Q&A: Light Unto The Nations, Animal Pain & Wishing Wells
Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast
Release Date: 05/12/2025
Q&A: Alien Intelligence, OCD & Animal Free Will
Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast
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Kriyas Yam Suf & Jewish Unity
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Q&A: Baseless Hatred, Ayin Hara & Shovavim
Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast
🎙️ Dedicate a Shiur or Podcast Series: Opportunities available at 💬 Got Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? We’d love to hear from you! Email us at: 📍 About Yeshivat Ohr Somayach Located in the heart of Jerusalem, Ohr Somayach is a premier institution for young, English-speaking Jewish men. Whether you’re new to Jewish learning or already proficient in Gemara and other original sources, we offer tailored programs to meet your needs. 📚 Discover the perfect program for you: 📞 Call our placement specialist: +972 52-312-5921 🌐 Visit: 0:00...
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Yaakov and The Recitation Of Shema
Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast
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Q&A: A Womans Role, Dogs & Granola Bars
Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast
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The Three Day Fast Of Teves
Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast
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Q&A: Figs, Heretics & Daas Torah
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Q&A: Government Aid, Dogs & The Yanuka
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Q&A: Mamdani NYC, Chevron & Goyish Music
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Q&A: Negiah, Kabbalah & Smartphones
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Q&A Timestamps 7 May
00:00 - How do Hareidim balance being reclusive and being a light to the nations?
03:55 - Why do we have a modern-day obligation to give Maaser on money when the Torah
only refers to it in regard to agricultural produce?
10:35 - Is there an issue of Tzar Baalei Chaim to tag the ears of cattle? What about piercing
a person’s ear?
17:35 - What caused the Mussar movement? Did they not need Mussar before that?
29:15 - Why is it forbidden to use electricity on Shabbos?
44:28 - Can someone lose his status as a Jew?
51:00 - What is the status of Amen?
56:34 - Is sirloin steak worse than pork?
01:06:22 - Why do we permit listening to music?
01:10:47 - In the Haftorah: when Dovid HaMelech made a mistake in how he transported
the ark why should Uza be punished; how could he give such rebuke to Michal?
01:15:55 - Are wishing wells considered Avodah Zara and could one take the coins from
them?
01:17:55 - Why is Birchas Cohanim in Loshon Yochid?
01:21:55 - Why should it be permitted to go on a ship on shabbat but not a train or a car?
01:27:34 - How is it that disparate people converge on the same interest?
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