philadelphia – 21:51 with HaRav Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshiva Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon – 24:14 with Dr. Alan Kadish – President of Touro – 36:51 with Dr. Jeffrey Bander - Head of Covid Division at Mount Sinai – 50:10
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Is it different than alcohol? What does it do to motivation? Is addiciton a problem in Bais Yaakov? How should we educate our youth? What's the underlying cause of addiction? and much more....
with Rabbi Berel Wein – Noted Rav, Historian, Lecturer – 22:18 with Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger – Rav of Shaarei Tefillah of New Hempstead, Maggid Shiur for bochurim – 29:56 with Dr Leslie Klein – Academic Dean of the Woman Institute of Torah Seminary & College – 43:23 with Rabbi Yisroel Grossberg – Mashgiach Ruchni of Bnos Chaya Academy, Brooklyn – 45:06 with Rabbi Moshe Elefant - COO, OU Kosher - 58:16 with Mr. Tom Gagliano, MSW - Addictions Expert, Speaker, Coach - 01:06:12
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Is there a better way to get divorced? Best interest of the child? Mediation vs. Arbitration.
Guest Hosted by Rabbi Avrohom Kahn Founder, Bais Din Vaad Hadin V'horaah, Rav, Congregation Khal New City
with Betzalel Rothstein - Mediator at Shalom Family Mediation; www.shalomfamilymediation.com – 10:58 with Rabbi Twersky - Av bais din of Bais din Kav Hayoshor – 20:16 with Rabbi Yitzchock Gruenebaum - Mediator in Monsey – 35:40
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A response to: Criticism about Rabbi Sacks Zt"l; To a Rav from South Africa critical of Reb Moshe story
Saying thank you on on a loan, paying back American dollars in Eretz Yisroel, Heter Iska, hard money loans, and much more... How do we eat Turkey? Where's the Mesorah?
with Rabbi Mordechai Kanner – Rov, Kol Yaakov, Toronto, Canada, Mechaber Sefer: It's a Matter of Interest – 25:40 with Rabbi Baruch Miller – Rov, Khal Beis Mordechai, Flatbush, Rosh Hakollel Beis Yosef Novardok – 48:21 with Rabbi Ari Zivotofsky – World Renowned Expert in Mesorah of Birds – 01:14:10
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Posek who was the last word on life and death issues. Sampling of some of the shailos asked to him by Chai Lifeline. Stories of his humbleness and great kindness by his talmidim.
with Rabbi Simcha Scholar– CEO Chai Lifeline – 19:54 with Rabbi Raphael Ehrenpreis – talmid of Rav Dovid Feinstein z"tzl – 47:28 with Reb Boruch Stein – shamash b'kodesh by Rav Dovid Feinstein z'tzl – 1:10:33
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Halachically, does a husband need to help at all? Who needs to do the dishes, laundry and the like? What if the wife always needs help during his learning or work time? What if she’s a very needy person who should be handling more? What if he helps, but the wife doesn't like the way he does things? What are healthy expectations for boys and girls getting into marriage? What if there’s a gap between expectations and reality?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of “Making it Work,” “Making it ALL Work” (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael and shalom bayis author – 8:14 with Rabbi Michoel Frank – Mora D'Asra of Kehilas Ohr HaTorah in Silver Spring, MD – 35:07 with Rabbi Dovid Rosman – Director of Aish HaTorah and shalom bayis author – 1:05:19 with Mrs. Debbie Fox, LCSW – expert in shalom bayis and family issues – 1:39:27 with Dr. David Lieberman – Internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:56:33
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Is it permitted to report non compliance to Covid regulations? Someone beating their spouse? Reckless driving? .... Monologue discussion; Is the Yateds' reporting responsible?
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan and Mechaber Seforim – 39:58 with Rabbi Shmuel Wiener – posek and a Rosh Kollel in Yeshivas Aderes Hatorah – 1:15:29
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Is sticking up for our rights a Kiddush HaShem or Chilul HaShem? Is holding a protest the right way? Do we need to strictly comply with secular law, or is there flexibility? What if the enforcement of the laws is discriminatory against observant Jews? What if we disagree with the laws? What if the laws close down our yeshivos, shuls and weddings?
* Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of “Making it Work,” “Making it ALL Work” (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur*, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz – Renowned Posek and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 12:03 with Rabbi Mayer Twersky – Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanan – 50:25 with Mr. Ben Brafman – Noted criminal defense attorney – 1:17:22with Dr. David Lieberman – Internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:29:52closing chizuk from Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union – 1:42:51
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Our communities response to Covid examined halachically:Agudah: A remarkable change of decades of policy unnoticed by manyLakewood: Is the Covid Vaads Psak that a shul is מגין ומציל and therefore no need for masks consistent with Halacha?The multitudes of sick in Monroe: Is there a mitzvah of Hatzala to a community that exhibits reckless behavior?Belz: Is it justified to risk lives of some to save lives of others? with Rabbi Avi Kahn - Rav of Congregation Khal New City - Founder and Rosh Beis Din of Beis Din Vaad Hadin V'Horaah - 43:24 מראי מקומות
Important conversations about the halachos and hashkafos of wearing masks during davening, shaming those that don’t, shul policy, what is the din for someone who killed someone with Covid unintentionally, much more...
with Rabbi Yonason Sacks - Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Medrash vaTalmud, Rav of Agudas Yisroel, Passaic - 18:34 with Michael Israel - President and Chief Executive of Westchester Medical Center - 53:39with Renee Garrick - Chief Medical Officer of Westchester Medical Center - 53:39with Josh Ratner - Resident of Monsey - 53:39 with Rabbi Michoel Green - Author, Shliach of Central Massachusetts - 1:12:59
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Fascinating discussions on - Showers on yom tov with cold water, hot water; should we be davening this year in shul even with a mask; wearing gloves by lulav; pop up sukkos; meal of meat outside sukkah; shaming people without masks; much more...
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter - Rosh Yeshiva YU - Poseik of the OU - 20:11 with Rabbi Mendy Abrahamson - Baal Mechaber of Bnei Avraham, talmid of Lakewood, Philly, Mir - 33:15 with Rabbi Ari Enkin - author of Daled Amot Shel Halacha, Rabbinic Director of United with Israel, RA"M at a number of yeshivot - 1:01:56
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Mirsas: Is it applicable today? During aseres Yemei Teshuvah Milk from Treifos
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter - Rosh Yeshiva YU - Poseik of the OU - 15:31 with Rabbi Moshe Elefant - COO of the OU - Daf Yomi Maggid Shiur - 27:01 with Rabbi Boruch Oberlander - Chabad Shaliach & Av Beis Din of Budapest - 1:13:04
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The high cost of attending seminary in Eretz YisraelWhat are the primary reasons to send a girl to seminary?Should a girl attend seminary for shidduchim reasons?The fascinating history of Sara Schnerir’s Bais Yaakov and seminaries
* Guest Hosted by Aaron Parnes, host of the podcast Chinuch 2.0 - available at chinuchshow.com *
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with -Rabbi Yoel Kramer - Longtime menahel of Prospect Park Bnos Leah High School - 13:46with - R’ Shlomo Lewenstein & R’ Tzodek Katz, Noted Shadchanim - 25:59with - Yehuda Geberer, Noted historian, tour guide and host of the popular Jewish History - 38:35 Soundbites podcast- https://jsoundbites.podbean.com/https://yehudageberer.com/
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with Rabbi Tzvi Ryzman - Mechaber Rotz Katzvi - 17:21
Divide in Ger II with Rabbi Beryl Abramowitz - Maggid Shiur in Ger - 52:07 with Rabbi Dr Benny Brown - Professor of Jewish thought, Hebrew University, Author - 1:31:33
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Do we all move to Israel? Should we be aligned with Republican/Democratic Party, or the Torah-party? Should Israel be used as a political weapon? Should we be voting for an Immoral candidate who addresses our needs or should we be אור לגוים?
with Senator Joe Liberman - Senator, CT (1989-2013) - 16:10 with Rabbi Emanuel Feldman - Rabbi Congregation Beth Jacob of Atlanta, Georgia - 52:40 with Rabbi Hillel Goldberg - editor and publisher of the Intermountain Jewish News in Denver, Colorado - 1:08:18 with Rabbi Yitzchok Feldheim - International Speaker
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Was it worth giving up sovereignty? What is the Torah approach to this issue? Which important players have been overlooked? And other fascinating questions...
* Guest Hosted by Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer - Rav, Dayan, and Mechaber Seforim, Yerushalayim *
with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein - Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Weisenthal Center; Founding Editor of Cross Currents; Mechaber Seforim on Maharal and the Slonimer Rebbe - 23:08 with Rabbi Steven Pruzansky - Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey; Senior Rabbinic Fellow and Eastern Regional VP of the Coalition for Jewish Values - 1:03:35 with David M. Weinberg - Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security; Diplomatic Columnist for The Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom - 1:30:08 מראי מקומות
What can you buy without a hechsher? Swimming with family; yichud; and much more
with Rabbi Sholom Fishbane - Director, AKO & CRC - 14:45 with Rabbi Gideon Weitzman - Rav in Modiin and Posek for PUAH - 44:59
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Political or hashkafic?; P’shischa to Kotz to Ger - the differences; B’iyun or Bekius what changed; much more
with Rabbi Shaul Margoliot - Talmid of Rav Koppelman Z"L, longtime Talmud of Rav Shaul Alter - 19:50 with Rabbi Dr Benny Brown - Professor of Jewish thought, Hebrew University, Author - 51:45
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