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01:52:57

7/20/24 – Shiur 475 – Assassinations and Targeted...

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2024/07/19

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? What if there’s only a 10%, 20% or 30% chance that the target is where you think he is? Do you need to be concerned about collateral damage during a targeted killing? And, what if it could be significant? Is there a problem celebrating when our enemies are killed? Host: Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Dr

01:23:36

7/13/24 – Shiur 474 – Halacha: Can an aging forgetful...

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2024/07/12

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 Moshe hold about smoking based on the data with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Renowned Poseik and Rov of Agudah in Chicago – 12:24 with Dr. Michael Zelefsky – Professor Of Radiation Oncology at the NYU Langone Medical Center, Musmach of Rav Moshe Feinstein ZT"L – 20:48 Would Halacha require an aging forgetful

01:47:44

7/6/24 – Shiur 473 – Supporting a son or son-in-law...

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2024/07/04

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 comfortably facilitate or get in the way of quality learning? Is it best to fund the strongest learner, the neediest person, or a relative? Host: Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Zevulun Schwartzman – Rosh Kollel, Yerushalayim – 11:00 with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis

01:32:04

6/29/24 – Shiur 472 – What Happens to Kids When...

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2024/06/28

When does conversation between parents go from “discussing difficult issues” to being offensive and prohibited speech?Should parents avoid all conflict in front of their children? If there is ongoing tension between parents, should they attempt to hide it from the children? What’s the impact of bad Shalom Bayis on children? How should children handle when parents regularly fight? Host: Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkovits – Renowned Rov, Poseik and Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 10:05 with

01:23:39

6/22/24 – Shiur 471 – Electricity on Shabbos - Are...

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2024/06/21

What's a Ben torah?with Rabbi Gershon Ribner – Rosh Kollel of Kollel Nesivos Hatorah – 12:27 with Rabbi Yisroel Brog – Rosh Yeshiva Tiferes Avigdor – 17:15 with Rabbi Moshe Taub – Rov of Young Israel of Holliswood, Rabbinic advisor of Ami Magazine – 20:34 with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Senior rabbi BRS – 29:50 Electricity on Shabbos Electric Water Meter Sump Pump (basement pump) Security systems Motion sensors With Rabbi Zvi Holland and Rabbi Chananya Jacobson – StarK Kashrus Administrators

02:11:20

6/8/24 – Shiur 469 – Learning Torah when it’s nearly...

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2024/06/07

What are valid reasons to cancel on your chavrusa or to miss your daily shiur?How can you concentrate on your learning when you are stressed about life and so distracted? How do you keep on learning over the long-term? What gets people off-track from learning when they leave Yeshiva? How can an IDF solider learn when fighting in Gaza or on the Lebanon border? Hosted by: Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rabbi of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha at REITS – 17:52 with Rabbi

01:43:44

6/1/24 – Shiur 469 – Shemiras Einayim – Halachos,...

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2024/05/31

Practical Halachos of Shemiras EinayimHow to make Shemiras Einayim part of your life How to turn over a new leaf in your life Hosted by: Rabbi Shlomo Landau – Director of Mentorships, Olami with Rabbi Joey Haber – Renowned Speaker and Lecturer – 10:55 with Rabbi Ari Bensoussan – Chazak International LA – 34:40 with Anonymous – Someone whose life turned around – 1:06:56 with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rov Khal Zichron Yechezkel in Toms River, Poseik of Hatzolah – 1:25:33 מראי מקומות

01:43:38

5/25/24 – Shiur 468 – Dealing with the In-Laws

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2024/05/24

How do you handle a conflict between honoring in-laws and honoring your own parents? Are there times that married children need to listen to input from in-laws? Are there halachos about what to call your in-laws? What does a mother-in-law do when she sees deficiencies in her daughter-in-law? Are there typically father-in-law issues, and if so, what? What are healthy boundaries, and how do you establish them? Hosted by: Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO OU Kosher, renowned Daf Yomi Maggid

01:46:47

5/18/24 – Shiur 467 – Un-Lavish Living – why are we...

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2024/05/17

What keeps us spending when we can’t afford it? What’s the impact on children when parents have an expensive standard of living? Is there an obligation to refrain from looking at materialism which may tempt us? Can we spend on luxuries when people need tzedakah? What are the minimums required to celebrate a bar/bas mitzvah and a wedding? Can having a low-budget bar/bas mitzvah or wedding hurt our children longer-term? Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside

01:26:09

5/11/24 – Shiur 466 – Neurolinks and Shabbos, Alexa...

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2024/05/10

Electronics activated through brainwaves is it permissible to use them on Shabbos? Electronics activated through voice is it permissible to use them on Shabbos? with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher – Rov in Waterbury, Maggid Shiur for Oraysa – 13:33 Using a whoop strap or a Fitbit What is the issur of electricity? Is there an Issur of increasing current to exisitng electricity? What’s called a מעשה regarding מלאכת שבת? Binyan in Keilim with Rabbi Tzvi Ortner – Head of Shabbos technology Dept for the OU, Rov

02:27:50

4/20/24 – Shiur 465 – Achdus - does “Achdus” mean I...

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2024/04/18

Is Achdus a Halachic imperative, a Hashkafic concept or something else?What’s the definition of “Achdus”? Is it different from “Kiruv”? Can we outwardly express our disagreements? Should we look to have Achdus with groups and movements of Jews who have values that are antithetical to Torah? ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Renowned Posek and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 15:32 with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Renowned Rabbi and EVP of the Orthodox Union

01:57:25

4/13/24 – Shiur 464 – Pesach – Great Divrei Torah for...

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2024/04/12

What's your favorite Pesach Devar Torah?Is there something unique you do at your seder? What do you do to prepare for Pesach? Is there something memorable that has happened to you at a seder? ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** with Rabbi Shay Schachter – Rabbi and Rosh Beit Midrash at the Young Israel of Woodmere – 14:16 with Rabbi Binyomin Wolff – shul rav and popular magid shiur in Yerushalayim – 33:48 with Rabbi Aron Moss – rabbi of the Nefesh Community in Sydney, Australia – 45:04 with

01:25:39

4/6/24 – Shiur 463 – Revisiting Bachurim in the IDF:...

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2024/04/05

Does Eretz Yisroel need an army or can it totally rely on Torah protection?Do we have responsibility to serve - besides the learning protection - like we find previous generations? The Bochurim who aren't learning should they go to the army? Can we have Frum battalions run according to Torah? What's are we going to do when the Chareidim are a majority? with Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein - Talmid Muvhak of HaRav Eliyashiv ZT"L – 22:54 with Yossi Levy – Nachal Chareidi Officer – 48:08 with Rabbi Shay Tahan

02:07:33

3/30/24 – Shiur 462 – What are our “Yeshiva bochers”...

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2024/03/29

What are the biggest challenges, struggles and difficulties confronting our boys today?How do those challenges differ from those of the girls? What impact are technology and alcohol consumption having on the boys? Should Gemara be the focus of yeshiva learning? What’s holding the boys back from performing at their best? ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** with Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld – Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah – 9:43 with Rabbi Naftali Kaplan – zekan

02:48:01

3/23/24 – Shiur 461 – Everyone should be a shadchan –...

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2024/03/22

Should each of us be setting up Shidduchim?What are the biggest challenges and difficulties? Is the “shadchanus” fee only paid to a professional Shadchan, or even to beginners? What does the Shadchan need to do to earn the fee? Can you set up two non-observant Jews? One frum and one not frum? Two non-Jews? What advice do professional Shadchanim have for amateurs? ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** , Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and

01:36:28

3/16/24 – Shiur 460 – זכרון לנצח – Preserving the...

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2024/03/15

Is it permitted, forbidden or a Mitzvah?Are you מקיים פריה וריבה? Does it exempt you from חליצה? Is there an issue of ניוול המת? Is there an issue of הנאה ממת? Is there an issue of ביטול מצוות קבורה? Are there any moral issues? with Rabbi Shlomo Brody – Renowned Lecturer and Author – 15:00 with Irit Rosenblum – Attorney, Founder & Executive Director of New Family – 46:11 with Rabbi Gideon Weitzman – Director of the Puah Institute – 1:07:26 מראי מקומות

01:50:57

3/9/24 – Shiur 459 – The Haredi Dilemma in Military...

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2024/03/08

Yeshiva Bochurim in the IDF | Is it possible to be Frum in the IDF?Don’t we have an Achrayus הַאַחֵיכֶם יָבֹאוּ לַמִּלְחָמָה וְאַתֶּם תֵּשְׁבוּ פֹה? What difficulties – if any – do Frum soldiers face in the army? What would a Frum army look like? When a majority of Eretz Yisroel is Frum what will become of the army? with Rabbi..... – Rov, Talmid of Tifrach, Reb Shmuel Auerbach, Chevron, 20 Years in the army – 17:46 with Rabbi Pinchas Friedman – Rosh Hakollel of Belz Kollelim, Mechaber Shvilei

02:17:20

3/2/24 – Shiur 458 – Frum on the outside and empty on...

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2024/02/29

What are the biggest challenges, struggles and difficulties confronting our girls today?How have things changed over the years? Should money be given to children if they will use it for the wrong purposes? What’s the impact that technology/smartphones/social media is having on the girls? What solutions do we have to inspire girls today? ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – Posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 13:33 with Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz – Posek,

02:08:57

2/24/24 – Shiur 457 – Avoiding the #1 reason for...

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2024/02/23

What are the halachic obligations spouses have to each other?How does a relationship change over the course of a marriage? Are there differences in how to stay connected at the beginning of marriage, in the middle and later in life? What causes spouses to disconnect from each other? Can you reconnect once you have already disconnected? What’s the impact of social media on marriages? ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other

01:26:55

2/17/24 – Shiur 456 – The Brisker Rov zt"l and...

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2024/02/16

Hakaros Hatov to the soldiers Being Mevaker Choleh soldiers Being Menachem Avel these families Saying a Mi Shebeirach for the soliders with Rabbi Refoel Wolf – Gabbai of Reb Shach zt"l for over 30 years – 28:04 with Rabbi Yissocher Eichorn– Talmud Muvhak of Reb Meir Solovietchik zt"l, Rav of Kehilas Avreicihim in Yerushalayim, Mechaber Sifrei Pi Kohein – 38:10 מראי מקומות

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