The Q & A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast

Guest_name_1 discusses various topics including the challenges faced by Baalei Teshuva in integrating into frum society, the compatibility of free will with God's foreknowledge, the concept of Moshiach and its relationship to time, the halachic acceptability of triage, Jews expressing political views, the nature of Olam Habah, the cycles of the world, and the influence of authority on free will.

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This weeks episode has been generously sponsored by Daniel and Rachel Rabizadeh In loving memory of George Rabizadeh ישראל דוד בן רבי אבא Comments? Feedback? Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : podcasts@ohr.edu https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu ! 00:00 in the amida, we ask HaShem to remember he chesed of our Avos. What does that mean? 6:35 Rambam discusses that for someone to be learning full time supported by the community, but if he is pushed into it for social reasons (ie not chosen by community or out of deep love for Torah) is this a chillul HaShem? 18:00 Can a Jew own a store to sell legal cannabis? 22:12 There could be a problem of Jews living in Egypt even today. Could you elaborate on that? 27:29 Does a person have a responsibility to take care of his pets? 32:14 Is putting an animal out of its misery issur re tsar baal hachaim? 34:35 Considering the issur of nichush, how can people look at signs/omens today? 37:37 Is having a broad base of knowledge acquired methodologically or just what he comes across? 41:21 The levi'im seemed to excel in its holiness and avoiding aveiras, so why did it split along the lines of the kohanim and levi'im which were so disparate? 44:14 What halachic issues might arise in being a psychologist?—Is it appropriate for a ben Torah? 52:12 Who are chazal? 55:44 What is the Nehalem? 56:52 Why does the Zohar contradict a lot of halachic rulings? 58:02 Why do gemaras that end in a "teiku" included?—how do we develop modern halachos from these?

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Comments? Feedback? Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : podcasts@ohr.edu https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu ! 00:00 What does it mean that the Lavush (sefer) did not have the success of the Shulchan Aruch? 11:28 the Sanhedrin existed after the churban beis hamikdash, why don't we have a Sanhedrin now? 22:08 Netilas yadayim can work in the ocean, but could maybe mayim achronim could also work even though ocean water has salt? 24:50 Sefer Yehoshua references sefer hayashar. What is this book? 28:03 What is the role of cameras for a Jewish witness system? 35:59 With kitniyos, why are we not lenient if we can have supervision? 38:10 we describes milchamas Torah, so is there an issue of learning Torah in a calm way? 42:04 How does one know what career one should choose? 46:42 What happened to the yeshiva at Volozhin? 59:00 Why is ear-piercing allowed? 59:57 Why is there so much machlokes in Mishnayos 1:07:57 Have we lost mesechtas? (Produced by CedarMediaStudios Podcasting)

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Comments? Feedback? Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you! : podcasts@ohr.edu https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu ! 00:00 In shidduchim, what is a dealbreaker and what is a legitimate compromise? 4:01 It is said when a person becomes a baal teshuva he amputates his limbs—what does that mean? 10:20 Why do we follow rabbinic ordinances so much these days when the Torah says both not to add and subtract, and also to follow one's rabbi? 23:00 How do we have a consensus on a gadol hador, and why do Charedim ask him for everything including personal advice? 33:24 If the takana of Rabbeinu gershom only applied to Ashkenazim, why do Sephardim also follow it? 37:33 How are we so mediak in the Rambam if it is translated (from Arabic)? 39:19 Media are calling Naftali Bennett the first religious PM of Israel, but they also say his wife is secular. Can both be true? 42:31 We try and avoid a machloches in metzios, but in meseches midos this is the case. 46:44 Some involved in Kiruv use more forceful methods. To what extent to these scare-tactics justify the means of it might push some away? 51:45 What's the difference between sheidim and malachei chabala? 55:14 It seems the Torah world' attitude on technological advancement is to leave it to the goyim. Is there any idea of being involved in the creation? 1:02:38 How could the Gra praise secular understanding and decry the Rambam learning Greek philosophy? 1:03:33 Why are there both gehenom and gilgul? 1:07:27 The Maharal says that tzitzis is the mitzvah to encapsulate the rest, and yet it seems to technically be an optional mitzvah. How can that be? 1:09:38 a man crossing the dateline from San Francisco to Australia could skip all of a day's davening. How can that be? 1:12:00 What is the difference between malachei chabala and malachei hashares 1:13:40 What is the difference between a traditional marriage and a pilegesh? 1:17:25 Why did Herod renovate the Beis Sheini? (Produced by CedarMediaStudios Podcasting)

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Generously Sponsored by Atara and Lozi Liff In honor of the wonderful Ohr Somayach Rabbeim and the people who make this podcast happen! (Produced by CedarMediaStudios Podcasting) Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you! : podcasts@ohr.edu https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu ! 00:00 The Gemara in Eruvin says that a person could learn midos without Torah from animals. Why don't people take these simanim? 3:00 Why did HaShem call the day starting at night, but we don't speak of it as a day? 4:57 Why is mincha called as such if we know there was a mincha offering once given in the morning? 8:34 What does the Torah mean by the 4 corners of the world? 11:08 If the Torah has a specific way of doing yerusha, why do we go along with the way it's done in the secular world? 17:00 What are we to make of disruptive phenomena that occur on Shabbos? 21:43 Is it assur to take a picture without someone's knowledge/permission? 24:00 Ezra instituted a takkana which was later made batul. Who has that authority? 30:05 The Torah says the whole generation of bamidbar would die out in the desert except Calev and Yehoshua, but all of shevet Levi did too, and several women too. 39:30 (follow up) Why do we count leviim in a minyan if they weren't in the chet hameraglim 40:12 Is there an inyan of techelis from a chilazon? 49:30 Can someone get around a prohibitive takkana (eg riding a bike lest someone fix it) by making a public neder? 52:05 Is genetic manipulation for humans mutar? 57:34 Charedi schools are found to have a great deal of discrimination particularly for sephardim and baalei teshuva. 1:09:55 Many people are machmir to not carry even in an eruv. What is the reason for this? 1:15:50 Where is the origin of holding a kiddish cup from the bottom from? 1:16:47 We know when Eliyahu is protesting the Baal a fire came down from heaven for his korban. It is said the end of days will see a different test but with the opposite result for emunah. Is this true and where is this found?

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you! : podcasts@ohr.edu https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu ! 00:00 Was there any mention in Tanakh or elsewhere of the order of the return of any particular shvatim coming back? 4:20 Modern advances and translations make Halacha very accessible, what qualities does one look for in a flesh-and-blood Rabbi post-yeshiva? 9:12 If HaShem knows what's good for us, why would we have to daven? 12:25 The Vilna Gaon can argue with a rishon, but who gave him the rule? 15:54 A shechted animal conveys tahor, so would someone who died al kidush HaShem be tahor? 18:02 Would goyim have to eat kosher meat? 20:48 In the 9th perek of brachos it mentions that a bad interpretation of a dream will result in negative consequences, and conversely with positive interpretations. Is this true today? 25:12 How can we comprehend the importance of talmud Torah? 34:26 How does one work on appreciating the goodness of oneself? 39:37 What is the halachic background for "Land for Peace" 45:15 The way of coming to truth is to way arguments, so how much should we bring in all views for discussions of Judaism? 57:42 if someone thinks that Torah is truth and the way to a deepest connection to Hashem, so why should be avoid evangelize? eg Would the Rambam want Aristotle to become Jewish given how much he revered him? 1:01:43 In the Torah, if someone steals and needs to repay double, but why can't we carry this out without a Sanhedrin? 1:05:52 When speaking to people less observant, how does one bring up issues of ichud or other possibly controversial issues? 1:08:00 drinking is not allowed in excess, but may be allowed in small quantities. Why then are some things like cannabis totally asur? 1:11:39 What's the meaning of life—is it a paradox? 1:14:00 Now we have so many cameras, do we still have yiush? 1:16:20 The Gemara often uses 60 or 1/60. What is the significance of this number? (Produced by CedarMediaStudios Podcasting)