The Q & A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast Q&A: Microdosing, Minhagim & AI Authorship
Sep 19, 2025
A lively conversation about microdosing, psychedelics and how they compare to psychiatric meds. Debates on communal customs, how a minhag becomes binding, and navigating different prayer nusachim. Ethical questions about AI misuse in academia and fake rabbinic endorsements. Reflections on human challenges, sexual impulse, fitness as spiritual preparation, and historical questions about canonization and shofar laws.
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Struggle Makes Reward Meaningful
- Ramchal's 'bread of shame' argues struggle gives earned pleasure greater value.
- Human freedom and effort make reward meaningful compared with angelic perfection.
How To Apply Daas Torah Wisely
- Treat Daas Torah as general orientation from Gedolim, not always a one-size-fits-all rule.
- Seek local rabbis for personal shaylot because Gedolim lack specific knowledge of individual circumstances.
Fitness As A Spiritual Tool
- Pursue fitness as a means to serve Hashem, not as an end or vanity.
- Use health to enhance learning, davening, longevity, and mitzvah performance.
