Feb 1, 2026
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Q&A
0:15 Where is the international date according to Halacha?
6:10 What is tumah and its ramifications?
12:30 Why do we bow three times at the end of the amida?
14:31 Do kever tzaddikim convey tumah?
16:35 Where did the base-10 number system originate, and is there
any relationship between its development and Jewish thought or
practice?”
18:05 Whats the source for putting a letter into the Kotel?
22:15 The 13 principles of faith says you have to believe in all
the words of prophets, so why does Moshe have his own principle
that you have to believe his words if he is a prophet
also?
27:00 Why is 3rd and 4th meal of Shabbat not view as important as
1st and 2nd meals of Shabbat?
32:25 When does the Torah decide to hyperbolize the sins of the
Tzadikim?
36:25 Is there an heter to tell lashon hara to your wife, since a
wife is considered like oneself?
39:42 Whats the Jewish perspective on extraterrestrials?
43:13 Why is there no Halacha of shechting fish?
44:50 How to avoid Meshane HaTeva being used as an argument against
us?
52:47 Why is there a discrepancy between how old is the world
according to science and Torah?
55:18 If a person fulfill the Torah can a person assume he has
achieved life’s purpose?
58:35 Can a person solve certain social disorders through the
Torah?
1:01:25 Does Mussar induce OCD?
1:04:28 Is it allowed to take motivation from Goyim?
1:08:12 In the times of Mashiach, how is it possible that certain
animals will be kosher to eat if the Torah can never change?
1:09:17 In Eretz Yisrael we have had more rain this year than prior
years. Is there a meaning to this?
1:11:23 Is it better for a Goy to be a Noahide or convert to
Judaism?
1:14:35 Why do unmarried Ashkenazim Jews not wear a Tallis?
1:16:43 Can an animal be a rasha?
1:18:40 Does a person have the free will to kill another person
without heaven permitting it?
1:20:30 Is there a halachic basis to prohibit a younger sibling
from getting married before an older sibling?
1:22:17 The Nefesh HaChaim that says that every action a person
does impacts the spiritual and physical worlds. How does a person
not become crazy from such a concept?
1:27:32 Is a person allowed to change his minhagim if it affects
his shalom bayis?
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