Donating organs from a live donor From a dead donor posthumously What are the types of organ retrieval after death? Is there a nafka Mina between them in Halacha? If a frum Jew decides to donate organs after death, is there anything different they should requests than the general public? Are you allowed to sign the back of your license to become a donor? If someone donates an organ against Halacha are you allowed to be a recipient of that organ?

with Rabbi Binyomin Weiss – Chief Rabbi of Montreal – 10:39 with Rabbi Dr. Aharon Glatt – Associate Rabbi Young Israel of Woodmere – 28:56 with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Weiner – Rabbi of Cedar Sinia Hospital in LA – 41:51

Should young men in yeshiva develop a plan for parnassa? If so, when? Does having a parnassa plan also apply to those going into teaching and rabbanus? Is “I want to learn” enough of a plan? Does having a plan apply to young women? Do girls in shidduchim ever ask “does he have a plan”? Do boys in shidduchim ask: “does she have a plan for supporting a family” or “does her family have money”?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael – 15:27 with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 40:16 with Mrs. Miriam Levitan – Noted Shadchan, Eretz Yisroel – 1:04:36 with Rabbi Nesanel (“Tani”) Lauer - Mashgiach Ruchani, Maarava Machon Rubin – 1:14:03 with Mrs. Bella Beer – Dating coach – 1:40:00

Maos Chittim Siyum Bechorim on the telephone Selling Chametz for someone who's comatose Selling Chametz Gamur E-Ciagrettes on Pesach Gastric Bypass - If you can't drink Kosos and eat Matzah what takes precedence Lap-Band Surgery - Does the Shiur of a Kzayis switch What can you Kasher? Do cosmetics need a Hechsher? How much do you have to clean? Shiur of a Kzayis Switching your Minhag of Gebrokts What should you use for Maror A Sephardi who married an Ashkenazi what do you do regarding kitnios And much more....

with Rabbi Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz - Zkan Haposkim of America – 23:14 with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshiva of YU, Poseik for the OU – 33:40 with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rov in Toms River, Poseik for Hatzolah of Central Jersey – 47:20 with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Renowned Poseik, Rov of Agudah in Chicago – 1:11:51

Learn how to keep away from legal trouble How to make the right choices What are commom mistakes people make? What’s the best way to avoid them? What to do if you already made them, what steps should you take? What effect does incarceration have on the families?

Is it okay to date two women (or men) at the same time? Can you test your date’s middos, and if so, to what extent? What should be the goal of dating? What is the most important thing for a person to do when dating? Is love necessary? Is choosing from pictures and photo albums/catalogs effective in choosing who to date? What are current trends in dating? What types of singles events are being held? Are friends helpful or hurtful in getting dating advice?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 11:48 with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Renowned Rov and EVP of the OU  – 34:54 with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 50:15 with Dr. Avi Muschel – A Clinical psychologist specializing in relationship issues – 1:14:14 with Micah Friedland – shadchan and unofficial dating coach – 1:35:50

Does Medicine need to be Kosher L'pesach? Machine Matzah VS Shmurah Matzah at expense of other Pesach needs ie: a new dress for your wife

with Rabbi Dovid Heber – Expert in kosher pharmaceuticals for the Star K, Director of annual Passover Directory, Rav of Khal Ahavas Yisroel Tzemach Tzedek in Baltimore – 21:05 with Rabbi Gershon Bess – Rov and Poseik in LA – 39:00 with Rabbi  Boruch Hirschfeld – Renowned Rov, Rosh Hakollel and Poseik in Cleveland – 48:57 with Rabbi Yosef Veiner  Rabbi Yosef Veiner – Rav of Kehillas Sha'ar HaShamayim, noted author and lecturer – 52:00

Pesach Hotels - Is it better to stay at home?

with Rabbi Leizer Ginzberg – Rosh Kollel in Flatbush – 57:28

Would everything be run according to Shulchan Aruch? What about the things that according to Shulchan Aruch Beis Din can’t enforce nowadays? How do we deter people who steal if they get caught all they’ll have to do is return the theft? Is there a concept of jail for monetary damage? What if there’s no two kosher witnesses or no witnesses at all? Being that there’s no capital punishment nowadays, what would do to murderers? What would be done regarding all electricity on Shabbos? How do you run a government on Shabbos? How do you run a police force or army on Shabbos? How do you run hospitals on Shabbos?

with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Renowned Poseik and Lecturer, Rosh Kollel of Shaarei Ezra, Av Beis Din Shaarei Levanon – 25:32 with Rabbi Yisrael Krengel – Tzomet Institute – 42:25

Is a Kippa enough for davening? For Kiddush and Bentching? Do secular styles impact what we wear and the halacha? What if your parents don’t want you to wear a hat? What if your parents want the hat and you don’t? Did Chasidish garb and the black stripes on our Taleisim come from the non-Jews? Minyan without a hat or daven be’ye’chidus with the hat? Should women wear hats for davening as well?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rav Yitzchak Spivak – Tanach expert – 16:19 with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Mara D'asra of Beis Haknesses, North Woodmere – 24:37 with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos – 50:01 with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah, Silverspring – 1:19:53 with Avrami Ellenbogen – owner of Hatbox – 1:58:38

How to address this issue with our youth? How to prevent it from becoming an issue? What percent of Frum Yidden are struggling? What should people who are struggling do? Is this struggle unique in our generation? How to get help on this taboo subject

with the founders of GYE – Guard Your eyes - 19:23 with Dr. Shlomie Zimmerman – Renowned Psycholoigist – Author of “From boys to men” - 50:43 with Rabbi Mendel Kessin – Renowned lecturer and world expert on the Ramchal - 1:12:33

If you make products at home and sell them, do you need a Hechsher? Why is it different than eating at someone else’s house that you don’t need a Hechsher? Is this Hechsher different than a Hechsher on a food establishment? How can you do spot checks in a person’s private home? There are hundreds of Hechsherim – How do you know what you really can rely on? What standards does a Kashrus need to have to really rely on them?

with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO OU Kosher, renowned Daf Yomi Maggid Shiur and Rov – 36:03 with Rabbi Shloima Perl – Head Mashgiach of KCL - Lakewood Kashrus – 1:07:06 with Rabbi Beirach Steinfeld – Head of Kashrus organization, Rov Khal Dover Tov – 1:11:08

What gets people to stick with their learning after many years? What’s a valid reason to miss your Kevius? Does someone who gets paid for learning or teaching additionally need to be Kovea Ittim? Can the Kevius change over time, like when more children are born? What if a wife needs her husband during his learning? Do you need to lose business/clients as a result of your learning? Should you answer calls from clients or your boss during learning?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Zev Cohen – Rav of Adas Yeshurun, Chicago – 21:08 with Mr. Mark Salamon – owner of A-1 Appliance Repair – 43:04 with Rabbi Ilan Halberstadt – Rav of Machzikei Hadas, London – 1:02:35 with Mr. Ira Lipsius – senior partner at Lipsius-BenHaim – 1:30:07 with Rabbi Doron Lazarus – director of Executive Sleep Consulting – 1:55:45

How Makpid should we be on names in marriage (father in law and son in law with the same names etc)? Can younger siblings get married before older siblings? Marrying for money? How important is the family (if there's a sibling off the derech etc)? Marrying into a family of Baalei Teshuvos? Health in the family, what do you have to divulge? How should people be dating? What common mistakes are they making? How do you know if you are getting bad advice?

with Rabbi Yaakov Berman – Rov Khal Beis Tefillah Lakewood, Av Beis Din Machon L'Gittin – 16:47 with Mrs. Bella Beer – Dating coach – 46:45 with Rabbi Dr. Jack Cohen – International dating coach – 1:05:35

Is there a mitzvah for a childless couple to adopt? Are you מקיים פריה ורביה with adoption? Is there an obligation of חיוב כיבוד אב ואם towards an adopted parent? Balancing obligations to the natural parents VS the adoptive parents Does an adopted child say Kaddish for his adopted parents? How is an adoptive child called up to the Torah? Adopting non-Jewish children VS Jewish children Is there an Issur Yichud with adoptive parents? Hugging & kissing? Do you have to reveal they are adopted?

with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer– Rov, Maggid Shiur and Dayan in Yerushalayim – 13:25 with Dr. Zelig Schur – Founder, Jewish Children Adoption Network – 38:38 with Mr. Chaim Krausz – Expert on Frum Adoptions – 58:52

What preparation is necessary to leave yeshiva/kollel and start working? What skills do yeshiva graduates say would be helpful? What should a yeshiva consider as its goals and responsibilities towards it’s talmidim? How do you decide on an occupation? Should you study a trade or go straight into business? What are the primary challenges we need to be ready for nowadays?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh Yeshivah and Noted Author – 12:55 with Rabbi Binyamin Rappaport – Career Guidance Counselor – 35:53 with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 1:02:55

Making a Bas Mitzvah Women giving Shiurim and writing articles in Halacha and Hashkafa Women giving Hadracha and Paskening Shailos – Yoetzet Halacha Women going to college and joining the workforce Women’s Hatzalah

with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshiva of YU, Poseik of the OU – 24:51 with Rebbetzin Chana Henkin – Dean of Nishmat – 50:25

Should Headlines have Shiurim on sensitive issues? Is it better to educate the public, or is it exposing Bochurim and others to things that they shouldn’t be exposed to? Is it a lack of Tznius to discuss certain topics in public? Is there a way to balance Tznius VS public awareness? Does discussing certain issues promote wrong ideas? Is it Loshon Horah to publicize allegations against a specific person or is it הצלת נפשות? Should magazines and newspapers be running ads on these sensitive issues?

with Rabbi Mayer Schiller – Noted Chasidishe Maggid Shiur, writer and lecturer - 14:20 with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rov of Boca Raton Synagogue, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva of South Florida – 33:29 with Rabbi Yitzchok Franfurter – Publisher of the Ami Magazine – 54:21 with Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov in Holliswood Queens – Noted writer –  1:11:13

Is there something halachically wrong with using drugs? Alcohol? Vaping? Can you tell on a classmate who is using drugs or alcohol? What are the trends of drug and alcohol use in our high schools? How are teenagers able to afford and access drugs? Are we better – or worse – than secular society? What can be done by parents and the schools?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Dr. Rivka Schwartz – Professional educator and popular lecturer – 15:40 with “Dovid” – a recent high school graduate – 40:34 with Mrs. Lianne Forman – founder and executive director of CCSA – 49:40 with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser – Rav of Khal Bais Yitzchok, noted author and speaker – 1:18:06   with Rabbi Daniel Feldman – Rosh Yeshiva at REITs, author of “False Facts and True Rumors” – 1:38:57 with “Sara” – a recent high school graduate – 1:57:42 with Dr. Debbie Akerman – Professor of social welfare and clinical social worker – 2:06:08

Marching down flower girls to the Chuppah – Is that a Jewish thing or is it חוקות הגוים  Standing up for the Chosson and Kallah when they walk down, is that a Jewish custom? Are you supposed to stand up during the recital of the Sheva Brochos? Walking down to the Chuppah – Should the parents walk down their child - or both fathers should walk down the Chosson, and both mothers the Kallah? What if they are divorced or one of the parents was Niftar? Are the Chosson and Kallah permitted to hold hands after the Chuppah? Should the Kallah come into the men’s side during the dancing? Does the Kallah have to wear a Sheitel by the Chasunah? The minhag by various Chasidim for the woman to shave her head Mitzvah Tantz – What’s the Mitzvah? Or is it actually an Aveira? If there’s any conflict in Minhagim, whose Minhag is done the Chosson’s or the Kallah’s?

with Rabbi Mordechai Farkash – Rov in Bellevue Washington – 1:10:25

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Should a Rabbi meet in his office with a woman? What’s enough proof to start warning other women? Do recordings suffice? When do we go to the police? When do we keep abuse quiet and when do we publicize the dangers? What’s going on in the head of an abuser? Is he not worried about getting caught? Why would followers of a Rabbi coverup his abuses?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

Audio from Rabbi Shraga Feivel Zimmerman – Av Beis Din of the Federation of Synagogues in London – 15:10 with Rabbi Gershon Bess – Rabbi of Cong. Kehilas Yaakov, Los Angeles – 23:12 with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, Forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline  – 47:29 with Mrs. Debbie Fox, LCSW – founder and executive director of Magen Yeladim – 1:24:30 with Rabbi Yona Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC, Chicago – 1:34:43

 מראי מקומות

Is there any Heter ever for taking one’s own life? Terminal illness? Extreme poverty? Mafia chasing him? How do we view someone who commits suicide due to mental health issues? How do we prevent this tragedy?

with Rabbi Mordechai Twersky – Horonsteipel Rebbe – 27:13 with Tzvi Gluck – Director of Amudim – 43:00 with Mrs. Aliza Bulow – Mother of child who commited suicide, Founder of CORE – 1:05:06 with Dr. Chaim Nissel – Licensed Psychologist Yeshiva University Vice Provost, Senior trainer for American Association of Suicidology – 1:14:01 with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Wiener – Rov of Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, Rov of Knesses Yisrael – 1:31:08

 מראי מקומות

Does a wife have to take on her husband’s Chumros? Should you be your spouse’s Mashgiach? Is there a Mitzvah of כיבוד אב ואם when parents are meddling into the children’s lives? If a Chosson or Kallah teacher taught incorrectly and it lead to divorce, are they obligated to pay for damages? Why are there so many divorces these days?

with Rabbi Yisroel Knofler – Av Beis Din Badatz of Lakewood – 19:03

Why are there so many divorces these days? Are they all frivolous or necessary? Why are so many young people coming home so quickly? Are they immature, unwilling to put the work in? When is it time for therapy and when is it time to give up on therapy? Is therapy the problem or the solution? What is the solution? How can we stop this tidal wave? with Talli Rosenbaum – Individual and couple therapist and certified intimate therapist – 52:30 with Dr. Avi Muschel – A Clinical psychologist – 1:24:13 with Lisa Twerski – Author, International Lecturer on dating and marriage – 1:46:39

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What’s the definition of being on the “derech” and “in-the-box”? How have those definitions changed over time? Is the “derech” too narrow and the “box” too confining? Does being “out-of-the box” violate Halacha or just societal expectations and norms? Are there halachic requirements to: wear white shirts and black pants, always wear a hat, go into certain occupations, not play sports and music?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Berel Wein - Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 11:28 with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 24:42 with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 31:48 with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 1:09:57 with Rabbi Gedalia Oppen – Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ateres Eitz Chaim – 1:30:39

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Is same sex attraction real? Hear about it in real life 

with "Sara" – A wife of someone who has SSA - 22:23

Can the mother have custody of the boys when the father has a Mitzvah to teach his children Torah? Are you allowed to say Loshon Horah when asked Shidduch information about your ex- spouse?  Are you allowed to say the divorce wasn’t messy? Can you hide your assets to give less alimony? If a spouse is violating the divorce agreement and Beis Din can’t enforce it, are you allowed to go to secular court? If one of the spouses goes off the Derech how should it be dealt with?  How are the ex-spouses supposed to communicate with each other? If one of the spouses remarries, how do they walk down to the Chuppah?

with Rabbi Avrohom Kahan – Rav of Congregation Khal New City, Av Beis Din of the Bais Din Vaad Hadin V’horaah – 34:25 with Reb Yitzchok Gruenbaum – Concord Mediation Group – 1:16:26

Answers to last weeks riddles – 1:33:55

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How does Halacha view mental health? Can you be Mechalel Shabbos? How do deal with OCD and Mitzvah observance? When someone comes to therapy and is saying lashon Horah or talking bad about parents is that a problem? Especially when the therapist is encouraging it. Can you tell an eating disorder patient to eat on Yom Kippur? What to say when it comes to Shidduchim and you have privileged information? And much more......

with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, Forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of crisis intervention for Chai Lifeline – 20:40 with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Licensed therapist, Renowned Rov for Hatzolah of Central Jersey and Ohr Yechezkel in Toms River – 1:25:25

 Health-in-Halacha.pdf">מראי מקומות

What are some strategies and tactics for dealing with difficult people? Can you reciprocate the negativity? What if it’s your boss, Rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva or spouse? When does the prohibition of hating someone apply? What if he earned the hatred?  Do people get crankier when they get older? How can someone tell if they are a difficult person?

Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 15:11 with Dr. Debbie Akerman – Professor of social welfare and clinical social worker – 39:02 with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:01:53 with Rabbi Berel Wein - Renowned Rav, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:19:07

 we-need-to-be-a-shmata-when-dealing-with-difficult-people.pdf">מראי מקומות

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Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht - Upcoming Semichas Chaver Events

NY and Baltimore event

Florida event

The Kashrus scandal in the (non) Kosher Chinese Express in Manalapan Revisited - Is it Loshon Horah to discuss or a Mitzva? The court's decision regarding YU - What options do they have? When a religous school hires a Trans teacher what is their recourse? with Rabbi Michael Broyde – Professor of Law & Academic Director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University School of Law – 36:54

Transgender in Halacha with Rabbi Eli Ozarowski  – Renowned Author, Teacher and Lecturer – 1:09:33

5 Riddles for Succos – 1:34:55

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The Kashrus scandal in the Chinese Restaurant Are our restaurants and Kosher establishments really Kosher? What can we do to ensure that these incidents don’t happen again? with Rabbi Yudel Shain – Dayan and Renowned Kashrus expert, Lakewood NJ  – 16:30

Yom Hadin comes early for our Yeshivos!! The New York State Board of Regents vote How are we supposed to look at it? Hear both sides of the debate

with Simcha Eichenstein – Assemblyman, State of NY – 33:34 with Avi Shick – Former deputy attorney general of New York, Partner at Troutman Pepper – 1:00:26

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Do you need to stop working when you have enough money to learn full time? How should a wife handle the husband being around? What’s the impact on the children? What happens when the husband traifs up the kitchen preparing his own lunch? How much money do you need to save to retire? When do you need to start planning for it? What’s the impact of retirement on our health and memory?

Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Posek and Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto – 14:05 with Dr. Ross Andel – expert in aging and brain function – 41:23 with Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 54:52 with Rabbi Yechiel Greenblatt and Jordan Odinsky – founders of www.SmachZevulun.com – 1:20:17 with Rabbi Berel Wein – Renowned Rav, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:43:47

 מראי מקומות

Hear from some of the greatest thinkers and Mashpiim our generation with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Renowned Rov and Rabbinical Leader of the OU  – 20:58 with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky  – Renowned Rosh Yeshivah and Lecturer  – 34:41 with Rabbi Efrem Golberg  – Rov of Boca Raton Synagogue and Lecturer  – 1:04:24 with Rabbi Shay Schachter  – Rosh Beis Midrash in the Young Israel of Woodmere  – 1:21:34 with Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis-Wolff  – Renowned Author and Lecturer  – 1:36:16

 מראי מקומות

Should we be bringing up Reb Nachman to Eretz Yisroel? [The Halachic analysis of exhuming remains] Do we really know which Kever is the Kever of Reb Nachman? with Rabbi Ari Enkin – Rov, Maggid Shiur & Mechaber Seforim from Beit Shemesh – 13:24

Is it permissible to go to Uman this year due to the war in Ukraine? Is it a dangerous place? Hear from boots on the ground with Rabbi Moshe Azman – Chief Rabbi of Ukraine – 26:57

What is the mesorah in Breslov regarding bringing up Reb Nachman? What did Reb Moshe Feinstein say about bringing Reb Nachman to Eretz Yisroel? with Rabbi Nasan Maimon - Worldwide Breslover Mashpia – 35:44

Hear fascinating history about bringing up Gedolim to Eretz Yisroel with Rabbi Yechiel Goldhabr – Historian and Mechaber Seforim – 1:04:16

 Nachman.pdf">מראי מקומות

What is the purpose of having a school handbook? Should the rules be realistic, or the ideal (but unrealistic) hopes of the school? Can parents lie about not having internet, texting, smartphones, etc.? What percentage of families violate school rules? Why would a school have parents/students sign the handbook?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Elisheva Kamenetsky – Menahel of DRS and Rosh Yeshiva of HALB; Menaheles of SKA – 16:39 with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy –  Renowned Posek, Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto – 38:58 with Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein – Popular lecturer, Author and Ram at the Gruss Kollel – 1:04:14 with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rosh Yeshiva, prolific author, Rav of Moshav Matisyahu – 1:30:13 with Rabbi Binyomin Kessler – Menahal of Yeshiva Ketana of Queens – 1:39:05

 Handbooks.pdf">מראי מקומות

Is having discriminatory school acceptance policies Halachically allowed? What damage are we doing to our children? Do we have a communal obligation to accept all children into schools? Is there a difference between a boys school and a girls school? Can schools force people to accept upon themselves Chumros, in order that their kids should be accepted? Can schools claim they hold themselves to certain standards, if they overlook these standards for affluent members of the community?

with Rabbi Berach Steinfeld – Rov of Khal Dover Tov, Flatbush, Halacha Columnist – 10:49 with Mr. Shuli Halpert – Extraordinary Askan head of Gesher L'Yeshivos – 31:19 with Mr. Yosef Shidler – Parent, Outspoken on school acceptance policies – 1:02:44

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The alcohol epidemic in our community, what are the repercussions? If a person gets arrested due to a DUI incident is there a Mitzva of Pidyon Shevuim? If a person gives alcohol to legal minors, can he be held culpable? Can a person be held accountable for giving excess drinks to adults? Can a persom who gives alcohol to legal minors be turned over to the authorities? A person who endangers the public can he be turned over to the authorities? Hear an in-depth Halachic and legal analysis from renowned Rabbonim and lawyers

with Lou Shapiro – Superlawyer, Media legal commentator – 15:23 with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, Toein and Mechaber Seforim – 27:56 with "Chaya" – Victim of  alcohol addiction – 53:20 with Reb Tzvi Gluck – Director of Amudim – 1:01:07 with Rabbi Yaakov Feitman – Rav of Kehilas Beis Yehuda Tzvi, Cedarhurst NY – 1:16:25

מראי מקומות

What are the most important character traits we should teach our children?  What’s the main challenge in raising children? How do we teach kids how to wake up, and generally be independent? How about to be compassionate and caring people? How has parenting changed over the past 30 years?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rav, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva – 12:31 with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 33:01 with Rabbi Avishai David – Rosh Yeshiva, educator and shul Rav – 1:02:27

מראי מקומות

The history of the ghetto Is it a form of Kiddush Hashem to go down fighting rather than getting killed passively? Are you allowed to resist when you technically won't win: Is it a form of suicide? Are you causing others to get killed? The controversy surrounding Reb Menachem Zemba’s view Are leaders obligated not to abandon their flock or do thet have to leave to save their lives?

with Yehuda Geberer – Jewish Historian and Tour Guide, Jewish History Soundbites – 25:32 with Rabbi Reuven Brand – Rosh Kollel, YU Torah Mitzion Kollel, Chicago Illinois – 44:04 with Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Glatstein – Rov in Cedarhurst, Noted Speaker, Grandson of Reb Menachem Zemba's lookout in the uprising – 1:07:58

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If your spouse is irreligious, can she trusted to say she went to the Mikvah? Can you allow your son to stay in your house if he insists on staying there with his girlfriend? Can you eat from the food they bring you? Do you have to be afraid they’ll make your oven, microwave, and dishes Treif? If they cook is it Bishul Acu”m? If they touch wine does it become Yayin Nesech? Can you give them food and drink if they won’t wash their hands or make a Brocha? Are they מצטרפף לזימון ? What happens if they bring Chametz into your house on Pesach? If the air conditioner shuts off on Shabbos and they turn it on do you have to leave the house? If they turn on a light on Shabbos can you use that room?

with Rabbi Sholom Fishbane – Director, AKO and CRC, Chicago, Illinois – 17:54 with Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan – Mashgiach Ruchani at Yeshiva High School of Cleveland, Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) – 57:10 with Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Travis – Rosh Kollel Torah Chaim, Yerushalayim, Mechaber Takonos Hashovim and other Seforim – 1:25:36

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What type of cases come before Beis Din These days? How does Beis din differ from an abitration panel? What can you do to avoid Dinei Torah? How are matrimonial cases (including Sholom Bayis) dealt with in Beis Din? The role of lawyers and Toyanim in Beis Din

***Guest Hosted by Rabbi Yehoshua Wolfe *** Menahel of Bais HaVaad Rabbincal Court, Lakewood NJ

with Dayan Dovid Grossman – Founder and Rosh Bais HaVaad Rabbincal Court, Lakewood NJ – 6:25 with Rabbi Yaakov Siemiatycki – Dayan, Bais HaVaad Rabbincal Court, Lakewood NJ – 21:34 with Mr. Baruch Cohen esq – Trial Attorney, Los Angeles, California – 36:32 with Mr. Gary Snitow – Trial Attorney in NY and NJ – 53:07

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Are friends a replacement for a therapist? What’s appropriate to discuss with friends, and what’s not? How should a wife handle when her husband lives a lifestyle she does not approve of? How should the husband handle his wife “being on his case”? Can a non-Jewish book be used for Shalom Bayis? Is there a Torah hashkafa in how to handle Shalom Bayis issues? What if the wife is the problem?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 13:55 with Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen, Esq., M.Sc. – popular speaker, author, therapist and podcaster – 41:58 with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:08:06 with Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier – veteran mechanech, relationships expert and author – 1:23:24 with Laura Doyle – best-selling author of the “Surrendered Wife” and more – 1:39:53

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When a Yeshiva is compelled by the goverment to take action that is K'Neged HaTorah, are they obligated to shut down in lieu of complying?  Does the yeshiva have to split off from the university and re-open as a separate new independent Yeshiva? If the yeshiva follows the goverment's orders, is one permitted to continue teaching there? How should orthodox Jewry as a whole react ? This ruling affects all Yeshivos Is this reminiscent of the closing of Yeshivas Volozhin?

Rav Giftar on the YU clubs – 2:10 Rav Soloveichik on the Secularization of YU – 13:00 with Eric Baxter Esq – Becket Religous Freedom – Attorney for YU – 28:48 with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Senior Rabbi Boca Raton Synagogue – 45:25 with Reb Yaakov Sasson - Mechaber of Shiurei Harav on Sanhedrin, Musmach of YU, Historian – 1:01:35

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Simchas:  Chupa, Chasuna, Sheva Brochos Do any of them need a Mechitza? Does a concert need to have a Mechitza or is mixed seating/family seating allowed? Why is a Mechitza not mentioned in Shulchan Aruch

with Rabbi Boruch Oberlander – Chief rabbi of Hungary, Av Beis Din of Budapest – 21:33 what the Lubavitcher Rebbe Had to say about Mechitzas by concerts – 42:07 with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rov of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha in YU - 43:10 with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rosh Kollel of Shaarei Ezra, Av Beis Din Ohel Moshe – 55:42

Hear a unique perspective how music furthers Avodas Hashem The only Charedi Yeshivah with a music room with Rabbi Baruch Chait – Rosh Yeshivah of Maaravah – 1:24:57

מראי מקומות

What are the major areas of tension between parents and children regarding religious observance? How should the issues be handled by both parent and child? Are there differences between baalei tshuvah, modern orthodox and yeshivish in this regard?  Does Kibud Av Ve’eim mean that the child needs to fulfill the desires of the parents, even when the child disagrees? Must children eat by parents when the children have stricter standards of Kashrus? Can parents eat by children who have laxer standards?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael –  14:13 with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 39:22 with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO of the OU, Rov of Zichron Yosef Ohel Aryeh – 1:10:02 with Rav Yitzchok Lobenstein – head of Ten Tikva, guiding parents with their struggling teens –1:31:05 

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Dealing with the celebrity status Balancing family life and singing Should young aspiring singers go into singing? What are the red lines for venues not to sing in?

with Yaakov Shwekey – International singing star – 16:19 with Lipa Schmeltzer – Jewish Music’s Most Innovative Creator and Performer – 35:27 with Shulem Lemmer – International singing star – 1:01:43

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Hear a firsthand report how Reb Aharon Leib Steinman ZT"l encouraged concerts Hear how music is keeping our youth from falling away How has Jewish music evolved over the years? What makes a song Jewish? What’s the point of music entertainment or inspiration? The new style of Jewish music – Is it Jewish? Is the Jewish music style these days real or just a passing fad?

with Yossi Green – World famous composer for 45 years – 16:57 with Menachem Toker – Radio Kol Chai host, The music expert – 39:07 with Nachum Segal – America’s Jewish Music MC and Maven – 57:11 with Sheya Mendlowitz – World famous producer for 45 years – 1:04:43

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Rabbi Elyada Goldwicht - link to the Shavuos learning program: Bit.ly/SCPchallenge

Should a man/Rabbi teach tznius to girls? Is it true that “Tzinus for women is just like Torah learning for men”? What are the consequences of tznius PTSD on the girl, her family and her Avodas HaShem? What’s the impact of social media and frum print media on how girls and women dress? What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? How can we improve?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton – popular lecturer and teacher, London – 15:30 with Rabbi Anthony Manning – head of a seminary and popular speaker – 41:29 with “Sara” – “it happened to me - throughout my schooling” – 1:08:41 with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 1:31:15 with Fran Berg – “it happened to me - in Israel and NY” – 2:00:00

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History of debates with our adversaries Dr. Rivka Schwartz – Associate Principal, General Studies at SAR High School, Bronx, New York, Ph.D. History from Princeton University - 6:15

Are we preparing our children for marriage - The Sholom Bayis initiative of Reb Zecharia with Rabbi Reuven Epstein – Noted marriage counselor and lecturer –23:42

Reb Nota Greenblatt's impact on communities all over the USA - Piskei Gittin, Pesakim and Stories  with Rabbi Rabbi Tzvi Holland – Kashrus Administrator  of Star K – 54:19 with Rabbi Avi Lebowitz – Rosh Kollel, Jewish Study Network, Palo Alto, CA – 1:15:48

Answers to last weeks riddles – 1:33:09

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with HaRav Moshe Sternbuch – Ravaad of Yerushalyaim, Mechaber Moadim Uzmanim – 24:20 with Harav Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz – 26:24 with Mara Nathan – Spiritual leader Temple Beth El, San Antonio – 42:09 with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of CRC, Rosh Yeshiva of RIETS – 1:03:52

Answers to the Pesach Riddles – 1:28:40

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What’s the most important ingredient to have a successful marriage? What are significant issues that are easy to resolve? What are some common mistakes that spouses make? What can boys and girls in Shidduchim – or even earlier – do to prepare for a successful marriage? What should be done when a couple hits turbulence during marriage? How to handle disagreements over: money, having additional children, conflicting minhagim, where to send kids to school and more

*** Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of “Making it Work,” “Making it ALL Work” (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS, Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield – 8:44 with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 38:32 with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:02:15 with Rabbi Paysach Krohn – noted maggid – 1:25:46

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If you Daven Maariv after Plag or after Shkiah can you count Sefirah? How to count of you're making early Shabbos? If a Rov forgot to count can he continue to count with a Brocha? And much more? with Rabbi Chaim Jachter - Rov, Shaarei Orah of Teaneck, Beis Din of Elizabeth – 16:42

Was your Chametz really sold? Are your cookies really baked after Pesach? Can you have sourdough made after Pesach? How do the have pizza immediately ater Pesach? Can you but whiskey in duty free shops? And much more..... with Rabbi Yudel Shain – Rov, Poseik and renowned veteran Mashgiach – 36:07

Can you rely on Shabbos and hotel Hashgachos? Hear the stories.... with Rabbi Mordechai Shain – Noted Mashgiach – 56:10

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Can we bring Korbanos these days: Tumah, Techeilis, Kohanim - Can we rely on the Kohein DNA chromosone? The place of the Mizbeach - can it be proven archaeologically? Bigdei Kehuna, and much more... with Rabbi Shimshon Nadel – Rov of Zichron Yosef in Har Nof, Rosh Kollel Sinai Kollel – 18:57

How to bring a Korban Pesach - A checklist with Rabbi Binyomin Feldman  –Mechaber Machon L’Dvir Baisacha  – 55:53

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Do the halachos and secular laws regarding false advertising apply to organizations raising tzedakah? Are promises by the charity a permitted form of advertising? Should a charity require a minimum payment in order to get a beracha? Is it better to daven for yourself, or have someone else daven for you? Do the ends justify the means? Can puffery/manipulation be used in ads for the purpose of raising tzedakah for the genuinely needy?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis Din – 17:35 with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos – 40:44 with Mrs. Linda Goldstein – respected FTC/advertising attorney – 1:04:34 with Mr. Moshe Caller – Founder and CEO, The Marcal Group – 1:39:05 with Rabbi Yair Hoffman – prolific author and Posek – 2:06:02

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***Guest Hosted by Rabbi Pesach Lerner***

The Orthodox community, Security, economics, Issues we are dealing with EREV PESACH from around the globe

Eretz Yisroel: with MK Rabbi Yitzchok Pindrus – Chaver Knesset of Degel Hatorah - 8:41 with Eli Paley – Publisher, Mishpacha Magazine, Chairman, The Haredi Institute for Public Affairs, Israel - 20:13

USA:  with Yitzchok Weinberg – Executive Director Flatbush Community Fund, Brooklyn NY - 41:01 with Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik – President COJO of Staten Island, NYPD Clergy Liaison, Executice Vice president of Rabbinical Alliance of America - 59:56

England: with Eli Spitzer– Member of the Hasidic community in Stamford Hill, London, England, and the headmaster of a Hasidic school in London, columnist for Mosaic Magazine and writer of a regular blog on Haredi matters. - 1:22:17

UKRAINE Do we Daven for their success or do we remember…. The massacres: The Cossacks ת"ח ות"ט , Massacre of Uman 1768, Odessa Pogrom 1821, 1851, 1871, 1905, Kiev pogrom 1881, 1905, Mass killing of Jews during Russian civil war 1918-1923. Collaboration of Ukrainians with the Nazis killing 900,000 Jews during World War II - Massacres and mass shootings of: Bila Tserkva, Odessa, Babi Yar, Dniepropetrovsk, Drobytsky Yar, Feodosiya, Ivano-Frankovsk, Kamenets-Podolskiy, Klevan, Lviv, Lwów professors, Mezhirichi, Mizoch, Nikolaev, Olyka, Pliskov, Terebovl, Zhytomyr GERMANY Would you buy a Mercedes or BMW? The Germans killed out half of the Jewish people… Are grandchildren accountable for their grandparents' sins?

with Rabbi Binyomin Hamburger – Noted Mechaber Seforim on Minhagei Ashkenaz, historian – 15:28 with Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber – Renowned Mechaber Seforim, historian – 30:51

Reb Chaim Kanievsky Zt"l: Hear personal stories from inside his house

Rabbi Shai Graucher – Talmid muvhak of Reb Chaim Kanievsky Zt"l, translator of his Seforim to English, Household attendant – 49:20

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Why do women get hammered to dress modestly, while some men walk around with tight shorts and tank tops?  What about super tight-fitting pants? White shirts vs. blue shirts? No socks? Colorful socks? Tight-fitting bike clothing? How do standards change over time? What about other areas of Tznius? Living above your means? Driving a car you can’t afford?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Anthony Manning – head of a seminary and popular speaker – 12:44 with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 42:31 with Mrs. “Beatie” Deutsch – chareidi mother of five, and Israel’s national marathon champion – 1:06:06 with Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS – 1:25:09

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Is this war a precursor of Mashiach? The Kabbalah from Kelm with Reb Elya Ber Wachtfogel – Rosh Yeshivah South Fallsburg – 00:47

Can someone stay in Ukraine to help the war effort or are you obligated to run? Are you obligated to give all your money to save the Yidden there ? Does this take precedence over your local Tzedakas, schools, Bikur Cholim/etc? In general, what is the Halacha of our obligation to other worldwide communities that are in danger? with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshiva of YU, Poseik of the OU – 17:06 with Rabbi Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz – 24:13

Hear live reports from rabbonim in the war zone and bomb shelters Rabbi Meir Stambler – Chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine – 27:36 Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein – Shaliach in Chernigov – 34:20 Reb Mendel – Shaliach in Chargov – 39:17

Historically how did Klal Yisroel react to such situations? with Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger  Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Renowned expert and author on Ukranian Jewry – 41:30

Is Moshiach Coming? with Rabbi Pinchas Winston – Author on Achris Hayomim – 54:22

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***Guest Hosted by Rabbi Pesach Lerner*** Chairman of Eretz Hakodesh

The battles against Yiddishkeit that are going on, and how you can make a difference with Rabbi Dovid Lau – Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisroel – 4:54

The battle against the Kosel with Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz - Rov of the Kosel and Mekomos Hakedoshim – 15:45

Chizuk from his life and the life of his wife - giving over her last will and testament to Klal Yisroel  with Jonathan Pollard – 23:53

Join American Jewry in the battle - One Kosel Campaign with Mrs. Leah Zagelbaum - Vice President of communications for Agudas Yisrael, Director, Am Echad USA – 41:51

Preserving Har Hazeisim with Menachem Lubinsky - Founding co-chairman of International Comittee for Har Hazeisim – 53:59

On the political front with MK Yizchak Pindrus - Chever Knesset for Degel HaTorah – 1:00:08

What was done, what's being done and the goals for the future with Rabbi Nechemia Malinowitz – Director, Eretz Hakodesh, Eretz Yisroel - 1:15:18

The harmony of Torah & science, Saga of the chicken without a heart

with Rabbi Kahane – Professor of history, Author of Tarnegolit Bli Lev – 12:26

Clashes of Gemara and science

with Rabbi Mendel Shafran – Dayan in Eretz Yisroel –  35:27 with Rabbi Dovid Cohen - Rov of Gvul Yaavetz, Flatbush – 37:47 with Rabbi Moshe Meiselmann - Rosh Yeshiva Toras Moshe, Yerushalayim – 49:13

How does science reinforce our belief in Hashem?

with Rabbi Dr. Chaim Presby – world renowned physicist, lecturer and author  – 1:10:53

Previous weeks riddles – 1:29:38

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"Boys only” vacations, female personal trainers for men “Business trips” to Vegas and Atlantic City Conventions and conferences away from home Earning quick money from loan sharking and other unclean sources Can a wife trust her husband when he travels

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Moshe Caller – Founder and CEO, The Marcal Group – 14:50 with Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Senter – Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivas Aderes HaTorah, Yerushalayim – 47:48 with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah, Silverspring, Maryland – 1:18:21 with “Nick” – Successful entrepreneur discussing the dangers of drinking and business trips – 1:58:54

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Halachos of Chatziza - Rings that you can't remove, stiches, casts, fillings, braces, contact lenses, nail poish, long manicured nails

with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rosh Kollel, Arzei Lebanon, Rosh Beis Din Shaarei Ezra – 18:09

Can you send Shailos to a Rov through a photo – Whatsapp? If there's no Mikvah can you use the ocean? When - if ever – is Tevillah by day permitted? What type of supervision do you need for the Tevillah? Who should be deciding the Halacha questions of the Tevillah the Rov in charge of the Mikvah or the personal Rov of the person Toveiling?

with Rabbi Avrohom Kahn – Morah D’asra, K’hal of New City – 51:24

Dealing with OCD related to Tevillah

with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Morah D’asra K’hal Zichron Yecheskel, Maggid Shiur, Hatzoloh of Lakewood, LCSW – 1:20:29

Last weeks riddles – 1:34:40

מראי מקומות

Who owns the money of a Yeshivah? Can a Rosh Yeshivah sell his Yeshivah in America and relocate the Yeshivah to Eretz Yisroel? Does the administration have a right to pocket the money if the Yeshivah folds, or does the money have to be given to another Yeshivah ? Does the donor get back his money or get to decide where the money goes? Do the legal laws of nonprofits apply to Yeshivos – Dina d'Malchusa Dina? Can a Rosh Yeshivah take a severance package? How much? Is 21 million dollars too much?  What happened by the dispute of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's libary

with Rabbi Zalman Graus – preeminent expert in Bes Din process – 21:39 with Avi Shick Esq – renowned attorney, Askan, Former Deputy DA of NY State  – 1:03:03 with Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky – Chabad Shaliach and Historian – 1:27:22 with Rabbi Moshe Shmiel Rottenberg – Mora D’asra Bais Moshe Shmiel (Flatbush), Dayan, Shaarei Mishpat – 1:36:39

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***Guest Hosted by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rov, Boca Raton Synagouge*** 

Are we supposed to have one way in Avodas Hashem or combine various ways? Is it infusion or confusion?

with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshiva of Greater Washington – 6:53 with Rabbi Moshe Weinberger – Rov, Aish Kodesh, Woodmere NY – 28:26

***Guest Hosted by Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov, Young Israel of Holliswood***

Teaching practical secular studies in our Yeshivos Dealing with mental health challenges in our schools 

with Rav Eliyahu Efraimson – Lifeprep – 57:16 with Rav Binyomin Hammer – Executive Director, Nefesh International – 1:27:37

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Are freshly rolled cigars and expensive alcohol acceptable ways to attract men to attend shiurim? Where is Klal Yisrael learning these behaviors from? What’s the problem with getting drunk at kiddushim? Vaping? Marijuana? How does it impact our children? Our wives? What keeps a working man grounded and connected? Why do women seem to do better than men?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser – Rav of Khal Bais Yitzchok, noted author and speaker –  10:30 with Dr. David Pelcovitz – Renowned Psychologist – 41:23  with Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger – Rav of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah and member of the Yated Chinuch Roundtable – 55:05 Closing Remarks from Rabbi Yissocher Frand – Rosh Yeshiva, Ner Yisroel, Baltimore – 1:24:35

Previous weeks Riddles  – 1:38:03

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Is it true? Testimony from an independent 3rd party Tzviki Fleishman – Clinical psychologist, Founder, Lo Tishtok – 25:46

Was Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu correct to expose CW or was his process flawed? Some of the halchik problems; Listening to testimony without the accused present, CW desire to go to another bes din, listening to עד מפי עד Rabbi Zalman Graus – preeminent expert in Bes Din process – 45:28

Is there a problem of lashon hara or malbin pnai chavairo? Can the books be used? Rabbi Zev Leff – Rov, Posek and Maggid Shiur – 1:11:30

Are rabbonim listening to the victims? Is the sympathy with the victims or the perpetrators? Hagaon Harav Aharon Sorscher – Rov, Waterbury Conneticut, Maggid Shiur Shas Illuminated  –   1:33:48

Is Israeli society getting the message? Should a suicide get a mass funeral and nichum availim from the chief rabbi? Jonathan Rosenblum – Mishpacha Columnist and author - 1:50:48

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Can cameras be used for Hashgachos / Cholov Yisrael? Do we still need on site Mashgiachim? Security cameras around homes and shuls; does it create a problem entering / walking by on Shabbos? Can you use a camera to monitor an elderly parent who's in quarantine / in the hospital on Shabbos? Can you use a nanny cam or baby monitor on Shabbos?

with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO of the OU, Renowned Maggid Shiur, Rov Zichron Yosef Ohel Aryeh – 19:49 with Rabbi Ortner – Director of Halacha and technology OU, Rov, Linas Hatzedek, Mechaber Seforim  – 43:03

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Can allegations be believed? Does the perpetrator’s behavior “passul” his teachings and writings? Should his books be removed from the stores? From our houses? How do we come to grips with our leaders failing us? Does the position cause the problem, or does the person take the position in order to take advantage of others? Are there certain character traits which are more common in perpetrators? Should we discuss it with our children, and if so, how? Should a Rabbi, male marriage coach, etc. advise women on Shalom Bayis?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 12:55 with Dr. David Pelcovitz – Renowned Psychologist – 40:29 with Dr. Erica Brown – award winning author & lecturer, Jewish leadership expert – 1:00:56 with Rabbi Daniel Feldman – Rosh Yeshiva at REITs, author of “False Facts and True Rumors” – 1:25:42 with Rabbi Dr. Yisrael Levitz – founding dean of The Family Institute of Neve Yerushalayim, author of “Rabbinic Counseling” – 1:42:57

Previous weeks Riddles  – 2:09:35

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There are 4 different parenting styles – which one are you? What should you do when you're child isn't living up to your expectations? Should you stand firm or give in to your child's demands? Why are we seeing so much parent/child strife these days? How do I talk to my child about potential predators? Why do my friends have better kids than me when I try so hard? How can you boost a child's self-esteem? Is a successful career a contradiction to successful parenting? My child is being bullied – how do I handle it? What do I do when my child won't listen? My child is jealous of his peers – how do I deal with it? What do I do when my child asks the "wrong" questions? Am I responsible "to" my child or "for" my child?

with Dr. Sara Yaroslowitz - Parenting Expert – 18:47 with Mattis Miller - Well known psychologist, Parenting Author – 46:13 with Rabbi Ron Yitzchak Eisenmann - Rov, Ahavas Yisroel Pasaic, Mishpacha Columnist –1:12:22 with Mrs Sarah Chana Radcliffe - renowned pyschologist, author and columnist – 1:26:03 with Rabbi Noach Orloweck - Noted Educator andparenting expert – 1:57:00

Previous weeks Riddles  – 2:04:45

מראי מקומות

Does attraction come before or after marriage? What’s a mental health issue and what’s run of the mill? What are some of the Middos issues that make a Shidduch DOA? Can stinginess be cured? Lack of ambition? Anger? Should you be worried about the possibility that you're settling’? How do you know if he/she is ‘the one’ ?

with Rabbi Dr Jack Cohen - Noted dating coach, lecturer & columnist – 16:56 with Mrs. Bella Beer - Dating coach, life coach and columnist   – 39:49 with Rabbi Rabbi Zecharia Greenwald Menahel, Meohr Seminary – 1:01:57

Previous weeks Riddles  – 1:29:19

מראי מקומות

What needs to be disclosed (e.g., having a colorful background, health problems, addictions)? When and by whom? How should we respond to shidduch inquiries when asked? Should references disclose everything? Can they lie? Are people typically lax in disclosing? Do certain segments of Judaism fail to disclose more than others? Can things be patched up when problems are discovered after marriage?

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto – 8:41 with Rabbi Daniel Stein – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS and Rav of The Ridniker Shteibel – 33:16 with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 1:00:07 with Dr. David Pelcovitz – Renowned Psychologist – 1:20:02 with Rabbi Daniel Travis – Rosh Kollel, Toras Chaim and prolific author – 1:32:40

מראי מקומות

Internet – kosher phones or iphones? Science – Should the big bang scare us? Kosher Entertainment – Bad influence or another way to engage with our children? Modern Clothing and Sheitels – Has Tznius gotten too lax? Education – Secular education or just Gemara? How have we handled modernity in the past (a historical perspective)? Have we succeeded?

with Rabbi JJ Schacter - Noted Historian – 22:24 with Dr. Alan Kadish - President, Touro College – 45:59 with Rabbi Berel Wein - Renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer – 1:04:01 with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin - Author, Director of Education, NCSY – 1:14:41 with Dr. Elisheva Carelbach - Director of Jewish Studies, Columbia University – 1:28:26 with Dr. Eli Shapiro - Popular Educator/social worker, Creator, The Digital citizenship project – 1:37:01 with Rabbi Chaim Veshnefsky - Director Yesodei Hadaas yesodeihadas.org – 1:53:28

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What's the Halacha:

Can a child be thrown out of school because of a parent switching affiliations? Is there an obligation to the child, or is a Yeshivah like any other private corporation that can do what it wants? Can a wife be fired because of her husband's actions? If parents sign a document not to change affiliations is it binding on the child? How much damage is caused to a child when he/she is thrown out of school? Historically, what effect does a Chassidus splitting have on family structure?

with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, Toein, and Mechaber Seforim – 14:05 with Yair Bruck Labor and Employment attorney – 41:19 with Rabbi Berel Wein - renowned Rov, Author, Historian and Lecturer - 56:10 with Yehuda Geberer – Noted Jewish Historian, Jewish History Soundbites podcast  – 1:00:46 with Mordechai Weinberger LSW - Well known Social Worker and Columnist – 1:21:19

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Is the “surrendered wife” a Torah-concept? Why should the wife surrender, and not the husband?  Is “extreme-giving” normal and healthy? What should Kallah teachers be teaching? Should the husband or the wife make the financial decision when there’s a disagreement? Should a wife say anything when the husband is making bad decisions?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim 

with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rabbi of Moshav Matisyahu – 12:42 with Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier – veteran mechanech, relationships expert and author – 37:20 with Mrs. Elisheva Liss – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Lecturer and Author – 54:08 with Mrs. Sara Yoheved Rigler – Bestselling author and inspirational teacher – 1:11:06 with Mrs. Chaya Juravel – relationships coach and founder of Go4Harmony – 1:40:23

Previous weeks Riddles – 2:00:53

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Should we inoculate or isolate our children? How far has it seeped into our community? Is there a difference between the internet and social media? Balancing trust VS control, How children react to inconsistency

with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg - Rov, Boca Raton Synagogue – 19:46 with Rabbi Nechemia Gottlieb - Founder, TAG – 48:54 with Rabbi Henoch Plotnick, Renowned educator, Rov, Maggid Shiur and columnist – 1:17:55 with Shimon Kolyakov - Co-founder Torah Anytime – 1:34:07

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Link: https://www.chabad.org/5294581

Mikvaos for men: Is there any source for going to the Mikvah every day? Did the Tanoim, Amoraim and Rishonim go? How about on Erev Shabbos? Are you allowed to go to a hot Mikvah on Shabbos? What about a cold Mikvah on Shabbos? People who are far away from a Mikvah can they use the ocean or rivers? What does it really cost to build a Mikvah? How do you build one? Hear the fascinating story of the discovery of the Rashab's Mikvah - The first Mikvah in the world built with a Bor Al Gabei Bor

with Rabbi Chaim Danzinger - Chabad Shliach, Rostov, Russia, www.jewishrostov.com – 18:38 with Rabbi Shmuel Stein - Mechaber, Shabbos in Our Times, Chaver, Miami Beach Kollel – 39:39 with Rabbi Shaya Shagalov, Mikvah Expert – 54:00

מראי מקומות

What are the basic halachic requirements for tznius? Do tznius chumros imbue the girls with kedusha or cause rebellion? What’s the long-term impact when a dress code is strictly enforced? Does it only affect the struggling girls, or everyone? Do modern schools also have enforcement issues? Are there ways to improve? 

 ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 9:58 with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rabbi of Moshav Matisyahu – 30:04 with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 44:13 with “Chana” – a recent Beis Yaakov graduate – 1:16:46 with Rabbi Yisroel Grossberg – Principal and/or Mashgiach Ruchani of three schools, Brooklyn – 1:25:31 with Dr. Rivka Schwartz – Professional educator and popular lecturer - 1:47:50

Previous weeks Riddles –2:24:03

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How are you Mekarev: through philisopical debates or through teaching Torah? How to answer the tough questions, How every individual can and is obligated to get involved

with Rabbi Rav Uri Zohar - Legendary leader of the Teshuva movement in EY – 22:10 with Rabbi Yanky Arem - Chairman Peiylim Lev Lachim, Levlachim.org – 42:09 with Rabbi Yossy Gordon - CEO, Chabad on Campus – 48:16 with Rabbi Chaim Sampson CEO, Project Inspire (Aish) – 1:04:54 Previous weeks Riddles – 1:23:11

מראי מקומות

Should you take elderly parents in your home or place them in a nursing home? Are you obligated to care of your parents at the expense of your children? Do you have to take off from work to tend a parents need? When you're taking care of a parent are you exempt from all Mitzvos? Is there a Chiyuv Kibbud Av to a comatose parent? Estate Planning, Succesion Planning, Health Proxy  

with Rabbi Shimon Finkelman - Rebbi, Darchei Torah, Prolific Author – 21:37 with Rebbitzin Feige Twersky - Renowned Milwaukee Rebbitzin, Hamodia Columnist – 41:51 with Mr. Joe Klein, esq - Eldercare Expert – 1:04:54

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Are any deficiencies a husband sees in his wife really his own deficiencies, as claimed in the Garden of Peace? Should a husband ever remark, comment or criticize his wife? What about for a gross misdeed? What issues do husbands complain about in their wives and vice versa? Is there anything that can be done?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 12:02 with Rabbi Lazer Brody – author and spiritual guide, translator of the Garden of Peace – 36:09 with Rabbi Dovid Rosman – Director of Aish HaTorah and shalom bayis author – 58:14 with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael and shalom bayis author – 1:32:17 

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with Rabbi Mordehai Burnstein - Chaplain, Jackson NJ, Dean, Ne’emas Bais Yaakov – 29:30

Chol Hamoed: Can you go apple picking or fishing? Have someone build your house or mow your lawn? Fix your car? Order on amazon? Go in to work? Allow your employees to work? and much more.......

What should you have in mind when eating in the Sukkah, The message of the Daled Minim, The meaning behind Simchas Yom Tov

with Rabbi Moishe Francis - Rosh Kollel, Chicago, Mechaber Hilchos Chol hamoed – 39:58 with Rabbi Moshe Elefant - Worldwide Daf Yomi magid Shiur. COO, OU Kosher. Rav, Zichron Yosef – 1:01:46

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What to look for when buying an Esrog? What's the minimum to be Yotzei and what's a Hiddur? What's the difference between the different types of Esrogim? What does the Hechsher on the Esrog box mean? And much more....

What to be careful about when making a Sukkah? What mats are Kosher for Schach? What to do if yout mat rolled up on Yom Tov? Can you go on a trip to a place that doesn't have a Sukkah? Is someone who's sleeping obligated in the Mitzvah of Sukkah? And much more....

with Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Charlop, Daled Minim Maven – 17:25 with Rabbi Shlomo Francis, Mechaber: The laws of Eruv, Sukkah expert – 38:00

מראי מקומות

What’s researched in advance by the parents, and what’s left for the boy and girl to figure out? What specific questions should be asked? What can’t be asked? What must be asked? Who should - and should not - be asked?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Lowy – Rav of the Agudas Yisrael of Toronto - 7:41 with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael and shalom bayis author – 31:53 with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue – 55:27 with Mrs. Lisa Twerski – Therapist, author and Nefesh board member – 1:20:51

מראי מקומות

What should we be doing during Elul? How do we internalize message of the times? How do you know what your pupose is in the world? How do we ensure that this year will really be different? How do you block out all the distractions and noise? Be present in the moment.

with Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein, Founder Ohr Naava, International speaker – 30:00 with Rabbi Shlomo Farhi - Rav, Safra Synagogue Manhattan, Founder of Chazak, International lecturer – 42:35 with Rabbi Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Rabbi of Boca Raton Synagogue, Worldwide lecturer – 56:20 with Rabbi Daniel Glatstein - Rav, Tiferes Mordechai, Popular Author and Lecturer – 106:20

מראי מקומות

Buying a piece of land to keep Shemittah is it a Mitzvah or is it detrimental to Shemittah?

Can you have a part in the Bracha of Shemittah? is the Bracha nowadays?

What items in the supermarkets in America can be from shemittah products?

with Reb Shia Markowitz - Head of Keren Hashviis – 24:05 with Rabbi Nochum Rabinowitz - OU Rabbinical Coordinator, Rav, Chevra Nachlas Yehoshua in Flatbush – 32:58 with Rabbi Efraim Landy, Av Beis Din, Rosh Kollel and rav in Eretz Yisroel, Poseik of Kinyan Shmita – 54:43

מראי מקומות

Should a Kashrus certifications decisions be solely based on Halacha? What moral decisions should be taken into consideration?

A lesson in Ahavas Yisroel from Reb Moshe & Reb Dovid Feinstein    

***Guest Hosted by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz *** Rov of Beis HaKnesses of North Woodmere, Director of Semicha at RIETS

with Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov of Young Israel of Holliswood, Queens, Ami Columnist – 16:44

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Is a birthday a day to celebrate? If so, how? Are there more significant birthdays, like the 70th? How should Jonathan Rosenblum celebrate his 70th this week? Have the gedolim historically celebrated their own birthdays? Is there a problem of Chukas Hagoyim to have a birthday cake? To have candles on it? To blow out the candles? To make a wish?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva of Greater Washington – 8:25 with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 23:18 with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos – 49:37 with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Chozer of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Renowned author and lecturer, Founder of the Meaningful Life Center – 1:19:46 with Rabbi Manis Friedman – Famed author, speaker, educator and Chabad Shaliach – 1:33:23

מראי מקומות

Why is the divorce rate in our communities escalating at an alarmimg rate? Hear the astonishing numbers

Should something be added in our children's school curriculum to better prepare them?

How to deal with a spouse that has changed?

and much more.... Hear from the experts

with Rabbi Yosef Greenfield - Rov of Chestnut, Lakewood NY, Chosson Rebbi  – 22:53 with Mrs. Esty Greenberg - Kallah Teacher, Lakewood NJ – 41:48 with Rabbi Zecharia Greenwald - Menahel, Maor Beis Yaakov – 52:26 with Rabbi  Dr. Bentzion Twersky - Marriage Counselor – 1:12:32

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Which poskim prohibit entering the Temple Mount and why? Which permit? Does politics come into play? Which areas are less problematic? How would one prepare? Are we missing out on any mitzvahs by not going? What do the gedolim say to do with Har Habayis?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – with Rabbi Yehuda Glick – President of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation – with Rabbi Menachem Glick – Senior Mashgiach at Yeshivas Beis Yisrael –

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Can one leave negative reviews that can potentially harm a business? Can you create fake reviews to purposely increase business? Can one person leave reviews from multiple accounts? Can you create algorithms to get your business to the top of a search ? 

with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz - Rosh Yeshiva Aish Hatorah – 35:18 with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher - Rov in Detroit, Maggid Shiur Oraysa – 41:07 with Rabbi Shmuel Honigwachs - Dayan Bais HaVaad Lakewood – 57:20 with Joel Wolh - Founder, Boutique Seller (an Amazon agency), Co-founder Bizfluence – 1:07:14 with David Melamed - Founder, Digital Marketing News Whatsapp Group – 1:19:53

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Do we ever stop Davening for their safety?

Dealing with unidentified bodies or parts of them.

This recovery can take months: When does Aveilus, Shivah and Kaddish begin?

with Rabbi Sholom Lipskar - Rov of The Shul, Bal Harbour, Surfside Florida – 20:13 with Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz - Renowned author and lecturer – 33:26 with Rabbi Yonah Reiss - Av Beis Din of CRC, Chicago – 51:37

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Is there a problem with giving “semicha” to a woman? Can a woman be a shul or community rabbi? Can a shul with a woman rabbi call itself “orthodox”? What if she’s called Rabbah, Maharat, etc. instead of being called “Rabbi”? What’s the line between what’s acceptable and what’s not? Can a woman pasken shaylos?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz – Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 12:38 with Rabbi Mayer Twersky – Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanan – 48:00 with Rebbitzen Miriam Kosman – Author, "Circle, Arrow, Spiral: Exploring Gender in Judaism" –1:05:31 with Rabbi Dovid Kaplan – Mashgiach Ruchani, Yeshivas Beis Yisrael – 1:35:35

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What's the difference from these to other Sheitlach? Is there really a difference? Can you see the hair underneath? Is there a problem of Maaris Ayin? Is it going against the Torah's will? 

with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz - Rosh Yeshiva Aish Hatorah – 12:05 with Rabbi Shmuel Felder - Poseik BMG Lakewood – 14:03 with Rabbi Gedaliah Oberlander - Rov, Heichal Menachem, Monsey NY – 17:24 with Hagaon Rav Reuven Feinstein - Rosh Yeshiva Staten Island – 23:48 with Rabbi Daniel Ahron Coren - Rov, Monsey NY – 29:15 with Dini Weinberg - Dinis Wigs – 53:41

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Do we know what the Techeilis is - Is it the murex or the cuttlefish? Are you obligated to wear it because of Safek? 

with Hagaon Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky - Rosh Yeshiva of Philadelphia – 20:10 with Hagaon Rav Menachem Mendel Shafran - Av Beis Din Hayashar V'hatov Yerushalayim, Rosh Yeshiva Noam Hatorah Bnei Brak – 20:34 with Hagaon Rav Dovid Cohen - Rov of Gvul Yaavetz, Renowned Posek, Mechaber seforim – 21:30 with Hagaon Rav Herschel Schachter - Rosh Yeshiva & Rosh Kollel YU, Leading Posek of OU –   25:10 with Hagaon Rav Nissin Kaplan - Maggid Shiur, Mir Yerushalayim – 28:26 with Hagaon Rav David Yosef - Rosh Kollel Yachveh Da'at Kollel, Chief Rabbi of Har Nof, Member Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah – 34:57 with Rabbi Bentzion Halberstam, Rav of Khal Chassidim Westgate – 36:03 with Hagaon Rav Moshe Heineman – Rov of Agudas Yisroel Baltimore, Renowned Poseik – 55:40 with Rabbi Michoel Shlomo Bar-Ron – Founder Torath Moshe learning center – 1:11:54

מראי מקומות

What are the challenges a Rabbi has in a small Jewish community? What are the main issues and shaylos in-town versus out-of-town? What are the strangest issues that come up? How do the communities compare?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Ilan Feldman – Rabbi of Cong. Beth Jacob, Atlanta, Georgia – 10:42 with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rabbi of Beis Hakenesses, North Woodmere – 40:44 with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah, Silverspring, Maryland – 40:44 with Rabbi Daniel Wasserman – Rabbi of Shaare Torah, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – 1:39:33

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Should we show unconditional love or set boundaries? If there a time when we need to send our children out of the home? What's the root of the problem?

with Rav Pinchos Friedman – Rosh Kollel of Belzer Kollelim in Eretz Yisroel, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshivas Mevakshei Hashem, Renowned lecturer, Mechaber Shvilei Pinchos – 12:51 with Ronnie Cohen – Founder of Always our Kids AKA "Ronnies Rebels" – 26:58 with Rav Ahron Glick, Rav of Kamenitz Brooklyn – 48:28

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A heart wrenching eyewitness report. Is it an act of Hashem or of human negligence? How do we strengthen our Emunah? How do we explain it to our children? Can we know why it happened? and much more..

with Reb Shmulik Kleiner – President, Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin, Eyewitness – 18:42 with Rabbi David Ashear – Best Selling Author, Living Emunah Series, livingemunah.com – 34:09 with Rav Pinchos Friedman – Rosh Kollel of Belzer Kollelim in Eretz Yisroel, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshivas Mevakshei Hashem, Renowned lecturer, Mechaber Shvilei Pinchos – 49:37

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Are there heterim to not repay debt? What if it’s owed to a credit card company, bank or government, as opposed to a Jewish lender or gmach? What must be disclosed when taking out a loan? Is it better to learn in Kollel and incur debt or to get a job? Can a creditor force the debtor to sell his home and other assets? Does halacha ever cap the amount of debt we can incur? 

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 9:57 with Rabbi Yosef Greenwald – Dayan, Posek and Rav of Khal Dexter Park – 35:32 with Naftoli Horowitz – Managing Director at J.P. Morgan and author – 01:07:10 with Shmuli Margulies – Chairman of Mesila – 01:40:00 with Rabbi Berel Wein – Rabbi of Beit Knesset Hanassi – 02:01:47

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Are our Chasunas over the top? Do affluent people/community leaders need to cut down to encourage others? Is there a difference on how much Tzedaka you give? What about all the Yidden who make Parnassah from Chasunas? 

with Chaim Ekstein – Founder CE Capital Services & Empowerment funding, Author, Founder of the $10,000 wedding challenge – 16:28 with Rabbi Yosef Vigler – Rav, Maayan Yisroel, Flatbush – 32:22 with Shloimy Dachs – Singer, orchestra owner – 47:19 with Shaul Greenwald – Co-founder, simchainitiative.org, CEO, Riverside Abstract – 1:02:37

מראי מקומות

What's the source of the proihbition of music? Is recordings, acapella and other forms of music forbidden? Can you shave your beard? Can you make Shecheyanu? Should you go to Meron this year or will it cause Chilul Shabbos? Does the pigrimage to Meron repair Charedi Chiloni relations ? What's the real source of the Yom Tov of lag Baomer? A novel approach to the source of lag Baomer

with Rabbi Beirach Steinfeld – Rabbi of Rov, Khal Dover Tov, Flatbush, Halacha Columnist – 16:50 with Reb Yitzchok Pindrus – Chairman, Yahadus HaTorah – 38:30 with Rabbi Yechiel Goldhaber – Mechaber Seforim –59:37

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What are the strangest shaylos a shul Rav is asked? What about 40+ years ago? What are the greatest challenges and difficulties encountered by a shul Rav? How have things changed? What’s most enjoyable, and what’s the least enjoyable? What are congregants struggling with the most today?

***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim

with Rabbi Berel Wein – Rabbi of Beit Knesset Hanassi, Yerushalayim – 7:59 with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rabbi of Moshav Matisyahu – 39:39 with Rabbi Gershon Bess – Rabbi of Cong. Kehilas Yaakov, Los Angeles – 1:16:37

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