The Q & A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast Rabbi Dr Yitzchak Breitowitz

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00:00 - It says in the aggedeta in Sotah that Pharoh knew psukim in the Torah. How could he know them before the Torah was given?
 
03:25 - What does it mean in the Gemara when it says a certain ‘kal vhomer’ is ‘dayo’?
 
10:25 - Do we have to risk our lives for the Mitzvah of Yishuv Eretz Yisrael?
 
21:45 - Why do we wrap Tefillin in a certain way? What is its significance?
 
24:50 - What is the significance of the four-headed shin on the side of the tefillin?
 
30:00 - Is there anything wrong with selling a Sefer to a goy if he cannot learn from it?
 
36:50 - How could it be that amoraim of the Gemara could make a mistake? (Gittin עז:)
 
40:50 - What is the connection between Birchas Cohanim and dreams?
 
44:25 - Why don’t we sing between the verses of Birchas Cohanim everyday, like we do on Yom Tov?
 
46:15 - How could it be that the ‘Gemara’ is mentioned in the Gemara itself, before it was compiled?
 
50:00 - Dovid HaMelech says he wants to be connected to Hashem all the days of his life. Does this mean he should have been in Kollel rather than waging wars?
 
59:50 - What is the origin and kedushah of Aramaic?
 
65:45 - Why is the order of Mishnayos in Bava Kama the way it is and why does the Rambam change it?
 
68:50 - What was the snake and what was the sin in Gan Eden?
 
75:25 - What role does tefillah play in teshuva?
 
80:50 - How can we have kapara for our sins? They are too many.
 
84:00 - Should you allow someone to come into the mikveh with you through the turnstile?
 
89:15 - What is uniqueness of the Jewish people’s request for meat in that it brought about a stronger response than other similar conflicts in the midbar?
 
92:00 - Why does Rashi use Old French?
 
95:09 - The Gemara in Sotah says one should throw himself in a furnace rather than embarrass someone publicly. Do we uphold this to this day?
 
96:45 - It says about R’Levi of Berditchev that he jumped around during davening and there are many other example of people who were loose with Halacha in order to have more kavanah. Should we also do this?
 
101:00 - Why do some siddurim attach emes to the third paragraph of kriat shema and some do not?

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Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's Inaugural Yarchei Kallah event from July 1st to 4th, 2024!
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Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's Inaugural Yarchei Kallah event from July 1st to 4th, 2024!
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00:00 - Why does the blessing in Shmoneh Esrei say ‘raise’ a complete healing? 02:00 - How strictly should one follow the Rambam on health? 08:00 - Do items like cups used to wash acquire sanctity and therefore forbidden to use for certain actions? 12:30 - It says Hashem offered the nations the Torah. What did he show them? 15:00 - What would have happened if the nations had accepted the Torah? 17:30 - Do we need both soldiers and learning? Why doesn’t the Torah-World accept the importance of soldiers? 26:00 - People say good things happen to bad people because they have a small merit which is paid off in this world so as not to have reward in the next. Why does he not carry this merit into the next world? 34:00 - How should we understand the statement in Mishlei that says one should not despise someone who stole because he was starving? 42:45 - There is a mitzvah to not kill or steal. Am I fulfilling this mitzvah in my sleep? 49:15 - In right-wing places there is much less tolerance of nuance. The Gemara says Rabbi Meir would seek knowledge from bad people. Should we do the same? 01:02:30 - Is Mayim Achronim an obligation? 01:09:30 - How to see the world through daas torah? 01:13:00 - Should we wrap up bread after eating and throw it away after eating? 01:15:00 - What is FFB trauma and how can we avoid it? 01:18:30 - The Torah mentions blessings and curses but no mention of the next world. Why?
 
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Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's Inaugural Yarchei Kallah event from July 1st to 4th, 2024!
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Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's Inaugural Yarchei Kallah event from July 1st to 4th, 2024!
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00:00 - What is the difference between my suffering being a Kapara (atonement) or a result of my own mistakes?
 
05:00 - The Torah mentions many miraculous things occurring as a result of keeping mitzvos (Shemita and Sotah). Do we have historical or archaeological evidence that these things happened?
 
11:30 - We know that it is forbidden to ‘put a stumbling block before the blind’. Would this also apply to giving someone food of a lower standard of kashrut than you would personally eat?
 
16:20 - What is the significance and effect of mourner’s kaddish?
 
22:00 - Can women say kaddish?
 
24:20 - Can a convert say kaddish for a non-Jewish parent?
 
26:10 - There seems to be a contradiction in how the Torah views money. On the one hand, the Torah says that one who has possessions will have worry; on the other hand, money is celebrated when it is given as a donation to the yeshiva.
 
31:40 - If I could know for certain that I could be a successful business person
 
34:50 - There is a torah prohibition against Beged Isha. A man wearing a woman’s item of clothing. This has been extended to plucking hairs or dying hairs. However, we have a principle that what is deemed ‘woman’s behaviour’ changes with the era in history. Could this permit plucking hairs and the like?
 
38:00 - Is Beged Isha the reason why religious women do not wear pants?
 
39:00 - What percentage of men need to practice a behaviour in order to for it be permissible in regard to the prohibition of Beged Isha?
 
40:40 - What is the significance of Ana BoKoach and why do we say it during Sefiras HaOmer?
 
44:00 - How do we relate to stories of Gedolim that are beyond us?
 
51:00 - Banned Books and Boruch Epstein
 
58:00 - Why did Volozhin yeshiva close?
 
1:00:10 - Men and Women touching is usually forbidden but is mutar in professional settings. Is it fitting to be machmir in such professional settings?
 
1:02:45 - Sexual Harassment and the modern-day relevance of Halachic boundaries on male-female interactions
 
01:07:30 - What is the purpose for Aggedata in the Gemara? Is it all literally true?
 
01:18:40 - What is Geula? Is it physical or spiritual, personal or national?
 
01:22:00 - Is the son of Cohen and a convert a Cohen?
 
01:23:30 - Is the child of a woman who converted during pregnancy Jewish by descent or a convert?
 
01:25:30 - What is the Torah view on Progressive Income Tax?
 
01:28:45 - Why do they play music before candle-lighting during Sefira?
 
01:31:00 - Should we be more lenient in Halacha in the interest of achdus(unity)?
 
01:35:00 - Is it a problem to say hamapil in pajamas? What about talking after hamapil?

 
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