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Q&A- Halacha in Space, Basketball on Shabbos & Jewish Astrology



00:00 What is the Halacha on zmanim in space?
 
4:59 Why do some mishnayos not have Gemaras included with them?
 
15:02 Did people live outside of Garden of Eden alongside or before Adam and Chava (according to a Midrash)?
 
19:15 How do we understand the statement "the world was created for me" (in Sanhendrin)?
 
25:56 Are there any issues with playing basketball on Shabbat?
 
29:44 How do we reconstruct musical sounds from Tehilim?
 
34:42 What's the Rav's opinion on not letting a student of Baruch Spinoza enter a shul? 
 
42:08 Why did Hashem created the world in stages and not all at once?
 
44:23 Does a Charem apply to the talmidim of the person with the charem?
 
45:20 Shouldn't goyim be chayev in brachot (because it would be stealing)? 
 
49:22 Why are there different shapes of menorahs? 
 
55:16 If the Torah is a "blueprint for life," why doesn't the Torah explain how to stay physically healthy? 
 
57:25 Is it lying to state an earlier time for an event when I know people will be late?
 
1:00:00 Is there a source that states that Israel belongs to the children of Shem?
 
1:04:05 Who was Agripas HaMelech?
 
1:09:09 Wouldn't we make Aaron HaKohen the Kohen gadol rather than current gadolim of todays world? 
 
1:12:39 What does the Torah say about dinosaurs and the like?
 
1:16:42 Is Jewish astrology real?
 
1:21:45 Why would Hashem keep destroying and rebuilding the earth?
 
1:24:44 Is having anxiety a lack of faith in Hashem?
 
1:26:55 Is it possible for someone to come back in a GilGul of a person who completed their tachlus?
 
1:30:46 If everything is from Hashem, how do we explain the seeming autonomy of the Satan and the like?
 
1:34:45 Who is Mashiach Ben Yosef?
 
1:40:22 How do we explain the structures of the pyramids?