Halacha Headlines

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 – 6:49
with Dayan Shlomo Cohen – Dayan and author of the two-volume work Pure Money – 29:08
with 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 

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?

with Yonatan - Father of 5 In Miluim for over 400 days – 15:41
with Rabbi Zev Leff - Rav of Moshav Mattisyahu, Renowned teacher and lecturer –  24:39
with Commander Amram Chivan – Commander of Chashmonaim Brigade – 57:39
with Rabbi Yehoshua Pffeffer – Rov in Yerushalayim, Head of Netzach Yehuda – 1:04:45
with Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein – Rav of Ma'alot Dafna neighborhood, Head of the International Rabbinical Committee on Conversion – 1:22:34

מראי מקומות 

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?

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 – 10:37
with Dr. Rachel Ginsberg – Principal Researcher at the Center for Communal Research of the OU – 39:37
with Mrs. Lisa Elefant – Founder and Program Developer of AdoptAShadchan (www.adoptashadchan.com) – 1:09:30
with Mrs. Malka Levitin – Founder of Canopy Shidduchim (www.canopyshidduchim.com) – 1:28:25

Conclusions and takeaways – 1:45:08

מראי מקומות 

• 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?

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

Guests:

• Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 9:47
• Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluckowsky – Vice Chairman of Vaad Rabbanei Chabad in Israel – 30:14
• Dr. Rona Novick – Dean of Azrieli, Clinical Psychologist and expert on bullying – 59:07

Conclusions and takeaways – 1:36:46

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מראי מקומות 

NYC ELECTIONS
with Curtis Sliwa – 1:14

The NY Eruv: Should you be carrying - Become educated
Is NY surrounded by walls?
Does that help?
Was Reb Moshe's Shita a Chumra or a Kula
And much much more....
with Rabbi Shmuel Pultman – Eruv expert on the board of the Eruv, Talmid of Reb Fishel Hershkowitz – 21:39
with 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 – 1:03:39 

מראי מקומות 

Risks, Concerns, and Practical Solutions

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?

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 Mordechai Torczyner – Moreh D’asra of Congregation Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park – 12:36
with Mrs. Sara Gordon – sharing her experiences in the Heimish workplace – 36:25
with Mrs. Cohen – sharing her experiences in the Heimish workplace – 47:53
with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, lecturer, and author – 56:06
with Mrs. Miriam Brilleman – human resources (HR) executive – 1:38:43

Conclusions and takeaways – 1:53:32

מראי מקומות 

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?

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 Moshe Hauer ZT”L
with Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph – Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, OU – 12:44
with Rabbi Avi Berman – Executive Director of OU Israel – 22:09
with Rabbi Chaim Gottesman – close friend and neighbor of Rabbi Hauer for 30+ years – 35:30

Men & Women in a Mixed Workplace
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – posek, Rav and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 50:32
with Charlie Harary – Business Executive and author of “Unlocking Greatness” – 1:26:10
with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and author of “You Revealed” – 1:26:10
with Harry Rothenberg, Esq. – partner at The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP (InjuryLawyer.com) and lecturer – 1:26:10

Conclusions and takeaways – 2:29:54

מראי מקומות 

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 – 11:03
with Rabbi Michoel Frank – Rav, Ohr HaTorah, Silver Spring, Maryland – 18:50
with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 34:26
with Rabbi Binyomin Wolff – shul Rav and magid shiur in Yerushalayim – Rebbe at Aish and Shapells - 52:50
with “Rav Gav” Friedman – lecturer at Aish HaTorah, Yerushalayim – 1:05:37
with Rabbi Yaakov Wolff – host of the Shtark Tank podcast – 1:22:05
with Mrs. Michal Horowitz – lecturer and teacher – 1:30:53
with 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 – 48:03
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and prolific author https://www.rabbimoshewalter.com/ – 1:13:00
with Chazan Nissim Saal – Chief Chazzan at Yeshurun Central Synagogue – 1:38:55

Conclusions and takeaways – 1:50:43

מראי 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 – 46:53
with 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

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

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 – 13:10
with Rabbi Chaim Jachter – Rav of Sha’arei Orah in Teaneck, Dayan on the Elizabeth Beis Din – 35:40

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 – 14:11
with Mrs. Chani Juravel, LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 37:08
with 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

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

with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, and Mechaber Seforim – 49:31

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  – 12:02
with Rabbi Dovid Schoen – Av Bais Din for The Bais Din of Florida – 35:32
with Rabbi Dovid Grossman – Rosh Bais HaVaad, Lakewood, NJ – 1:00:48

Conclusions and takeaways – 1:25:54

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? 

with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Rov in Raanana, Rosh Yeshiva of Semichas Chaver – 11:57
with Rabbi DovBer Pinson – Rosh Kolel of the IYYUN Yeshiva/Kolel, is the Marah D’asra of 84 Viola, Mechaber Seforim – 20:51
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – R'm in Yeshivas Shalavim, Mechaber Sefer on Hashgacha Pratis – 39:54

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?

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 Anthony Manning – Jewish educator, author and speaker – 12:22
with Dov Kram – general contractor and project manager in Israel – 39:15
with Rabbi Yossi Sprung – Rav of Shaare Zedek Medical Center and  Rosh Beis Medresh, Beis Medrash Govoha for Medical Halacha – 49:31

Conclusions and takeaways – 1:21:46

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

You can order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/

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

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

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

You can order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/

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)– 1:18:36
with 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 – 35:51
with 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

You can order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/

with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Posek, Rav and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 8:54
with 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

You can order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/

with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Posek, Rav and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 9:23
with 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

You can order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/

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 – 36:31
with 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 – 1:05:28
with 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

You can pre-order "Halachic Q & A on the Job” at https://mosaicapress.com/product/halachic-q-a-on-the-job/

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?
Fascinating sources for:
Taanis Esther
Costumes
Purim Torah
And more.....

Hosted by Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov of Young Israel of Holliswood
with Meni Wakshtock – Founder, Producer and Actor of "Bardak" – 19:45
with 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 – 17:44
with Rabbi Akiva Dershowitz – Rosh Kollel, Toras Efrayim Shlomo, Yerushalayim – 41:30
with Dr. Ahuva Heyman – School Director Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore – 1:03:21
with 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 Yisroel
Historically 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 - 29:19
with Mrs. Debbie Fox – clinical social worker and author of Seminary Savvy – 47:43
with 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

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 Get
with 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 conversation
with 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 –  17:15
with Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon – Rosh Yeshiva, Jerusalem College of Technology – 48:47
with 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) – 13:47
with Rabbi Shimon Taub – Author of The Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser (Artscoll) – 40:40
with 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

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