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Halachic Debates of Current Events

Episode Date
7/19/25 – Shiur 521 – Jew vs. Jew: The Housing Fight Tearing Rockland Apart
Jul 17, 2025
7/12/25 – Shiur 520 – When is competition allowed and when does it violate “Hasagas Gevul”?
Jul 11, 2025
7/5/25 – Shiur 519 – Hashgacha Pratis: is Hashem watching over you every minute..
Jul 03, 2025
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?
Jun 26, 2025
6/21/25 – Shiur 517 – The “Iran War” – on the Halachic Frontlines
Jun 19, 2025
6/14/25 – Shiur 516 – The irreligious and Yayin Nesech Clearing up common misconceptions
Jun 11, 2025
5/31/25 – Shiur 515 – Is A Psychedelic Trip the Derech HaShem?
May 29, 2025
5/24/25 – Shiur 514 – Should Boys and Girls Turn to Friends for Dating Advice? Is it Helpful or Harmful?
May 23, 2025
5/17/25 – Shiur 513 – When One Spouse Becomes Less Religious or Irreligious
May 16, 2025
5/10/25 – Shiur 512 – How easy is it to “hit it big”? What are the pitfalls of starting your own business?
May 08, 2025
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?
May 02, 2025
4/26/25 – Shiur 510 – Revisiting the WZO controversy | The Tzedaka Generation – But what are our priorities?
Apr 24, 2025
4/12/25 – Shiur 509 – “Free Money” – Taking money from the government (food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, etc.) to stay in Kollel
Apr 10, 2025
4/5/25 – Shiur 508 – What does “Daas Torah” really mean and does it have anything to do with the WZO Election?
Apr 04, 2025
3/29/25 – Shiur 507 – The YU Settlement: Does the Torah agree to it? | How to prevent children from being left in cars
Mar 28, 2025
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
Mar 17, 2025
3/8/25 – Shiur 505 – Purim – Fascinating Sources for our Minhagim | Bringing Simcha into our lives – The stories behind "Bardak" and Suki & Ding
Mar 07, 2025
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?
Feb 27, 2025
2/22/25 – Shiur 503 – “Recharging Ambition”: How We Can Inspire an Un-Motivated Generation
Feb 21, 2025
2/15/25 – Shiur 502 – Trump's disengagement plan for Gaza – Is Gaza Halachically part of Eretz Yisroel?
Feb 14, 2025
2/8/25 – Shiur 501 – Roommates – what are the major areas of conflict? Are there ways to resolve them?
Feb 06, 2025
1/25/25 – Shiur 500 – “Every shul has one” – dealing with the person who disturbs everyone
Jan 30, 2025
1/25/25 – Shiur 499 – The Hostage Ransom – Negotiation or Capitulation?
Jan 24, 2025
1/18/25 – Shiur 498 – Should each community have a “Rebbetzin” to teach, advise and inspire the women?
Jan 16, 2025
1/11/25 – Shiur 497 – "Gentle Parenting” is in, discipline is out - Should parents discipline their children, or is that only for prior generations?
Jan 10, 2025
1/4/25 – Shiur 496 – The Halachos of Heter Meah Rabbanim – An Agunah for over a decade – Hear both sides of the story
Jan 02, 2025
12/28/24 – Shiur 495 – How should we behave in Galus? Should we try to blend in and keep a low profile?
Dec 26, 2024
12/21/24 – Shiur 494 – How to not lose our children – and ourselves – to peer pressure
Dec 20, 2024
12/14/24 – Shiur 493 – What it Takes to release an Agunah | Presidential Pardon – Pardons in Halacha – The Torah approach to pardons
Dec 12, 2024
12/7/24 – Shiur 492 – The new initiative to draft Chareidim into the army. Should Yeshiva boys draft into the all-Charedi “Chashmonaim” Brigade?
Dec 05, 2024
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?
Nov 29, 2024
11/23/24 – Shiur 490 – Can a Rav ever be Meikil on an עבירה to prevent a more serious עבירה?
Nov 22, 2024
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?
Nov 15, 2024
11/9/24 – Shiur 488 – Tattoos in Halacha: Is microblading permitted? | The Real Deal – avoiding legal trouble
Nov 08, 2024
11/2/24 – Shiur 487 – Should Rabbanim be teaching girls and women?
Oct 29, 2024
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?
Oct 10, 2024
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
Sep 27, 2024
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?
Sep 19, 2024
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?
Sep 13, 2024
9/7/24 – Shiur 482 – Aliyah L’har Habayis – An Aliya or a Yeridah? | El Al price gouging
Sep 06, 2024
8/31/24 – Shiur 481 – Ozempic and weight loss injections – wonder drugs or a failure of our generation?
Aug 29, 2024
8/24/24 – Shiur 480 – Is therapy good or bad? Has the mental health industry lost its mind?
Aug 22, 2024
8/17/24 – Shiur 479 – Real Estate Syndications: Quick easy buck or risky pot luck
Aug 16, 2024
8/10/24 – Shiur 478 – Extremism – What causes Chareidi extremism? Is it a bad thing? What about Hilltop Youth extremism against Arabs?
Aug 09, 2024
8/3/24 – Shiur 477 – Teaching our children about the dangers of camp (and life) | Lacetop Sheitels | Voting in Halacha
Aug 01, 2024
7/27/24 – Shiur 476 – What should we think about – and what should we teach our children about – non-Jews and the non-Jewish world?
Jul 26, 2024
7/20/24 – Shiur 475 – Assassinations and Targeted Killings in Halacha – Donald Trump, Mohammad Deif, etc.
Jul 19, 2024
7/13/24 – Shiur 474 – Halacha: Can an aging forgetful leader be replaced? | Should you allow your daughter to go out with a boy who smokes or vapes?
Jul 12, 2024
7/6/24 – Shiur 473 – Supporting a son or son-in-law in learning – is it a good investment?
Jul 04, 2024
6/29/24 – Shiur 472 – What Happens to Kids When Parents Fight
Jun 28, 2024
6/22/24 – Shiur 471 – Electricity on Shabbos - Are you really keeping Shabbos? | Is there a difference between a Ben Torah and an Orthodox Jew?
Jun 21, 2024
6/8/24 – Shiur 470 – Learning Torah when it’s nearly impossible
Jun 07, 2024
6/1/24 – Shiur 469 – Shemiras Einayim – Halachos, Chizzuk and Stories: the Vayimaen phenomenon
May 31, 2024
5/25/24 – Shiur 468 – Conflict with the In-Laws – what causes it, how to deal with it
May 24, 2024
5/18/24 – Shiur 467 – Un-Lavish Living – why are we embarrassed to live below our means?
May 17, 2024
5/11/24 – Shiur 466 – Neurolinks and Shabbos, Alexa and Shabbos, Electronics and Shabbos
May 10, 2024
4/20/24 – Shiur 465 – Achdus - does “Achdus” mean I am supposed to embrace Jews I really don’t agree with?
Apr 18, 2024
4/13/24 – Shiur 464 – Pesach – Great Divrei Torah for your Seder and beyond. Plus, lessons for today from Lavan’s attempt to destroy K’lal Yisroel
Apr 12, 2024
4/6/24 – Shiur 463 – Revisiting Bachurim in the IDF: Is Shevet Levi Patur from Milchemes Mitzvah? Are all Bochurim Shevet Levi?
Apr 05, 2024
3/30/24 – Shiur 462 – What are our “Yeshiva bochers” struggling with nowadays?
Mar 29, 2024
3/23/24 – Shiur 461 – Everyone should be a shadchan – how to set up a shidduch
Mar 22, 2024
3/16/24 – Shiur 460 – זכרון לנצח – Preserving the memory of Fallen Soldiers Through Posthumous Retrieval of זרע for Procreation
Mar 15, 2024
3/9/24 – Shiur 459 – The Haredi Dilemma in Military Conscription | Scaling Tradition: Reevaluating the Chazon Ish's Conscription Exemption | Study Time Required for והגית בו יומם ולילה
Mar 08, 2024
3/2/24 – Shiur 458 – Frum on the outside and empty on the inside - why are some of our best girls struggling with Yiddishkite?
Feb 29, 2024
2/24/24 – Shiur 457 – Avoiding the #1 reason for divorce - how to stay connected with your spouse and not drift apart
Feb 23, 2024
2/17/24 – Shiur 456 – The Brisker Rov zt"l and Medinas Yisroel | Rav Shach zt"l and the IDF (צה"ל) – What did they really hold?
Feb 16, 2024
2/10/24 – Shiur 455 – Getting over our fears - in dating, marriage, religious observance, of failure and more
Feb 16, 2024
2/3/24 – Shiur 454 – Raising unspoiled children in a spoiled world
Feb 07, 2024
1/27/24 – Shiur 453 –The Shulchan Aruch of war
Jan 25, 2024
1/20/24 – Shiur 452 – Dealing with traumatic times – how to dig out of a rut
Jan 18, 2024
1/13/24 – Shiur 451 – What’s really going on in the Gaza battlefield. In Memory of Yakir and David HY”D – “Chavrusas in life, Chavrusas in death, Chavrusas in Olam Habah”
Jan 12, 2024
1/6/24 – Shiur 450 – Amazon in Halacha
Jan 04, 2024
12/30/23 – Shiur 449 – Of course there should be Hakaras Hatov to the IDF soldiers. A response to a small minority who think otherwise. Does Torah-learning fully protect us, or is an army necessary?
Dec 28, 2023
12/23/23 – Shiur 448 – Is Israel an “occupier” of Palestinian land? Who owns “from the River to the Sea”?
Dec 22, 2023
12/16/23 – Shiur 447 – Zionism – Is today’s Zionism the same movement that caused so many religious to leave their roots and become irreligious?
Dec 16, 2023