Jun 24, 2023
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00:00 How can one be okay with prayers not being answered? How
might one "improve the returns", so to speak?
07:01 Is there a source for souls choosing their parents
before birth?
11:47 How can we pray if Hashem won't change His mind? And is
it possible for Adam & Eve to be a parable?
24:22 Do we introduce all halachos at once to someone
interested in Judaism, or do we withhold some and introduce
slowly?
30:42 Is it preferable for the only Levi to quicken his Amidah
to wash the cohanim's hands, or to forego washing in favor of
a better Amidah?
32:25 How can the Zohar claim that there is no teshuva for
zera levatala, whereas the Talmud Yerushalmi says that is true only
for bitul Torah?
35:23 Is there a source for Lev Tahor's dress code, and
how should we react to it?
38:23 If someone is given an interim set of tefillin by the
tefillin repair shop, and he has already paid for his fixed
tefillin, what type of shomer is he?
40:46 Do the laws to respect the wishes of the dead apply even
to those executed by the court?
42:48 What does Judaism say about alien life or the
multiverse?
46:07 Does Korach have a share in the World to Come?
47:59 If one regrets his own purchase, does gam zu letovah
apply?
52:15 Why do some wait to repeat Vayechulu with another, if
they finished the Shabbat Amidah late, while some don't?
54:08 How should one treat non-Jewish family members by
intermarriage?
1:00:25 A person younger than 20 suffers-- is this attributed
to future sins, the sins of the parents, or a gilgul?
1:04:28 Where does tikkun klali come from, and are there
similar formulas?
1:06:45 What mitzvos can one forego for the sake of kiruv, or
to what degree can one sacrifice his own spiritual growth for
kiruv?
1:16:05 How many praying people can one walk in front of in
order to do a mitzvah?
1:18:41 What is the cause of the rise in divorce rate, and how
can one avoid divorce?
1:24:50 How did the Sanhedrin communicate their takanos and
gezeiros?
1:27:06 What exactly is the sin of complaining in Chukas? And
why should a copper snake be a cure?
1:34:26 Are the rules of saying amen from Berachos still
applicable today?
1:35:23 Should a baal teshuva start with new growth or with
old regret? What about day-to-day?
1:40:24 Was Tosfos' expectation that we know all of Shas
before learning Tosfos?
1:45:17 Are there many references to Bar Kochba in
Chazal?
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