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4/22/23 – Shiur 416 – Organ Donation in Halacha Is...

Halacha Headlines ·

2023/04/21

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 –

01:49:08

4/15/23 – Shiur 415 – Is it good or bad that many...

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2023/04/14

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

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4/1/23 – Shiur 414 – The most common Pesach Shailos...

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2023/03/31

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

01:37:47

3/25/23 – Shiur 413 – How not to go to jail

Halacha Headlines ·

2023/03/24

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? with Rabbi Levi Landa – Project 432 Director, Aleph Institute – 35:17 with Willie Rapfogel – 1:00:08 with Ms. Rochel Van Etten – CEO, Aleph Institute – 1:20:55 מראי מקומות

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3/18/23 – Shiur 412 – What makes for Effective Dating?

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2023/03/17

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

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3/11/23 – Shiur 411 – Pesach - Does Medicine need to...

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2023/03/10

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

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3/4/23 – Shiur 410 – What are the Halachos of a...

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2023/03/03

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

02:09:33

2/25/23 – Shiur 409 – Is there any reason to wear a...

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2023/02/24

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

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2/11/23 – Shiur 407 – Kashrus in home establishments...

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2023/02/10

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

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2/4/23 – Shiur 406 – Is Kovea Ittim only for the...

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2023/02/03

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

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1/28/23 – Shiur 405 – Whom should you marry?

Halacha Headlines ·

2023/01/27

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

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1/21/23 – Shiur 404 – Adoption in Halacha

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2023/01/19

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

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1/14/23 – Shiur 403 – Does yeshiva prepare us for...

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2023/01/13

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

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1/7/23 – Shiur 402 – Women’s role in society – Has...

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2023/01/05

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 מראי מקומות

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12/31/22 – Shiur 401 – To discuss or not to discuss -...

Halacha Headlines ·

2022/12/30

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

02:26:12

12/24/22 – Shiur 400 – Drug and alcohol use in our...

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2022/12/23

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

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12/17/22 – Shiur 399 – Chasunah Halachos & Minhagim...

Halacha Headlines ·

2022/12/16

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

01:48:22

12/10/22 – Shiur 398 – Seudas Shabbos – Eating out by...

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2022/12/09

Should you in invite guests/ Kiruv at your Shabbos Seudos or is at expense of your children's Shabbos experience and your relationship with your children? If someone has different Kashrus standards than you can you eat in their house? What if they'll be insulted if you don't come? What type of a Chezkas Kashrus does a person need to eat by him? If you’re a bachur and someone you don’t know, in shul, invites you, what constitutes a Chezkas Kashrus? If you know your host is ‘modern’ for example he

01:53:32

12/3/22 – Shiur 397 – Abuse and Abuse Coverups in Our...

Halacha Headlines ·

2022/12/02

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

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