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  • Q&A: Shana Rishona, Birth Control & Haskamos

    Q&A: Shana Rishona, Birth Control & Haskamos
    2025/06/10
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    1:25 how different should shana rishona be to other years of marriage
    6:30 why does the Torah want Shmita to cancel loans
    16:10 how should we navigate our divine purpose today without any Neviim
    27:50 is birth control evil, do some poskim permit it?
    36:00 why dont we see women taking on the option of making a zimmun together
    43:25 under what circumstances can Chazal make multiple drashot from one pasuk
    47:15 to what extent should secular education be allowed
    57:35 what was the curriculum of Shem’s yeshiva
    1:00:00 why did there need to be different shvatim and what will their role be in the future
    1:07:05 did people in chutzla aretz have to keep 2 days of Yom Kippur for not knowing when Rosh Hodesh Tishrei was declared
    1:11:05 why did the rishonim write so much on Seder nazikim
    1:19:25 origin of dikduk in lashon hakodesh
    1:28:00 do any of the agricultural laws of Eretz Yisrael apply to produce in Chutzla Aretz
    1:30:10 is the shmoneh esrei bracha taken from parashat kodshim
    1:31:35 is tanning a problem of beged isha
    1:32:50 are there problems with haskamas given to sefarim Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today! Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms.

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    1 時間 38 分
  • Q&A: Conversion, Zohar & Kosher Certification

    Q&A: Conversion, Zohar & Kosher Certification
    2025/05/30
    Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's Inaugural Yarchei Kallah event from July 7th to 9th, 2024! Featuring HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz shlit"a & HaRav Asher Weiss shlit"a and more Click here for more information. Dont miss this one of a kind experience! ---------------------------------------------------- Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu 0:00 were Ruth and Orpah converts at the time of marriage to Naomi’s two sons
    9:50 can we say that both psaks are correct in a halachic makloket
    How do we resolve the concept of one soulmate with the ability to have multiple wives
    What is the cause of the Shidduch crisis
    Can others rely on the Temani Masorah for eating kosher Grasshoppers
    Wearing tzitzit without Techelet
    30:50: activities that cause one to forget his learning
    32:50 do we have a Masora of transmission of the Zohar from Rav Shimon Bar Yochai to Rav Moshe DeLeon
    38:25 how does one use their relationships with others to enhance our relationship with Hashem
    41:05 what are the parameters for being allowed to break Shabbat for emergency EMT work
    45:50 are lower quality hekshers like Rabbanut fully operating within permitted leniencies or do they violate some kashrut laws
    55:35 will many things still continue as per normal after Mashiach
    1:01:15 when the Mashiach, will we not get as much reward for mitzvot, will gerim be allowed
    1:05:45 why isn’t mashiv haruach morid hatal mentioned fully in tefilah
    1:09:15 why is there a discrepancy between secular and Jewish dating of the temple periods
    1:17:50 why is the schmita requirement only limited to farmers and not other professions
    1:21:15 why are there 2 days of Yom Tov for Shavuot which is determined by counting down
    1:25:25 when are certain people zocheh to learn with a magid or Eliyahu HaNavi
    1:28:15 what does the Rav consider to be the best proof for Judaism
    1:30:55 is there a way to explain the Torah through science
    1:33:30 what are the halachic ramifications of being a plant geneticist
    1:35:00 why do we keep 2 days of yom Tov but not Rosh Chodesh Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today! Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms.

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    1 時間 40 分
  • Yom Yerushalayim

    Yom Yerushalayim
    2025/05/26
    Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's Inaugural Yarchei Kallah event from July 7th to 9th, 2024! Featuring HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz shlit"a & HaRav Asher Weiss shlit"a and more Click here for more information. Dont miss this one of a kind experience! ---------------------------------------------------- Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today! Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms.

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    38 分
  • The Two Faces of Lag BaOmer

    The Two Faces of Lag BaOmer
    2025/05/15
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    40 分
  • Q&A: Light Unto The Nations, Animal Pain & Wishing Wells

    Q&A: Light Unto The Nations, Animal Pain & Wishing Wells
    2025/05/12
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    Episode dedicated by Harold and Gilla Saltzman in appreciation for the Torah learned from Rav Breitowitz over the years.

    Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel​ whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today!

    Q&A Timestamps 7 May

    00:00 - How do Hareidim balance being reclusive and being a light to the nations?

    03:55 - Why do we have a modern-day obligation to give Maaser on money when the Torah

    only refers to it in regard to agricultural produce?

    10:35 - Is there an issue of Tzar Baalei Chaim to tag the ears of cattle? What about piercing

    a person’s ear?

    17:35 - What caused the Mussar movement? Did they not need Mussar before that?

    29:15 - Why is it forbidden to use electricity on Shabbos?

    44:28 - Can someone lose his status as a Jew?

    51:00 - What is the status of Amen?

    56:34 - Is sirloin steak worse than pork?

    01:06:22 - Why do we permit listening to music?

    01:10:47 - In the Haftorah: when Dovid HaMelech made a mistake in how he transported

    the ark why should Uza be punished; how could he give such rebuke to Michal?

    01:15:55 - Are wishing wells considered Avodah Zara and could one take the coins from

    them?

    01:17:55 - Why is Birchas Cohanim in Loshon Yochid?

    01:21:55 - Why should it be permitted to go on a ship on shabbat but not a train or a car?

    01:27:34 - How is it that disparate people converge on the same interest?

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    1 時間 31 分
  • Q&A: AI, Atheism by Trauma & The Omer

    Q&A: AI, Atheism by Trauma & The Omer
    2025/05/05
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    1 時間 16 分
  • Pesach Freedom, Responsibility & the Hard Boiled Egg

    Pesach Freedom, Responsibility & the Hard Boiled Egg
    2025/04/10

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    25 分
  • Q&A: Preparing for Pesach, OTD & Imposter Syndrome

    Q&A: Preparing for Pesach, OTD & Imposter Syndrome
    2025/04/06

    Dedicated by Anonymous in Honor of Rav Breitowitz

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    Q&A Timestamps 26 March

    00:00 - Could the Rav speak about some of Rav Schiller’s central ideas?

    14:30 - How does one fight the feeling that he could be learning something better?

    18:44 - How did we lose certain Mesoras?

    24:13 - Does the Rav have tips for raising children to be strong in their Yidishkeit? Why do

    the children of good parents go off the derech?

    41:12 - How much is Hashem involved in raffles?

    54:20 - Why is it so hard to find healthy family relationship in Tanach?

    56:20 - Why do we not have a tribal structure anymore?

    1:01:30 - How would the Rav prove the existence of God?

    01:11:19 - Could the Torah have been written by man and given to the ‘Jewish’ nation?

    01:15:05 - Advice on how to prepare for Pesach

    01:20:50 - What is the relationship between Yiras Hashem and Chochmah?

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    1 時間 24 分