In this week’s episode #2, the topics discussed by Rabbi Braun include:

Changing place while eating

• Changing location in the middle of eating or drinking: when is a new bracha rishona required?​
• Does one’s intention during the original bracha rishona to go to another room in the middle (even without intending to eat there) prevent the need for a new beracha?​

Non‑Jews and mitzvos

• May a non‑Jew perform mitzvos (e.g., shaking lulav) to receive reward, and for which types of mitzvos is this discouraged or restricted?​
• Is the leniency of “not preventing him” limited to a ger toshav or someone accepting sheva mitzvos, rather than any non‑Jew?
• May we actively assist or facilitate a non‑Jew in doing mitzvos, or must we only refrain from stopping him?​

Prospective converts

• May a ger-in-process put on tefillin in order to learn how to do the mitzva?​
• To what extent do the restrictions on teaching Torah or allowing mitzva performance to non‑Jews apply to someone clearly on the path to conversion?
• Is there a concern that allowing a non‑Jew (or prospective ger) to put on tefillin or similar mitzvos may lead to confusion about his Jewish status (e.g., intermarriage concerns)?​

Shortcuts through shul

• Does the prohibition of using a shul as a shortcut apply when passing through one room of the shul only to reach an adjacent room of shul (when there’s an alternate, less direct route to the second room)?​
• What about walking across the bimah to get to the other side?​

Eating from broken dishes

• Is there any real halachic basis for avoiding eating from broken dishes because of forgetting one’s learning, and if so, what type of break is included?
• Would such a concern apply equally to women?​

Hearing krias haTorah

• To what extent must one hear all of krias haTorah to be yotzei their obligation?​
• When may someone who partially heard the leining join or count for a second minyan’s krias haTorah, and how many full listeners are required?​

Determining the time of passing

• In a case of cardiac arrest where attempts at resuscitation continue into the night, which calendar day is halachically considered the person’s time of passing?​

Hiddurim beyond one’s level

• Is there a source for the minhag of reading shema from a mezuza while wearing Rabbeinu Tam’s tefillin? And is it advisable to adopt such a minhag?