Halacha Headlines

Simcha: Should happiness be our end goal? What it is and how to achieve it

with Rabbi Moshe Weinberger - Rav, Aish Kodesh, Woodmere - Mashgiach Ruchani, Yitzchok Elchonon - 9:00
with Rabbi YY Jacobson - International Mashpia - 38:50
with Rabbi Shmuel Shtern - Rosh Yeshiva, Breslov, Meah Shearim - 118:20
with Rabbi Kalman Goldschmidt - Breslov Mashpia - 137:15
with Dr. David Lieberman - Psychologist & Author - 148:00

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When to go to a Rav & When to a Therapist: Preparing Future Rabbonim

with HaRav Hershel Schachter - Rosh Yeshiva, Yitzchok Elchonon, Leading Posek for OU Kosher
with Dr. David Pelcovitz - Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Chair in Psychology and Jewish Education at Yeshiva University's Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration
with Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Schwartz - Rav, Cong. Adath Israel / Clinical Director, Center for Anxiety Relief
with Rabbi Larry Rothwaks - Rabbi, Cong. Beth Aaron, Teaneck and Director of Professional Rabbinics, Yitzchak Elchonon

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Genetic Testing in Halacha

with HaRav Hershel Schachter - Rosh Yeshiva, Yitzchok Elchonon, Leading Posek for OU Kosher
with HaRav Shmuel Feurst - Dayan, Agudath Yisroel of Illinois
with Mr. Nechemia Krausz - Father of two children with Muscular Dystrophy
with Dr. Daniel Eisenberg - Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical School, Lecturer on Refuah and Halacha
with Rabbi Gideon Weitzman - Director of the Puah Institute for Fertility and Medicine in Accordance with Halacha in Israel

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Halachos of Birchas Hagomel --- Rubashkin: is all the celebrating appropriate?

with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer - Dayan in Yerushalayim, Rav in Ramot - 14:25
with Rabbi Yosef Gabriel Bechoffer - Famed Speaker and Author - 54:30:00
with Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz - Founder, Yeshiva Darchei Noam, Founder, Project Yes - 105:15:00
with R' Gary Apfel - Lead Lawyer for Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin - 115:45:00
with Rabbi Yisroel Langer - Rabbinic Coordinator, CRC - 144:30:00

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Kevurah in Eretz Yisroel - Is it important? And at what cost?

with Rabbi Doniel Neustadt - Rav, Pine River Village Shul, Lakewood - Yoshev Rosh of the Vaad Harabbonim of Detroit - 8:20
with Rabbi Avrohom Cohen - Rav, Ohaiv Yisroel, Monsey - Former Editor, Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society - 23:45
with Rabbi Elchonon Zohn - President, National Assoc. of Chevra Kadisha - 43:35:00

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Kiddush Hashem --- Nachal Chareidi Part II
with Eli Beer - Founder, United Hatzalah, Israel - 9:20
with HaRav Yehoshua Eicheinstein - Talmid of Rav Shteinman, Rosh Yeshiva Yad Aharon, Yerushalayim - 102:20:00
with Rabbi Tzvi Klebenow - Founder, Nachal Chareidi - 110:05:00
with Rabbi Akiva Marks - Parent of Nachal Chareidi soldier - 119:00:00

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Nachal Chareidi

with Rabbi Yochanan Danziger - Rav in Nachal Chareidi - 12:50
with Rabbi Chaim Lefkowitz - Leading Activist against Israeli Army Draft - 33:00:00
with Rabbi Karmi Gross - Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Derech Chaim, Yerushalayim - 125:25:00

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Divrei Zikaron of Rav Shteinman, Zatzal - Nachal Chareidi - Rav who donated a kidney

with Rabbi Shlomo Gottesman Editor, Yeshurun - 15:50
with David Hager Founder and Benefactor, Nachal Chareidi  - 40:20:00
with Rabbi Larry Rothwaks Rabbi, Cong. Beth Aaron, Teaneck and Director of Professional Rabbinics, Yitzchak Elchonon - 105:00:00

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Should you sign an organ donor card and save as many as 8 lives? --- Organ Donation and Brain Death, a Halachik Debate

with HaRav Dovid Feinstein Shlit"a - Rosh HaYeshiva, Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim - 13:35
with HaRav Yonasan Binyomin Weiss Shlit"a - Chief Rabbi and Av Beis Din, Montreal - 18:00
with HaRav Shmuel Feurst Shlit"a - Dayan, Agudath Yisroel of Illinois - 43:25
with Rabbi Robby Berman - Founder & Director, Halachic Organ Donor Society - 50:00
with Dr David Simpson - Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories and Director of the NeuroAIDS Program at The Mount Sinai Hospital - 122:00

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Mesira today - A conversation with Harav Yochanan Bechoffer - Rosh Beis Din in Five Towns

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Vegetarians in Halacha --- Does a vegan restaurant need a hashgacha?

with Rabbi Dov Schreier - Rabbinici Coordinator and Director of Food Service, OU - 19:15:00
with Rabbi Zev Schwarcz - Rav Hamachshir, International Kosher Council - 37:15:00
with Rabbi Dovid Bar-Chaim - Rav , Dayan, Head of Shiloh Institute, Rosh Bais Horaah, Yerushalayim - 104:30:00

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Mesira in Halacha - Can you report someone to the authorities?

with Rabbi Yona Reiss - Av Bais Din, CRC - Ra"m Rav Yitzchok Elchonon - Chaver Beis Din, RCA - 17:00
with Rabbi Yaakov Shalom Greenstein - Av Bais Din, Birchas Osher, Boro Park - Choshen Mishpat Dayan, Bobov 45 - 40:35
with Mr Rothschild - 1:38:10

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Kashrus and Animal Cruelty --- Kashrus of Foie Gras and Veal

with Rabbi Moshe Elefant - Chief Rabbinic Coordinator and COO, OU Kosher - 12:00
with Mr. Paul Shapiro - VP, Humane Society of America - 48:00
with Naftali Hanau - CEO, Grow and Behold - 58:30

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Mental Health in Halacha (Part 2)

with Rabbi Binyomin Babad - Director of Operations, Relief - 11:00
with HaRav Osher Weiss Shlit"a - Mechaber of Minchas Osher, Renowned Posek - 33:20
with Mr. Schwartz - Shares a story about mental health and its effects of not properly disclosing - 37:20
with Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Schwartz - Rav, Cong. Adath Israel / Clinical Director, Center for Anxiety Relief - 46:05
with Meshulam Epstein, LCSW - Clinical Psychotherapist - 49:40
with Yisrael "Freddy" Friedman - Renowned Shadchan - 54:20

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Mental Health in Halacha - Removing the Stigma of Therapy

with Rabbi Sendy Orenstein - President and Founder, Relief - 13:00
with HaRav Hershel Schachter Shlit"a - Rosh Yeshiva, Yitzchak Elchonon - 23:00
with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox - Rav, Psychologist and Director, Crisis Intervention, Chai Lifeline - 45:00
with HaRav Dovid Cohen Shlit"a - Rov of Gvul Yaavetz, Renowned Posek, Mechaber seforim - 101:00
with Mrs. Shoshana Benoliel, LCSW - Psychotherapist - 115:30

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Peleg's Day of Rage - Is this the way to disagree or a massive Chilul Hashem?

with Rabbi Yosef Fleischman - Rosh Kollel, Choshen Mishpat Kollel, Yerushalayim - 26:40
with Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblum - Famed writer for Mishpacha and Jerusalem Post - 46:10
with Rabbi Chaim Aharon Tamback - Talmud Muvhak of Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro and Rav Shach. Rosh Yeshiva Keren Oorah, Yerushalayim - 120:30

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Is There a Shidduch Crisis? --- How much should a Shadchan be paid?

with Rabbi Ari Senter, Shlit"a - Rabbinic Administrator, Kof-K - 15:20
with Rabbi Shlomo Dickman, Shlit"a - Author, Shadchanus B'Halacha - 35:20
with Rabbi Shaya Ostrow, LCSW - Noted Author, Consultant for Shidduchim Organizations - 54:48

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The Shidduch Crisis and Lashon Hara in Shidduchim

with Yisrael "Freddy" Friedman - Acclaimed Shadchan - 8:45
with HaRav Shmuel Kamenetzky, Shlit"a - Rosh HaYeshiva, Philadelphia - 26:55
with HaRav Mendel Shafran, Shlit"a - Rosh HYeshiva, Noam HaTorah, B'nei Brak and Posek - 30:10
with HaRav Nissan Kaplan Shlit"a - Maggid Shiur, Mir Yerushalayim - 34:00
with HaRav Elchonon Adler Shlit"a - Rosh Yeshiva, Yitzchak Elchonon - 42:05
with HaRav Zev Smith, Shlit"a - R"M, Yeshiva Torah Vodaas - 104:45

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Smoking according to Halacha - Is a smoker passul L'eidus --- E-cigarettes in Halacha

with Rabbi Tzvi Hertzig - Director, Machon U'Vacharta Bachaim - 14:40
with Rabbi Shmuel Feurst Shlit"a - Dayan, Agudath Yisroel of Illinois - 37:20
with HaRav Dovid Cohen Shlit"a - Rov of Gvul Yaavetz, Renowned Posek, Mechaber seforim - 43:10
with HaRav Nissan Kaplan Shlit"a - Maggid Shiur, Mir Yerushalayim - 48:35
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz - Rav, Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere - 102:30

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Aliya L'Har Habayis - And Aliya Liregel Bzman Hazeh

with Rabbi Yosef Rabin - Tel Talpiyos Organization
with Rabbi Nachman Kahane - Rav Chazon Yechezkel Muslim Quarter
with Rabbi Gavriel Bechoffer - Noted Rav and Mechaber Seforim
with Rabbi Yosef Greenwald - Dayan in Givat Zeev, Bais Havaad

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After the Shofar - The Silent Cry in our Community - Hear from Rabbonim and abuse survivors

with Dassi Erlich
with Motti Weiss
with Dr. Shira Berkovits
with David Fromowitz
with HaRav Dovid Cohen Shlit"a

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Family Planning, a Halachik View
with Rav Hershel Schachter - Rosh Yeshiva, Yitzchak Elchanan (YU), Senior Posek, OU - (14 mins 50 seconds)

Should financial and other considerations play a factor in having children?
with Rav Shmuel Feurst - Dayan, Agudath Yisroel of Illinois - (25 mins 45 seconds)
with Rav Moshe Hauer - Rav, B'nai Jacob Shaarei Zion, Founding Editor, Klal Perspectives - (30 mins 50 seconds)
with Rav Pesach Shmerling - Chabad Posek, Expert in matters of Family Planning, and Chosson Rebbe - (50 mins)

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Satmar and Zionism (Part 2)

with General Moshe "Boogie" Yaalon - Former Israeli Defense Minister and Former Chief of Staff, IDF - (17.25 mins)
with Rabbi Chaim Lefkowitz - Askan Leading Activism againt Giyus in Eretz Yisroel - (28.5 mins)
with Rabbi Eli Linker - Director of Aylay, Israeli Kiruv Organization - (1hr 18mins)

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Satmar and Zionism
with Rabbi Yitzchok Brown - Marbitz Torah in Satmar

Giyus and Situation in Eretz Yisroel
with Rabbi Yehoshuah Eichenstein - Rosh Yeshiva Yad Ahron Yerushalayim

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Alcohol epidemic in our community
How to constructively deal with all the drinking by kiddushim, shalom zachor's, weddings, schools

with Rabbi Moshe Hauer - Rav, B'nai Yaakov Shaarei Tzion Baltimore - Founding Editor, Klal Perspectives - (14:30)
with Victim of alcohol addiction - (29:45:00)
with Tom Gagliano - Addiction Specialist and Psychotherapist - (48:45:00)
with Rabbi Yehoshua Kaganoff - Rav, International Congregation of Addicts in Recovery, Mechaber of Sefer Yishmeru Daas - (104:30:00)

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Dealing with Internet Addiction and Pornography

with Rabbi Aharon Lopian Rosh HaYeshiva Lev Aryeh, Yerushalayim - (12 mins)
with Yaakov N. Founder of Guard Your Eyes - (25 mins)
Interviews with recovering addicts and victims - (49 mins)

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Genetic Testing in Halacha - How Much Should We Test For? *** Guest Host Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz ***

with Rabbi Chaim Jachter - Rav of Shaarei Orah, Teaneck, NJ - (4:00)
with Mrs. Esti Rose Genetic Counselor, JScreen - (21:15:00)
with Rabbi Nechemia Krausz Parent of two children with Muscular Dystrophy - (41:15:00)

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Tragic story of mother who lost her son
with Mrs. Sarah Benjamin - Mother of Kasriel Benjamin a"h - (18:30)

Importance of drug education in today's day and age
with Rabbi Yaacov Behrman - Director of the drug prevention group Operation Survival - (33:10)

What does it take to expel a child from school?
with Rabbi Joseph Oratz - Prinicipal of Bruriah High School for Girls - (55:48)

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Throwing kids out of school

with Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein - Rosh Yeshiva Yad Aron, Yerushalyaim - (11:30)
with Mr. Avrohom Klein - Father of Malky Klein a"h who recently passed away - (27:40)
Click Here for the full interview with Mr. Klein
with Dr. Tzivia Joffen - Renowned psychologist - (54:00)

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Self driving cars in Halacha
with Rabbi Moshe Navon - Director of engineering at Mobileye

Staying spiritually safe in the workplace and on business trips
with Rabbi Avi Neuberger - Rav of Shaarey Tefiloh of New Hempstead
with Rabbi Dovid Neuman - Founder of V'haarev Na and Siyum Hamesechtos

Stem Cell Meat in Halacha
with Rabbi Yehuda Spitz - Rosh Chaburah Halacha Kollel, Ohr Lagolah, Ohr Somayach in Eretz Yisroel

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The great Techeilis Debate

A live debate with Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch - Director of The Living Torah Museum and Rabbi Yisroel Barkin - Renowned expert on Techeiles

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Hilchos geneivas akum and dina dimalchusah
with Rabbi Yosef Fleischman - Rosh Kollel of Kollel Choshen Mishpat in Yerushalayim, Beis Din Tzedek Nesivos Chaim

Tahor app - Is it Tahor?
with Rabbi Yehudah Dovid Bleich - Rav of Bnei Yehudah in West Side, Rosh Yeshiva in YU

Government involvement in our curriculum
with Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel - Executive Vice President Agudath Israel of America

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Lakewood and government programs

with Rabbi Aaron Kotler - CEO Beth Medrash Govoha

Lakewood has been in the news recently because of a number of arrests- Rabbi Aaron Kotler CEO BMG discusses it.

Is there a heter of karov limalchus to break Shabbos?
with Rabbi Yitzchok Alderstein - Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Simon Weisenthal Center, Co-founder and featured writer on Cross-Currents

Jared Kushner have recently been criticized come for flying to Saudi Arabia on Shabbos, is it halachikly sound?

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Self-assisted suicide in Halacha and other contemporary medical Shailos

with Rabbi Yaakov Feitman - Rav of Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst NY
with Rabbi Jason Weiner - Senior Rabbi Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, President of the Southern California Board of Rabbis

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Techeiles

with Rabbi Yehudah Dovid Bleich - Rav of Bnei Yehudah in West Side, Rosh Yeshiva in YU
with Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein - Rav Maalot Dafna Yerushalayim, Talmid muvhak of Harav Elyashiv Zt"l
with Rabbi Yisroel Barkin - Renowned expert on Techeiles

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Visiting the Pope in Halacha

with Rabbi Yaakov Feitman - Rav of Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst NY
with Rabbi Aron Lankry - Rav of Ohr Chaim Learning Center
with Rabbi Isser Zalman Weisberg - Appointed researcher of the Rebbe's writings

A clip from Rav Gifter on meeting with the pope

The Halacha and Hashkafa and Jewish history of visiting the pope, The Lubavitcher Rebbe's view on it. The Issur of Chanifa and more....... 

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Halachos of Parnassah and the Tuition crisis

with Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein - Rav Maalot Dafna Yerushalayim, Talmid muvhak of Harav Elyashiv Zt"l
with Mr. Maury Litwack - Director of state political affairs for OU advocacy
with Rabbi Ephraim Pessin - Director of Mesillah, Monsey NY

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**Guest Host Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz**

Kohanim flying to Eretz Yisroel
with Rabbi Doniel Wolf Ra"am Yeshiva Har Etzion

Checking your Tefillin and Mezuzos
with Rabbi Reuven Mendlowitz Author of Inside STAM

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Parnassah: Dealing with the challenge of life after Kollel    ***Rerun***

with Rabbi Aaron Kotler - CEO Beth Medrash Govoha
with Dr. Alan Kadish, MD - President and Chief Executive Officer of Touro
with Dr. David Pelcovitz

The challenge of Parnassah after Kollel life, What steps if any should be taken to ensure our financial future. The mental effects on poverty stricken families.

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Lag Ba'omer and Shabbos implications
with Hagaon Rabbi David Yosef - Rosh Kollel Yachveh Da'at Kollel, Chief Rabbi of Har Nof, Member Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah

Adivce for A Ben Torah in the workplace

Lag Ba'omer - Meaning and history
with Rabbi Shmuel Irons - Rosh Hakollel of the Kollel Institute of Greater Detroit, Renowned Lecturer
with Rabbi Avrohom Bleich Rosh Yeshiva and Rav of Stolin, Kiryat Sefer

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Responding to calls / emails

End of life issues
with Dr. Howard Lebowitz - Founding chief medical officer of AcuteCare Health System

Yoetzet; having lady Poskim for Women's Halacha
with Rebbetzin Chana Henkin - Founder and Dean of NISHMAT

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For People whose Emunah has been shaken by science, listen to the worlds leading scientists and come away with renewed faith

with Professor Michael J. Behe
Biochemist, Author, and intelligent design advocate, Professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania
with Professor Donald E. Brownlee
Professor of astronomy at the University of Washington, Principal investigator for NASA's Stardust mission, Author of many works
with Professor John G. Cramer
Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington

For people whose Emunah has been shaken by science, listen to the worlds leading scientists and come away with renewed faith
(Please ask your Rav before listening to this program)

with Professor Martin J. Rees
Astronomer Royal - Visiting Professor at Imperial College London & at Leicester University Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge

with Professor John A. Leslie
Author of Universes and many other works - Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph

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What medicines, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals need a hechsher for Pesach
with Rabbi Gershon Bess from LA and Rabbi Dovid Heber from Star-K Baltimore

When is using machine matzoh better then hand
with Rabbi Hirchfield Cleveland Dayan and Rabbi Yosef Veiner Monsey NY

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Tznius Questions
with Rabbi Yisroel Brog - Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Tiferes Avigdor

Hapeles Yerushalayim protests - explained from their perspective
with Rabbi Tzvi Rosen - Rosh Beis Din of Bayit Vegan, Talmid of Harav Shmuel Auerbach Shlita

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Is your Pesach hotel really Kosher L'pesach - hosted by Rabbi Elyada Goldwicht
with Rabbi Dov Schreier - Director of food services at OU
with Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld - Rabbinic coordinator at OK Kosher Certification - Food Service
with Rabbi Avi Ratner - Pesach Hotel Mashgiach for half a decade
with Shaya Umles - Pesach Hotel Mashgiach at various programs

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Tznius - Contemporary Shailos

with Hagoan Rav Dovid Cohen - Rov of Gvul Yaavetz, Renowned Poseik, Mechaber Seforim
with Rabbi Simon Jacobson - Chozer of the Rebbe ZT"L, Author of Toward a Meaningful Life Center, Former editor of Algemeiner Journal
with Dr. Leslie Klein - Dean of Secular Studies, Maalot Baltimore, Historian of the Bais Yaakov Movement

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New Fertility Issues in Halacha
with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander - Vice President for University and Community Life at YU, Teacher at RIETS

End of Life Issues Part II
with Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz - Vice President of Agudas Yisroel, and CEO of Chaim Aruchim
with Rabbi Yaakov Weiner - Dean of the Jerusalem Center for Research: Medicine and Halacha.
with Rabbi Eliezer Gewirtzman - Posek for Chaim Aruchim

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Kashrus of Sherry Casks and whiskey (rerun)
with Rabbi Ezra Schwartz - Rosh Yeshiva YU and Rav of Mt Sinai Synagogue in Washington Heights
with Rabbi Eli Gersten - Recorder of psak and policy for the OU

Dangers of drinking on Purim
with Meir Lichtenstein - Askan, Hatzalah member

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Social Media in Halacha: Loshon Hara? Tznius? etc . . . Hosted by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

with Rav Daniel Feldman - Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University

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