Podcast Episodes

8/31/24 – Shiur 481 – Ozempic and weight loss injections – wonder drugs or a failure of our generation?

Episode 405

What causes someone to be unhappy with their looks?
Are our bodies halachically our own, such that we can do what we want with it?
Can we take medications when we don’t understand how they work and w…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

8/24/24 – Shiur 480 – Is therapy good or bad? Has the mental health industry lost its mind?

Episode 404

Why are people getting psychologically sicker and sicker despite there being more therapists and more mental health awareness?
How does having experienced “trauma” when younger impact one’s Bechirah …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

8/17/24 – Shiur 479 – Real Estate Syndications: Quick easy buck or risky pot luck

Episode 403

Lacetop Sheitels – Response to callers – 12:47

Is a syndicator who is overly daring or reckless with their clients' money required to use their own funds to compensate for the losses?
What questions …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

8/10/24 – Shiur 478 – Extremism – What causes Chareidi extremism? Is it a bad thing? What about Hilltop Youth extremism against Arabs?

Episode 402

What causes someone to become an extremist?
Is extremism stronger now than 20-30 years ago?
Are there similarities between Chareidi extremism, the Hilltop Youths and Leftists against Chareidim?
If yo…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

8/3/24 – Shiur 477 – Teaching our children about the dangers of camp (and life) | Lacetop Sheitels | Voting in Halacha

Episode 401

Teaching our children about the dangers of camp (and life)
Should you teach or them, or should you shield them from exposure?
with Rabbi Moshe Aharon Kahane – Head of Machon Zichron Kehuna – 15:10
wi…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

7/27/24 – Shiur 476 – What should we think about – and what should we teach our children about – non-Jews and the non-Jewish world?

Episode 400

Do all non-Jews hate us?
Does exposure to the non-Jewish world help or hurt our children when they grow up?
What are the hazards of teaching children negative attitudes about non-Jews?
What separatio…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

7/27/24 – Shiur 476 – What should we think about – and what should we teach our children about – non-Jews and the non-Jewish world?

Episode 399

Do all non-Jews hate us?
Does exposure to the non-Jewish world help or hurt our children when they grow up?
What are the hazards of teaching children negative attitudes about non-Jews?
What separatio…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

7/20/24 – Shiur 475 – Assassinations and Targeted Killings in Halacha – Donald Trump, Mohammad Deif, etc.

Episode 397

What’s the rationale to halachically permit targeted killings of Israel’s enemies?
Is there any difference between a targeted killing during an active war and when there’s no active war being fought?…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

7/13/24 – Shiur 474 – Halacha: Can an aging forgetful leader be replaced? | Should you allow your daughter to go out with a boy who smokes or vapes?

Episode 396

Should you allow your daughter to go out with a boy who smokes or vapes?
Is a smoker Possul Lei'dus?
If your father asks you to buy him a pack of cigarettes are you allowed to listen?
What would Reb …

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

7/6/24 – Shiur 473 – Supporting a son or son-in-law in learning – is it a good investment?

Episode 395

Is there an obligation to support a son (or son-in-law) in learning?
If the father (or father-in-law) commits to support, can he get out of it, for example when business is bad?
Does living comfortab…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago