Halacha Headlines

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

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

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 – 35:36
with Chez Chaya – Top Influencer – 54:00
with Nachi Gordon – Meaningful People Podcast – 1:18:02

 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

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?

with Rabbi Yossi Strickman – CEO of Project Trust – 18:50
with Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner – Rosh Kollel in Toronto – 49:58
with the founders of GYE  – 1:09:23

 מראי מקומות

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?

with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Rov of the Agudah and Poseik in Chicago – 16:27
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Former Magid Shiur in Belzer Yeshivah, editor of Otzar HaPoskim, mechaber of several Halachic Seforim: Habori Vehashemoh; Kol Boi on Eiruvin; And now is in print Milim shel Halacha - A dictionary of Halachic Words – 22:44
with Mr. Ben Brafman – Famed defense attorney – 45:43
with Rabbi Ari Marbuger – Dayan in Lakewood – 56:22
with Mr. Eli Fried – The investment Guy – 1:15:49

 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? 

***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

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?

with Rabbi Menachem Genack – Rov in Englewood, Head of OU Kashrus – 13:11
with Mr. Lou Shapiro – Superlawyer, defense lawyer - 27:26

AI Paskening II/ Self defense in Halacha

with Rabbi Shay Tahan  – Rov, Rosh Kollel and Av Beis Din in Flatbush - 37:20

 מראי מקומות

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?

with Rabbi Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz - 17:53
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah of YU, Poseik of the OU - 20:35
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Former Magid Shiur in Belzer Yeshivah, editor of Otzar HaPoskim, mechaber of several Halachic Seforim: Habori Vehashemoh; Kol Boi on Eiruvin; And now is in print Milim shel Halacha - A dictionary of Halachic Words - 23:15
with Rabbi Yoni Levin – Rosh Yeshiva of South Florida, Assistant Rov of Aish Kodesh, Woodmere NY - 37:15

 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?

***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

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 – 7:41
with Rabbi Dr. Ethan Eisen – Clinical Psychologist – 28:32
with Rabbi Doniel Frank – Licensed Marriage Therapist & Dating Coach – 1:02:35
with 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 posthumously
What 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

מראי מקומות

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 – 15:27
with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 40:16
with Mrs. Miriam Levitan – Noted Shadchan, Eretz Yisroel – 1:04:36
with Rabbi Nesanel (“Tani”) Lauer - Mashgiach Ruchani, Maarava Machon Rubin – 1:14:03
with Mrs. Bella Beer – Dating coach – 1:40:00

מראי מקומות

Maos Chittim
Siyum Bechorim on the telephone
Selling 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 – 33:40
with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rov in Toms River, Poseik for Hatzolah of Central Jersey – 47:20
with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Renowned Poseik, Rov of Agudah in Chicago – 1:11:51

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?

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 – 11:48
with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Renowned Rov and EVP of the OU  – 34:54
with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 50:15
with Dr. Avi Muschel – A Clinical psychologist specializing in relationship issues – 1:14:14
with 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 – 21:05
with Rabbi Gershon Bess – Rov and Poseik in LA – 39:00
with Rabbi  Boruch Hirschfeld – Renowned Rov, Rosh Hakollel and Poseik in Cleveland – 48:57
with 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 – 25:32
with 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 – 16:19
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Mara D'asra of Beis Haknesses, North Woodmere – 24:37
with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos – 50:01
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah, Silverspring – 1:19:53
with 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 - 19:23
with Dr. Shlomie Zimmerman – Renowned Psycholoigist – Author of “From boys to men” - 50:43
with 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 – 36:03
with Rabbi Shloima Perl – Head Mashgiach of KCL - Lakewood Kashrus – 1:07:06
with 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 – 21:08
with Mr. Mark Salamon – owner of A-1 Appliance Repair – 43:04
with Rabbi Ilan Halberstadt – Rav of Machzikei Hadas, London – 1:02:35
with Mr. Ira Lipsius – senior partner at Lipsius-BenHaim – 1:30:07
with 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 – 16:47
with Mrs. Bella Beer – Dating coach – 46:45
with 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 parents
Does 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 children
Is 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 – 13:25
with Dr. Zelig Schur – Founder, Jewish Children Adoption Network – 38:38
with 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 – 12:55
with Rabbi Binyamin Rappaport – Career Guidance Counselor – 35:53
with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 1:02:55

מראי מקומות

Making a Bas Mitzvah
Women giving Shiurim and writing articles in Halacha and Hashkafa
Women giving Hadracha and Paskening Shailos – Yoetzet Halacha
Women going to college and joining the workforce
Women’s Hatzalah

with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshiva of YU, Poseik of the OU – 24:51
with 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 - 14:20
with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rov of Boca Raton Synagogue, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva of South Florida – 33:29
with Rabbi Yitzchok Franfurter – Publisher of the Ami Magazine – 54:21
with 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 – 15:40
with “Dovid” – a recent high school graduate – 40:34
with Mrs. Lianne Forman – founder and executive director of CCSA – 49:40
with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser – Rav of Khal Bais Yitzchok, noted author and speaker – 1:18:06  
with Rabbi Daniel Feldman – Rosh Yeshiva at REITs, author of “False Facts and True Rumors” – 1:38:57
with “Sara” – a recent high school graduate – 1:57:42
with 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 head
Mitzvah 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 – 14:14
with Rabbi Yona Reiss – Av Beis Din Of The CRC, S'gan Av Beis Din of America  – 36:00
with Rabbi Moshe Shmiel Rottenberg – Mora D’asra Bais Moshe Shmiel (Flatbush), Dayan, Shaarei Mishpat – 48:58
with Rabbi Yitzchok Feldheim – Renowned Lecturer – 1:12:47

 

Eight Chanukah Riddles – 1:18:15

 

מראי מקומות

 

with 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 – 15:10
with Rabbi Gershon Bess – Rabbi of Cong. Kehilas Yaakov, Los Angeles – 23:12
with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, Forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline  – 47:29
with Mrs. Debbie Fox, LCSW – founder and executive director of Magen Yeladim – 1:24:30
with 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?

with Rabbi Mordechai Twersky – Horonsteipel Rebbe – 27:13
with Tzvi Gluck – Director of Amudim – 43:00
with Mrs. Aliza Bulow – Mother of child who commited suicide, Founder of CORE – 1:05:06
with Dr. Chaim Nissel – Licensed Psychologist Yeshiva University Vice Provost, Senior trainer for American Association of Suicidology – 1:14:01
with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Wiener – Rov of Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, Rov of Knesses Yisrael – 1:31:08

 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?

with Rabbi Yisroel Knofler – Av Beis Din Badatz of Lakewood – 19:03

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?
with Talli Rosenbaum – Individual and couple therapist and certified intimate therapist – 52:30
with Dr. Avi Muschel – A Clinical psychologist – 1:24:13
with Lisa Twerski – Author, International Lecturer on dating and marriage – 1:46:39

 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

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

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

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Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht - Upcoming Semichas Chaver Events

NY 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 – 36:54

Transgender in Halacha
with Rabbi Eli Ozarowski  – Renowned Author, Teacher and Lecturer – 1:09:33

5 Riddles for Succos – 1:34:55

 מראי מקומות

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]
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 Nasan 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