Feb 15, 2023
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00:00 Does chilul Hashem apply to non-Jews?
05:16 Can an Ashkenazi Jew trust the hechsherim when he goes
to a Sephardi for Shabbat, eg. the back half of a cow?
14:49 Is exercise a mitzvah?
17:44 What does it mean for a person to have a "higher
neshama"?
21:49 Is it a complaint against Avraham that he had a
Yishmael, and similarly for Yitzchak?
24:54 What is the source for Shehecheyanu?
29:00 The case of the caused miscarriage in Mishpatim implies
that abortion is not murder. Why then is it not permitted in
general?
34:53 How should someone decide when to live in Israel?
41:42 If a Sanhedrin cannot be bloodthirsty, why can a king,
seemingly?
46:29 Why doesn't tsaar balei chayim apply to sea
creatures?
50:58 Is the "sperm switch" permissible?
55:06 Is it better to be bothered by interpersonal mitzvos or
by mitzvos between man and God?
57:30 If one has a non-Jewish father, can one tell his father
what he's studying?
58:25 How can Rava simply override an irrefutable
kashya?
1:01:47 Do other substances have the same laws as
excrement?
1:03:09 Is it possible to rebel unwittingly against God?
1:05:38 What does the Rav think about the proposed judicial
reform?
1:10:17 Are there any examples of righteous rebellions in
Tanach?
1:12:54 Is Viktor Frankel problematic?
1:14:48 How are we connecting to Hashem via oneg
Shabbos?
1:17:50 Do new geirim have tumas meis?
1:19:35 At what point does one focus on reading skills rather
than Artscroll and straight halacha?
1:22:41 Why do we often cut off tehillim or add on to tehillim
in davening?
1:25:15 How is a woman's voice considered ervah just because
it's nice, whereas there's a doubt regarding a woman's
behind?
1:29:32 Sikh shechita is extraordinarily humane. Why don't we
do that instead?
1:33:35 How would rabbis before the gemara delve into the
Torah without a text?
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