Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 What is a halachic prenup?   09:41 Why should we pray, "that my soul should desire Your mitzvos," in Elokai Netzor, rather than, "that my body"?   11:00 Who or what is Lilith? Is it connected to the Seven Worlds?   20:44 How do we explain human remains older than 6000 years?   22:10 Does the Torah allow for life with free choice on other planets?   24:23 If a sofer forgets the dots above 'vayishakehu', is the Torah scroll invalid?   34:03 How would the 70 nations know about the Noahide Laws? Should we tell them?   39:15 Why should a child suffer for the sin of the parent?   50:09 Aren't girls in Torah Judaism second-class citizens?   1:03:24 Is the order of saving in Maseches Horios evidence of male preference in Judaism?   1:07:05 Has one fulfilled one's obligation if one accidentally prayed in front of a mirror?   1:09:23 Why is there no gemara on Avos?   1:13:17 Can one buy himself a pair of Rabbeinu Tam tefillin, while others still need Rashi tefillin?   1:16:27 Is it permissible to use various sorts of energy healing, such as the Emotion Code?   1:21:56 Why is Rivka's death not explicitly described in Torah?   1:24:11 Why, according to the simplest reading of the Torah, is Esav not so bad?   1:28:01 Is it right to exchange hostages, knowing that civilians may be killed?   1:35:28 Why does only one of the Ani Maamins have a source?   1:37:14 Why does the Torah relate the descendants of Esav, according to peshat?   1:38:57 Is there a natural rule that Ishmael hates Yaakov, just as there is a natural rule that Esav hates Yaakov?   1:44:11 What is the meaning of 'Anti-Zionism is Antisemitism'?   1:46:58 How do we deal with disagreements between historians and Chazal?   1:50:51 Why was Rav Kook a Zionist?   1:53:45 Once the resurrection occurs, how will we get to Olam Haba?   1:55:05 What is the disagreement between the BT yeshivos?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 Does God judge Hamas l'chaf zechus?   5:35 Why do Haredim wear black and white?   10:11 What is the purpose of Uva Letzion and the importance of Kedusha?   17:28 Can one finish his Amidah while the congregation is saying the introduction to Kedusha?   22:06 How should we relate to Arabs in general, considering the verse in Psalm 105?   34:08 Why isn't a good, religious life enough of a tikkun for sins in previous lives?   39:24 How can we pray for repentance, if repentance is purely a free will action?   46:26 If a king has less free will, do prime ministers as well? How small a position has a lesser free will?   51:03 How does resurrection work if there is reincarnation?   53:40 When and how long should personal prayers be in the Amidah?   56:55 How does learning in another's merit work?   58:54 What is the halacha regarding hostage swaps?   1:06:51 What is 'kaf hakela' and what is its purpose?   1:13:23 In the story of a talmid chacham who forgot to bentsch, is it better that he didn't bentsch because he became so great?   1:19:39 Why don't yeshivos follow the curriculum in Pirkei Avos?   1:28:16 Could the Rav explain the story of the dudaim?   1:34:36 Why should a prophet, like Yosef, have to work to make his prophecy come true?   1:36:58 Are Bilhah and Zilpah specially considered in Rabbinic literature?   1:39:51 Why don't we bow with our knees anymore?           You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!     00:00 Why do we say the paragraph of "vayechulu" three times on Friday night?   05:56 Is there any case of a two-man beis din other than prozbul and cancellation of a divorce?   07:09 How far can one take the idea of sufferings being messages from Hashem?   12:11 Are there too many English books that people don't learn Hebrew?   20:18 Are there particular chumros one should or should not take on?   25:24 What is the historical background of the different styles of peyos?   29:16 Why didn't Noach just look out the window?   30:31 What kind of tefillin were worn before Rashi?   36:09 When some commentators argue with Chazal about some interpretations, do they understand Chazal literally and still disagree, or do they interpret the Chazal not to be pshat?   39:53 Why do some topics have so many sugyos, while other topics don't?   44:56 Why does God judge the king before his people, if God already knows the sins of the people?   49:36 What does Rivka's question mean?   53:01 Do irreligious soldiers die al kiddush Hashem?   58:41 Should one prepare oneself for a rodef situation?   1:02:07 How could Esav have been the fourth patriarch if he was already moving towards the idolatrous temples while in the womb?   1:06:15 How do we know we haven't moved from the original count of Shabboses?   1:08:41 Can gedolim do aveiros, and if so, why do commentators try to minimize the sins in the Tanakh?   1:12:50 Should one use Torah phrases for commercial purposes?   1:15:55 Why is the beracha of hatov v'hametiv so uncommon?   1:20:30 Is the concept of Binyamin's mountains being close to Hashem still applicable today?   1:23:52 How could one say that Yitzchak didn't know about Esav when Esav had idolatrous wives?   1:27:07 Is it possible that the wicked ones in Tanakh are wicked on their levels, just as the sins of the righteous are only sins on their levels?   1:29:09 Are the faults of the followers a chisaron to the gadol?   1:32:44 Why don't we pray for the resurrection of the dead?   1:35:33 Can the word 'toldos' in Bereishis refer to evolution?   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   (Updated audio)  00:00 How do name changes work? 04:33 What are the differences between "mituvecha" and mituvah" and between "sim shalom" and "shalom rav"? 16:43 Why are there so many machlokos in the Oral Torah if Moshe was told only one version by God? 24:15 Why is there so much anti-Israel sentiment? 28:56 If God could have made ultimate pleasure, why bother making us? 34:54 Is there any truth to the claim that the Pashto are of the Lost Tribes? 41:08 Is a one-state solution morally wrong? 47:00 What is the definition of Jewish music, and can that include rap? 51:13 Why should Ishmael be rewarded for prayer if those prayers are directed to an incorrect conception of God? 54:02 What is the meaning of the blessings to Ishmael? 57:23 Did the Generation of the Dispersion really think the Tower of Babel would work? 1:00:27 Is there a reason a trustworthy, disciplined man should get an Internet filter? 1:02:57 What is the importance of humility and how might one be humble? 1:07:55 What exactly is Neturei Karta? 1:19:05 How has this war changed the Haredi opinion on the state? 1:26:43 How much caution should one take to turn the faucet to the cold side on Shabbos? 1:28:51 Why would Avraham marry Hagar if he had prophetic visions of other offspring? 1:32:49 How can one tell who is a Yaakov Jew and who is an Avraham Jew?    Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   00:00 What are the priorities regarding where to daven?   3:32 Why is secular society leading Torah society in terms of developing a healthy relationship with oneself?   08:09 Can it be said that we've already eradicated the memory of Amalek since no one knows the identity or the history of this people?   11:38 Does Hashem want us to be more self-focused than in previous generations?   18:31 Does writing B"H apply by amud or by daf?   20:05 Are AI-generated voices banned by kol isha?   23:33 What is the background of the king having pilagshim?   31:59 Is davening at sunrise better than not?   35:24 Does Aggada inspire stories in other cultures, or do all cultures share story archetypes?   42:58 How did Avraham pray for Sodom, while one who is merciful to the cruel will become cruel to the merciful?   47:21 Is there a delicate way to tell people to repent?   58:26 Is someone who does a melacha on Shabbos for the sake of a sick person allowed to benefit from that melacha?   59:40 What does Judaism say about the gallbladder?   1:01:00 What does one do when halacha and secular law are at odds on a matter of life and death?   1:05:52 Why is cheese kosher if rennet is from meat?   1:09:48 Is there an obligation to do hasbara?   1:13:36 Is it worthwhile to rectify a mausoleum burial if it would alienate family and cost a lot of money?   1:16:52 How could Lot's daughters think that Avraham was destroyed?   1:18:49 Why would Hashem save Yishmael, while we execute a rebellious son?   1:23:49 How could Moshe form a mask if such things are forbidden?   1:26:00 Why do non-Jews have a philtrum?   1:27:17 Does Hamas have the halachic status of Amalek?   1:30:33 Would there be morality without a religious society?   1:35:32 Why does one not pay more for a muad in private property than in public property? Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos    You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS 00:00 Why do we say the blessings of the second day of yom tov because of a safek?   02:29 How did Rahav merit to marry Joshua?   04:19 Why do people say the Song of Songs before Shabbos?   09:04 How do Jews choose their leaders?   14:18 If someone is killed because they are Jewish, do they have the status of harugei malchus?   23:16 Can we derive definitions from Torah stories to apply to our lives?   29:55 What special connection does the Kotel have to answering prayers?   37:39 Should one daven the same nusach as his yeshiva?   44:24 How was Rahav's house still there after the walls fell?   47:03 How can Hashem determine the steps of man at the same time He leads man on the path that man chooses?   48:32 How do we understand Psalm 137?   55:16 If someone works so hard but does not succeed, how is that good?   1:01:39 In an auction, and there is a higher bid at the same time the auctioneer accepts a bid, what happens?   1:06:01 What is a reyd?   1:08:10 Could the Rav speak about the sons of the maidservants?   1:10:25 Could the Rav speak about Rachel Imenu?   1:17:37 What does the Torah say about Jews in non-Jewish politics?   1:21:58 Do the annihilatory laws of conquest of Eretz Yisrael apply to modern wars of the state of Israel?   1:30:27 Is an open marriage considered a marriage?   1:32:08 Is there an idea that a year that begins with Shabbos Rosh Hashanah is either very bad or very good?   1:33:50 How can we ensure that we don't forget the spiritual focus that came from this war?

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 Why tie up Isaac if he knew and was enthusiastic?   02:37 Why does Hodu have different words in Pesukei dZimrah than in Tehillim?    6:51 How much intention does an individual fast require?   21:00 Who owns Jewish national treasures, such as the Aleppo Codex?   36:04 Is it an aveira not to follow the Rambam's order of mitzvos at the beginning of Hilchot Melachim?   48:57 Why does God care so much about emunah and bitachon?   59:37 Is playing with one's hair forbidden on Shabbos if it's likely to cause hairs to fall out?   1:02:42 How can one see Hashem's kindness when there is undeserved suffering?   1:08:01 What are the differences between Kelm, Slabodka, and Novardok?   1:20:40 Can one carry a tracking device on Shabbos?   1:21:50 Should one seek to disable a non-Jewish rodef?   1:24:37 Would Hashem hold accountable an abusive Jewish father married to a non-Jewish woman?   1:29:34 What are the origins of all those havdalah wine minhagim?   1:30:39 Why does Moshe need Yisro to tell him to set up courts?   1:32:38 Does Hashem need to 'make up for' excess suffering caused to the Jewish people, according to the Ramban?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   The War of the Eighth   00:00 Should we proselytize at all to our parents?   03:03 Three practical questions about saying Tehillim.   07:08 What situation would obligate one to leave Israel?   09:46 How does one balance joy from learning with pain from the war?   20:00 Is one of the arguments against joining the IDF now disproven?   34:47 Since the Islamist Palestinian enemy also prays for success and has many spiritual merits, how can we be confident in our prayers for their failure?   44:33 Are there any special effects of doing many more interpersonal commandments than commandments between man and God?   49:50 What are the obligations of a Jewish state regarding captives and POWs?   59:00 Does Hashem 'seeing' the light was good imply that He perceived post facto-- that the goodness was not guaranteed?   1:02:37 Why is the major separation between light and dark in time, not in space?   1:04:23 Is there a practical, spiritual difference between learning in Israel and learning in Chutz Laaretz?   1:07:03 How do Biblical literalists explain the age of human artifacts that are seemingly older than 5784 years?   1:11:35 Did R Hai Gaon and the Chasam Sofer give a date for the War of Gog and Magog?   1:13:39 Might Haredi opinions regarding Zionism change because of the war?   1:21:13 Is there a serious concern of lashon hara among baalei teshuva who casually mention their family situations?   1:26:53 Would conditional divorces be effective to prevent agunot in today's war?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   00:00 Is there any effect on one's wish by telling people what you wished/prayed for?   03:10 Is it true that a bigger tzadik has a bigger yetzer hara?   06:33 Is one allowed to break Shabbos to prevent a chilul Hashem?   09:19 Is there any situation wherein suicide or assisted suicide is allowed?   17:22 How much doubt constitutes a safek?   22:44 Why are wigs so nice-looking if the point is to cover nice-looking hair?   32:27 What is the mazinka and what is its source?   34:33 Would Chazal approve of tenuous analogies from their teachings to contemporary halachic problems?   40:35 Is the story of the man who stole visa papers to escape the Holocaust a proper application of chayecha kodmin?   49:20 Is sleight-of-hand forbidden? Is speaking to the dead forbidden?   54:35 How should one spend the extra time on Rosh Hashanah?   1:01:14 What should we learn from the lynching of Emmett Till?   1:02:57 Can one use zip ties to keep the schach taut if one holds like the Chazon Ish?   1:08:01 How can there be a safek regarding something so common as blowing shofar?   1:16:57  Is there a problem with saying Machnisei Rachamim or even singing it as a song?   1:20:08 Is hope considered a good thing in Judaism or is it considered foolish?   1:25:20 Will there still be new births after techiyas hameisim?   1:27:27 If bitachon already assumes that everything God does is good, then what purpose is prayer?   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Sponsored in honor of Yeshivas Ohr Somayach & HaRav Breitowitz shlit"a   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   0:00 - Can we defeat our enemies before Moshiach? 2:00 - Do my motives/emotions effect my Mitzvos? 6:00 - What are are the major positions on Tzimzum? 10:00 - What to do about ego in davening? 18:00 - In terms of physical contact, what do we do regarding secular female family members? 27:00 - Concerns with the Mitzvah of shofar blowing? 30:00 - How do we approach potential false beliefs in Judaism? 35:00 - Can women take on positions of authority in Judaism? 43:00 - Why is there such a gulf between Haredim and the Modern Orthodox/Dati Leumi?  54:00 - How should we approach discrimination against arabs? 58:00 - Why does the Yeitzer HaRah return old problems to us over and over? 01:02:00 - Which way/sect to go for in Judaism?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos     You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS

This episode is dedicated in honor of Kobe Gross's upcoming Aufruf and marriage to Faigy Shenker, may they be Zoche to build a Bayis Ne'eman B'Yisroel.   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu   00:00 Should one underpay or overpay when neither party remembers the proper amount of debt?   04:01 What does it mean that there is a human-parallel in the sea?   7:08 Why did Chazal seemingly create such a complex system for the berachos on food?   12:12 If Hashem is omniscient, how does free will exist?   23:41 Is there a policy not to adopt minhagim from non-halachic origins, despite the minhagim not being problematic in and of themselves?   31:08 Could the Rav give book recommendations on Hilchos Borer?   34:16 Why did God have the intention of revelation followed by concealment?   39:08 When a rabbi in the gemara disagrees with a quoted rabbi, is he disagreeing with the quoter or the author?   43:22 Why is resurrection such a great praise of Hashem if every tanna and amora could do it?   48:41 Does one listen to the majority against his Rav, even if his Rav is the gadol hador?   52:13 What are some halachos of ad hoc minyanim?   55:43 What qualities are most important for a man to develop before marriage?   59:18 Why does Judaism go through the mother, whereas the tribe goes through the father?   1:08:22 What exactly is ervah? There is a seeming contradiction in Berachos.   1:17:14 Are train cars considered different rooms for the purpose of ohel?   1:19:06 A few questions regarding maaser kesafim.   1:25:58 Is one allowed to test Hashem, and if so, when?   1:29:00 What does it mean that the first rule of the Torah is not to be foolish?   1:38:10 If there's din v'cheshbon every day, why is Rosh Hashanah different?    1:41:08 Why does Rambam single out Erev Yom Kippur for vidui so that one doesn't die before doing teshuva?   1:44:55 What does one do when he is overwhelmed during davening by people asking for tzedakah?   1:49:40 How does one come to feel that Torah is more important than anything?   1:52:53 How does one improve their middos?   1:58:07 How does one guard one's eyes in today's world?   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos       You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS