Halacha Headlines

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

***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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

Link: https://www.chabad.org/5294581

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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 

מראי מקומות

WIN THE $250 RIDDLE CONTEST

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

Is a birthday a day to celebrate? If so, how? Are there more significant birthdays, like the 70^th? How should Jonathan Rosenblum celebrate his 70^th 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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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 –

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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

מראי מקומות

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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Short Divrei Torah and inspiration on Pesach 

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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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