Podcast Episodes

2/8/25 – Shiur 501 – Roommates – what are the major areas of conflict? Are there ways to resolve them?

Episode 425

What are the most common issues/controversies that come up between roommates?
Are there any halachic requirements to keep your place clean?
Do you violate Gezel Sheina when your alarm wakes up your r…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

1/25/25 – Shiur 500 – “Every shul has one” – dealing with the person who disturbs everyone

Episode 424

What would cause someone to regularly disturb in shul without regard to upsetting others?
How should those who disturb be dealt with?
Is it impatience or mental illness when someone always pushes the…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

1/25/25 – Shiur 499 – The Hostage Ransom – Negotiation or Capitulation?

Episode 423

Is it Hatzalos Nefashos or is it encouraging more murder?
How can you release murderers on the streets?
Are you emboldening Hamas?
Is it worth it to stay in good grace with the US?

with Rabbi Yitzcho…

Published on 11 months ago

1/18/25 – Shiur 498 – Should each community have a “Rebbetzin” to teach, advise and inspire the women?

Episode 422

Are women’s learning programs motivated by feminism and the desire for “equality”?
Are women required to learn any Torah? Can they learn Zohar and Gemara?
Is it preferable that women teach women? Can…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

1/11/25 – Shiur 497 – "Gentle Parenting” is in, discipline is out - Should parents discipline their children, or is that only for prior generations?

Episode 421

How has parenting changed over time? What lessons do we learn from Tanach? Should a parent discipline a child when the child will ignore the parent? How does a parent stay calm when the kids are misb…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

1/4/25 – Shiur 496 – The Halachos of Heter Meah Rabbanim – An Agunah for over a decade – Hear both sides of the story

Episode 420

Can you ever make a Heter Meah Rabbanim without leaving a Get in Beis Din?
Is a Beis Din ever allowed to withhold the Get from the woman?
In order to get the husband visitation
To get the husband fin…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

12/28/24 – Shiur 495 – How should we behave in Galus? Should we try to blend in and keep a low profile?

Episode 419

What did Gedolei Yisrael say about this and how did they behave?
Should Menorah be lit in public? Should a yarmulka be worn at work?
Should we wear black hats, shtreimels and other identifying marks?…

Published on 1 year ago

12/21/24 – Shiur 494 – How to not lose our children – and ourselves – to peer pressure

Episode 418

How can a child withstand peer pressure
Why do some kids give in easily to peer pressure and others don’t
How should parents educate their children to withstand peer pressure
What are the most common…

Published on 1 year ago

12/14/24 – Shiur 493 – What it Takes to release an Agunah | Presidential Pardon – Pardons in Halacha – The Torah approach to pardons

Episode 417

How a Magen was forced to give a Get
with Attorney Elad Zamir – Renowned Family Lawyer, Toein Rabbani – 16:56

How the torah would view the presidential pardon of his son
Is there a concept of pardons…

Published on 1 year ago

12/7/24 – Shiur 492 – The new initiative to draft Chareidim into the army. Should Yeshiva boys draft into the all-Charedi “Chashmonaim” Brigade?

Episode 416

What are the arguments that there’s an obligation to serve in the IDF?
What are the arguments that there’s no obligation for someone learning Torah to join the army?
What if the person is not learnin…

Published on 1 year ago