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0:00 when do Amoraim and Rishonim argue on metzius?
21:20 should minhagim be determined by what your father does or by your own actions?
32:55 may ashkenazim rely on Sephardi hekshers in yerushalayim for eating meat?
35:15 is there a drawback to Hashem answering your prayers since the benefit you requested for is taken out of your Olam Haba?
37:50 what is the validity of the Zohar?
42:00 in contrast to the Canaanites, what was the sin of the current Ishmaelites to warrant their divine replacement for the Messianic era?
46:00 How do we explain Rashi al ha Riff and how to we identify the bale tosfos in the Gemara?
53:45 why did Torah study recently change about 200 years ago from learning practical halacha to understanding lamdus?
59:50 is kalabat malkut shamayim creating something new or acknowledging something that already exists?
1:01:50 do we know how Moshe was physically able to speak to the entire assembly of Bnei Yisrael
1:04:25 since yirat shamayim gives more protection to one’s Torah learning, would that lead to an advantage in chiddushim despite having a lower IQ
1:07:01 how can the Torah realistically tell us to refrain from having emotions such as in fear on the battlefield?

Episode dedicated by Moshe, Naftoli & Avigdor Streicher

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0:00 gedolim using aggressive language
4:00 how did the view of G-d switch to hashkacha pratis
12:30 was is the practical difference is between the Koach of tefilah and tehilim
20:00 teachings of geula
30:00 can one be yotzei kedusha without hearing the chazan
31:30 what caused the switch from Jewish poverty in shtetles to Jewish wealth
36:00 can the Rav speak on the mahloket on whether mitzvot need cavanah
47:30 can a slave master also be with non-Jewish women to make more slaves
1:04:20 why must we repeatedly be mochel those in a different gilgul every kriat shema alhamita, given that we also don’t know them
1:05:50 should we believe that mashiach will come today every day despite the disappointment that may entail
1:10:15 are we mechiuv to follow traffic laws that are non-dangerous
1:12:00 what’s the rationale for corbanot
1:16:00 since we need bachira to grow, then why should we want mashiach to come which would end that
1:21:00 what is the Torah view on the alleged miracles that Yashka performed
1:23:00 why does the shulhan aruch quote multiple opinions
1:26:50 how do we reconcile free will with divine providence
1:30:00 is slavery inherently bad
1:32:45 why does Jewish identity come through the mother and is Judaism both a nationality and religion
1:35:00 did Hashem create the world so we could be better off

(7-17-25)

Produced by: Cedar Media Studios

Episode generously dedicated by Anonymous lrefuah shelaima דנה דניאלה בת סוניה and for the safety of Eretz Yisroel and Jewish People everywhere.

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0:00 Explanation of pardes
2:35 is there a halachic basis for tucking out tzitzit as being gaivadic
4:50 what is gehenom like, does saying Kaddish do anything for a neshama that’s already in olam haba
15:45 who is qualified to receive nevuah, are gerim eligible
21:45 what Torah laws are assur for goyim to keep, are they allowed to enforce halachic observance on Jews
30:00 since limud Torah is so excluded, why are women excluded and why are there discrepancies in learning talent
40:00 what criteria did Hashem use for selecting Bilam and Moshe
45:50 how do kiruv leaders of Jewish co-ed camps best maintain their shomer einayim and kedusha onsite
56:20 can you explain the vilna gon in saying that Torah will strengthen midot
1:00:40 why did Rav Ovadia matir heter mechira given that it is assur for non-Jews to own land in Eretz Yisrael
1:04:25 can you explain the recent daf yomi gemera instructing the right way to learn Torah
1:10:00 may Benei Torah maintain close friendships with non-Jews, does the sin of intermarriage apply to non-Jews
1:13:50 advice for Baal tshuvas struggling in conformity within the litvish system
1:18:40 is there anything going on today like a student initiative in Harvard 40 years ago in which married frum couples invited non religious students to their Shabbat meals
1:20:35 what’s the Halacha if a Jew is forced to do avodah Zara and he does so without kavanah

(7-9-25)

PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS