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Halachic Debates of Current Events
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4/25/26 – Shiur 557 –Can a non-profit (school, shul, etc.) be run for profit? Can it be treated as a family business?
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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4/18/26 – Shiur 556 – What's new with Chodosh - Facts on the ground | Why are people so lenient about a Din in the Torah?
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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4/11/26 – Shiur 555 – From the Shul to the Shelter: Rabbanim in Israel Reflect on Life During Wartime
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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3/28/26 – Shiur 554 – What is a Neshamah Yeseirah, and do calories really not count on Shabbos and Yom Tov? Plus, join the Headlines 30-days exercise challenges!
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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3/21/26 – Shiur 553 – Gambling in the Orthodox Community — What’s causing it, and can anything stop it? To what extent is gambling linked to following professional sports?
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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3/14/26 – Shiur 552 – Operation EPIC FURY in Halacha – Hear from boots on the ground
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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3/7/26 – Shiur 551 – Inside Orthodox Schools: Who gets hired, which students get admitted and who makes the decisions?
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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2/28/26 – Shiur 550 – How Mental Illness Can Wreck a Marriage and a Divorce
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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2/21/26 – Shiur 549 – THANK YOU HASHEM FOR THE EMESDIKE TZADDIK!!
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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2/14/26 – Shiur 548 – Semicha for Women?
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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2/7/26 – Shiur 547 – Mental Health Challenges of Boys in Yeshiva & Girls in Seminaries
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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1/31/26 – Shiur 546 – The Ban on AI – Why was it banned? | Will Artifical Intelligence ever replace Rabbonim? When perfected will you be able to rely on AI for Psak?
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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1/24/26 – Shiur 545 – Join the Headlines $3,000 challenge – Solutions to Break the Phone Habit
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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1/17/26 – Shiur 544 – Breaking the Phone Habit – From Compulsion to Conscious Use
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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1/10/26 – Shiur 543 – How can you know an abuser (or other criminal) is no longer a threat? Is there a mitzvah of “Pidyon Shvuyim” to get a Jew out of jail when he was convicted of a crime?
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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1/3/26 – Shiur 542 – Are you taking medication? Are you seeing a therapist? These are Seminary Application questions
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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12/27/25 – Shiur 541 – Are sheitels only b’deieved?
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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12/19/25 – Shiur 540 – “Leil Shishi” & Friday “To’ameha” – Do they enhance Shabbos or detract from it?
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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12/13/25 – Shiur 539 – Narco Terrorist being blown out of the water – How does the Torah view it ? | The fascinating saga of the Bochurim in Japan | Dealing with suicide in our community
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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12/5/25 – Shiur 538 – Ponevezh Yeshiva: Understanding the Machlokes and is it finally over?
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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11/29/25 – Shiur 537 – Sacred Roles, Serious Risks: When Rabbis, Male Therapists, and Kiruv Professionals Work With Women
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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11/22/25 – Shiur 536 – Chareidim in the IDF – Now that there's Frum Battalions is it an obligation to join? – Hear from the inside!!!
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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11/15/25 – Shiur 535 – Online Dating in the Orthodox World
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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11/8/25 – Shiur 534 – Bullying by children and adults – Who Bullies? Who Gets Bullied? How Should It Be Handled?
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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11/1/25 – Shiur 533 – NYC EXCLUSIVES: THE ERUV CONTROVERSY | NY ELECTIONS
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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10/25/25 – Shiur 532 – Men & Women Working Together: The Frum Woman’s Perspective
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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10/18/25 – Shiur 531 – Men & Women in a Mixed Workplace: What Are the Risks? Can We Stay Separate While Working together? | Plus, Thoughts and Memories in Tribute to Rabbi Moshe Hauer, EVP of the OU
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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9/26/25 – Shiur 530 – Is Charlie Kirk in Gan Eden? Who really gets in? | How do we navigate the Issur of לא תחנם?
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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9/20/25 – Shiur 529 – Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur Special: Making 5786 into “The Year”
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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9/13/25 – Shiur 528 – “The Voice of Awe” – Halachic Debates on Chazanus and the Yamim Noraim
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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9/6/25 – Shiur 527 – Kosher Kitchen, Treif Business?
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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8/30/25 – Shiur 526 – The “Epstein Files” – Do we have the right to know if someone is a threat to our community —whether a pedophile, abuser, or swindler?
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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8/23/25 – Shiur 525 – UnKosher Competition – The Four Halachic Red Lines in Business You Can’t Cross | Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview | The Headlines Quit Smoking Challenge
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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8/16/25 – Shiur 524 – Steal with a Click? The Halachic Ethics of Downloading Music, Seforim, and Media without authorization
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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8/9/25 – Shiur 523 – Tznius Standards: Clear Halacha or Personal Interpretation? What’s Required and Why It’s Being Ignored
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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7/26/25 – Shiur 522 – Smoking and vaping – Is there any heter? What do smokers rely on?
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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7/19/25 – Shiur 521 – Jew vs. Jew: The Housing Fight Tearing Rockland Apart
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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7/12/25 – Shiur 520 – When is competition allowed and when does it violate “Hasagas Gevul”?
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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7/5/25 – Shiur 519 – Hashgacha Pratis: is Hashem watching over you every minute..
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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6/28/25 – Shiur 518 – Into the Danger Zone? The risks of being in Israel during a time of war. When is risk-taking permitted?
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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6/21/25 – Shiur 517 – The “Iran War” – on the Halachic Frontlines
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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6/14/25 – Shiur 516 – The irreligious and Yayin Nesech Clearing up common misconceptions
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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5/31/25 – Shiur 515 – Is A Psychedelic Trip the Derech HaShem?
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May 29, 2025 |
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5/24/25 – Shiur 514 – Should Boys and Girls Turn to Friends for Dating Advice? Is it Helpful or Harmful?
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May 23, 2025 |
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5/17/25 – Shiur 513 – When One Spouse Becomes Less Religious or Irreligious
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May 16, 2025 |
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5/10/25 – Shiur 512 – How easy is it to “hit it big”? What are the pitfalls of starting your own business?
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May 08, 2025 |
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5/3/25 – Shiur 511 – Fraud in Frum Clothing: The Conspiracy Against Eretz HaKodesh. When the Conservative Movement infiltrated the Chareidi world — what really happened?
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May 02, 2025 |
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4/26/25 – Shiur 510 – Revisiting the WZO controversy | The Tzedaka Generation – But what are our priorities?
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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4/12/25 – Shiur 509 – “Free Money” – Taking money from the government (food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, etc.) to stay in Kollel
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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4/5/25 – Shiur 508 – What does “Daas Torah” really mean and does it have anything to do with the WZO Election?
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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3/29/25 – Shiur 507 – The YU Settlement: Does the Torah agree to it? | How to prevent children from being left in cars
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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3/22/25 – Shiur 506 – The Battle over the Character of Israel – supporting progressive values or supporting Torah. How to handle Reform Judaism’s attacks against Torah observance
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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3/8/25 – Shiur 505 – Purim – Fascinating Sources for our Minhagim | Bringing Simcha into our lives – The stories behind "Bardak" and Suki & Ding
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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3/1/25 – Shiur 504 – Hamas’ (and Iran’s) depravity - when our enemies know no limits: Should We? Do we need to act morally when dealing with an immoral enemy?
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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2/22/25 – Shiur 503 – “Recharging Ambition”: How We Can Inspire an Un-Motivated Generation
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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2/15/25 – Shiur 502 – Trump's disengagement plan for Gaza – Is Gaza Halachically part of Eretz Yisroel?
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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2/8/25 – Shiur 501 – Roommates – what are the major areas of conflict? Are there ways to resolve them?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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1/25/25 – Shiur 500 – “Every shul has one” – dealing with the person who disturbs everyone
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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1/25/25 – Shiur 499 – The Hostage Ransom – Negotiation or Capitulation?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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1/18/25 – Shiur 498 – Should each community have a “Rebbetzin” to teach, advise and inspire the women?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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1/11/25 – Shiur 497 – "Gentle Parenting” is in, discipline is out - Should parents discipline their children, or is that only for prior generations?
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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1/4/25 – Shiur 496 – The Halachos of Heter Meah Rabbanim – An Agunah for over a decade – Hear both sides of the story
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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12/28/24 – Shiur 495 – How should we behave in Galus? Should we try to blend in and keep a low profile?
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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12/21/24 – Shiur 494 – How to not lose our children – and ourselves – to peer pressure
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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12/14/24 – Shiur 493 – What it Takes to release an Agunah | Presidential Pardon – Pardons in Halacha – The Torah approach to pardons
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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12/7/24 – Shiur 492 – The new initiative to draft Chareidim into the army. Should Yeshiva boys draft into the all-Charedi “Chashmonaim” Brigade?
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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11/30/24 – Shiur 491 – Do we need to give when collectors ask for Tzedakah? What if it’s during davening, or a solicitation via mail or email?
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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11/23/24 – Shiur 490 – Can a Rav ever be Meikil on an עבירה to prevent a more serious עבירה?
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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11/16/24 – Shiur 489 – How long should you date before getting engaged? How long does it take to get to know the other person?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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11/9/24 – Shiur 488 – Tattoos in Halacha: Is microblading permitted? | The Real Deal – avoiding legal trouble
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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11/2/24 – Shiur 487 – Should Rabbanim be teaching girls and women?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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10/12/24 – Shiur 486 – What’s the role of a shul Rav during the Yomim Tovim? What are the most common and unusual questions being asked to our Rabbanim?
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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9/28/24 – Shiur 485 – Are you allowed to take a shower on Yom Tov? | Are you allowed to give a donut to an obese person, and other fascinating shailos | Combating domestic abuse in our community
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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9/21/24 – Shiur 484 – Ayin Hara – is it a real thing? Should we be concerned? How does it relate to Rosh Hashana and Tashlich?
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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9/14/24 – Shiur 483 – Do women have a Yeitzer Hara? Does Shmiras Einayim also apply to girls and women? Or, is it only a male problem?
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Sep 13, 2024 |