Halacha Headlines

11/28/15 - Show 45 - Parnassah: Dealing with the challenge of life after Kollel

Parnassah: Dealing with the challenge of life after Kollel

with Rabbi Aaron Kotler, CEO Beth Medrash Govoha

with Dr. Alan Kadish, MD President and Chief Executive Officer of Touro

11/21/15 - Show 44 - Loshon Hora; when is it permitted?

Loshon Hora; when is it permitted?

with Rabbi Zev Smith, RAM in Torah Vodaas

 

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11/11/15 - Show 43 - Confidentiality in Halacha - Copyright in Halacha - Hafga'as kiddushin

Confidentiality in Halacha

Copyright in Halacha

with Rabbi Moshe Taub, Rabbi Young Israel of Holliswood, Queens

 

Hafga'as kiddushin

with HaGoen HaRav Dovid Cohen, The Leading Posek of America

 

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11/7/15 - Show 42- Discrimination and the situation in Israel today - Vaccination in Halacha - Alternative Lifestyles - Smoking in Halacha - Ilana Silver of Sharsheret

Discrimination and the situation in Israel today

with harav dovid yosef Rav, Har Nof Member, Moetzet Chachmei

 

Vaccination in Halacha

Alternative Lifestyles

Smoking in Halacha

with HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, Leading Posek of America

 

Ilana Silver of Sharsheret: An Organization that helps Women with Breast Cancer

 

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10/31/15 - Show 41- Shooting to Kill Terrorists: A Halachic Perspective or Shoot to kill? is that Jewish behavior? - Being Mafkia a Kiddushin

Shooting to Kill Terrorists: A Halachic Perspective or Shoot to kill? is that Jewish behavior?

with Rabbi Yosef Viener, Rav of Khal Sha'ar HaShomayim in Monsey

 

Being Mafkia a Kiddushin

with Rabbi Nachum Eisenstein, Rav in Maalot Dafna

 

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10/24/15 - Show 40 - Is Someone Who Goes to Har HaBayis a Rodef? - Daas Torah and Emunas Chachomim, to whom does it apply?

Is Someone Who Goes to Har HaBayis a Rodef?

with Harav Feitman and Yehuda Glick

 

Daas Torah and Emunas Chachomim, to whom does it apply?

with Harav Yaakov Feitman, Rabbi of Bais Yehuda Tzvi of Cedarhurst

 

Is Someone Who Goes to Har HaBayis a Rodef?

with Rabbi Menachem Genack

 

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10/17/15 - Show 39 - The Agunah Crisis (rerun)

The Agunah Crisis (rerun)

with Harav Hagoen Rav Dovid Cohen, The Leading Posek of America

 

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10/3/15 - Show 38 - Reporting Abuse to Authorities and Ayin Hara - Using the Yom Tov Oven

Reporting Abuse to Authorities and Ayin Hara

with Rabbi Doniel Neustadt, Rosh Vaad Harabonim of Detroit

 

Using the Yom Tov Oven

with Rabbi Moshe Heineman, Rav of Agudas Yisroel of Baltimore, Rabbinical Supervisor at the Star-K

 

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9/26/15 - Show 37 - Vaccination in Halacha - DNA in Halacha

Vaccination in Halacha

with Rabbi Yehuda Dovid Bleich, Rosh Yeshiva & Rosh Kollel LeHora’ah at Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon’s

 

DNA in Halacha

with Rabbi Osher Weiss, Author of Minchas Osher

 

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9/19/15 - Show 36 - End of Life Issues

End of Life Issues

with Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz with Rabbi Eliezer Gewirtzman, Vice President of Agudas Yisroel and CEO of Chaim Aruchim // Posek for Chaim Aruchim

 

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9/12/15 - Show 35 - Reporting Abuse Cases to Authorities

Reporting Abuse Cases to Authorities

with Harav Hagoen Rav Dovid Cohen, The Leading Posek of America

 

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9/5/15 - Show 34 - Going to Hotels for Rosh Hashana and Succos - Am I Allowed to Miss Minyan for Shalom Bayis? & Other Halachic Shalom Bayis Questions

Going to Hotels for Rosh Hashana and Succos

Am I Allowed to Miss Minyan for Shalom Bayis? & Other Halachic Shalom Bayis Questions

with RABBI NISSAN KAPLAN, Rosh Yeshiva in Mir Yerushalayim

 

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8/29/15 - Show 33 - Financial Considerations and the Mitzvah of Pru U’Revu E-Cigarettes in Halacha

Financial Considerations and the Mitzvah of Pru U’Revu

E-Cigarettes in Halacha

with Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz, Rav of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere

 

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8/22/15 - Show 32 - The BRCA gene and Genetic testing - Understanding the halachic debate of Dor Yesharim - Should we be testing for other genetic diseases for shidduchim and other...

The BRCA gene and Genetic testing  - Understanding the halachic debate of Dor Yesharim

Should we be testing for other genetic diseases for shidduchim and other relevant genetic debates in halacha

with RABBI MICHOEL SOROTZKIN, Rosh Kollel Hadeah Vihadibur Telstone, Director Hala Jerusalem Center

 

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8/15/15 - Show 31 - The Kosher Switch - Going to secular court (is it ever permitted?)

The Kosher Switch

Hagaon Harav Osher Weiss, Baal Mechaber Minchas Osher

 

Going to secular court (is it ever permitted?)

Rabbi Ari Marburger, Rosh Kollel of Beis Din Maysharim of Lakewood

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8/8/15 - Show 30 - Daas Torah in Halacha (What's it's source? Do all agree with the concept? What are its limitations?) - Implication in the frum world on the supreme court ruling...

Daas Torah in Halacha (What's it's source? Do all agree with the concept? What are its limitations?) 

with Rabbi ZEV LEFF, Rosh Yeshiva of Moshav Matityahu

 

 Implication in the frum world on the supreme court ruling

“The Aguda’s view on Gay Marriage” 

with RABBI CHAIM DOVID ZWIEBEL

 

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8/1/15 - Show 29 - Practical Tzedakah Questions

Practical Tzedakah Questions: Who to give to? Do you have to give someone buying an apartment when your child doesn’t own one yet? Should we allow collectors at weddings? During Davening?

 

Should we allow collectors at weddings? During davening?

with RABBI AVROHOM CHAIM FEUER, Rosh Yeshiva of Mesoras Mordechai, Ramat Beit Shemesh, (also author of Artscroll’s bestseller on Tzedakah

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7/18/15 - Show 28 - OCD in Halacha

OCD in Halacha

HAGAON HARAV OSHER WEISS

Baal Mechaber Minchas Osher

 

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7/11/15 - Show 27 -The Mamzerus Crisis & Solutions

The Mamzerus Crisis & Solutions 

with RABBI CHAIM JACHTER, Rav of Sha’arei Orah in Teaneck

Rav on the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA)

 

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7/4/15 - show 26 - School Vouchers and Metzitzah B’Peh

School Vouchers and Metzitzah B’Peh 

with RABBI CHAIM DOVID ZWIEBEL, Executive Vice President of Agudas Yisroel of America

 

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6/27/15 - Show 25 - Priorities in Tzedakah

Priorities in Tzedakah 

with RABBI YAIR HOFFMAN, Noted Author and Lecturer

 

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6/20/15 - Show 24 - Happy Families - Starbucks: Is it Kosher? Part II

Happy Families 

with RABBI DR. ABRAHAM J. TWERSKI, Prolific Author and Educator

 

Starbucks: Is it Kosher? Part II

with Rabbi Sholem Fishbane, Rabbinical Supervisor of the CRC

 

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6/13/15 - Show 23 - Starbucks: Is it Kosher? Part I

Starbucks: Is it Kosher? Part I 

with RABBI SHOLEM FISHBANE, Rabbinical Supervisor of the CRC

 

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6/6/15 - Show 22 - Ein Mazel L’Yisroel: Does Mazel Play a Role in Halacha?

Ein Mazel L’Yisroel: Does Mazel Play a Role in Halacha?

with RABBI EYTAN FEINER Rav of Congregation Kneseth Israel, The White Shul in Far Rockaway

 

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5/30/15 - Show 21 - The Kosher Switch

The Kosher Switch

with RABBI MOSHE HEINEMANN, Rav of Agudas Yisroel of Baltimore

Rabbinical Supervisor at the Star-K

 

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5/9/15 - Show 20 - Kabbala & Segulos: Are They Relevant Today or Are They Being Misused?

Kabbala & Segulos: Are They Relevant Today or Are They Being Misused? 

with RABBI SHLOMO GOTTESMAN Editor of Yishurun

 

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5/2/15 - show 19 - Bankruptcy in Halacha - Internet and Your Teen: Looking for a Practical Solution

Bankruptcy in Halacha 

with RABBI HERSHEL SHACHTER, Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon’s

 

Internet and Your Teen: Looking for a Practical Solution

with DR. DAVID PELCOWITZ

 

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4/25/15 - Show 18 - Vaccinations in Halacha - Parenting Children in a Consumerism-Obsessed Society

Vaccinations in Halacha

with RABBI YEHUDA DOVID BLEICH

Parenting Children in a Consumerism-Obsessed Society

with RABBI PERETZ SCHEINERMAN, Dean of Torah Academy of New England

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4/18/15 - Show 17 - Jewish Missionary: Should We Be Trying to Improve the World? Help Them Be Mikayem Sheva Mitzvos Bnai Noach?

Jewish Missionary: Should We Be Trying to Improve the World? Help Them Be Mikayem Sheva Mitzvos Bnai Noach?

 

with RABBI YAAKOV FEITMAN, Rav of Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi (Cedarhurst, NY)

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4/11/15 - show 16 - Using Torture as Means of Interrogation Divorce Crisis in Our Community: How Do We Create Happier Marriages

Using Torture as Means of Interrogation

with RABBI MENACHEM GENACK, CEO of OU Kosher

Divorce Crisis in Our Community: How Do We Create Happier Marriages

with DR. DAVID PELCOWITZ

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3/28/15 - Show 15 - Shaalos V’Teshuvos on Hilchos Pesach

Shaalos V’Teshuvos on Hilchos Pesach

with RABBI BORUCH HIRSHFELD, Rav of Ahavas Yisroel and Rosh Kollel of Torah L.I.F.E (Cleveland, OH)

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3/21/15 - Show 14 - Tinok She’Nishba in Today’s Society & the 13 Principles of Faith

Tinok She’Nishba in Today’s Society & the 13 Principles of Faith

with RABBI DOV HALPERIN, Noted Lecturer and Author on Torahanytime.com and Author of “Chemdah Tovah” on the Yud-Gimmel Ikarim

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3/7/15 - Show 13 - Dealing with Kids at Risk: Do We Keep Them at Home or Send Them Away?

Dealing with Kids at Risk: Do We Keep Them at Home or Send Them Away?

with RABBI BINYOMIN GINSBERG, Noted Educator and Author

with RABBI YAAKOV HOROWITZ, Founder and Dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey and Project. Y.E.S.

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2/28/15 - Show 12 - Shaking Hands with the Opposite Gender, Business as Usual or Yeherag Vaal Yaavor?

Shaking Hands with the Opposite Gender, Business as Usual or Yeherag Vaal Yaavor?

with RABBI ARYEH LEIBOWITZ, Rav of Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere

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2/21/15 - Show 11 - Bashert: Can You Miss Yours? What’s The Difference Between First Zivug and Second Zivug? Can You Be Married to the Wrong Person?

Bashert: Can You Miss Yours? What’s The Difference Between First Zivug and Second Zivug? Can You Be Married to the Wrong Person?

 

with Rabbi Doniel Neustadt, Rosh Vaad Harabonim Of Detroit

 

2/14/15 - show 10 - Dealing with People Who Have Alternative Lifestyles

Dealing with People Who Have Alternative Lifestyles

 

with Rabbi YY Jacobson

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2/7/15 - Show 9 - Chinuch of Our Children & the Respective Roles of Parents and Yeshivas: Joint Effort, Separate but Equal, or the Sole Responsibility of the Parents?

Chinuch of Our Children & the Respective Roles of Parents and Yeshivas: Joint Effort, Separate but Equal, or the Sole Responsibility of the Parents?

 

with RABBI YAAKOV HOROWITZ, Founder and Dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey and Project. Y.E.S.

 

and RABBI MEIR HERTZ, Founder and Dean, Tashbar of Lakewood, now in its 24th year

 

1/31/15 - Show 8 - Motion Detectors & Cameras on Shabbos: They’re All Over - How Do We Deal with Them?

Motion Detectors & Cameras on Shabbos: They’re All Over - How Do We Deal with Them?

with Rabbi Doniel Lander, Rosh Hayeshiva of Yeshiva Ohr HaChaim

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1/24/15 - Show 7 - The Agunah Crisis: What, If Anything, Can Be Done? Is a Prenuptial Agreement Halachically Condoned?

The Agunah Crisis: What, If Anything, Can Be Done? Is a Prenuptial Agreement Halachically Condoned?

 

with HaRav Dovid Cohen, Rav of Gvul Yaavetz

with Rabbi Yona Reiss Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council 

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1/17/15 - Show 6 - Shidduchim: What Are We Obligated to Reveal and What Not to Reveal?

Shidduchim: What Are We Obligated to Reveal and What Not to Reveal?

 

with Rabbi Elchanan Adler, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchanan

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1/10/15 - Show 5 - Bernie Madoff: Do Tzedaka Organizations Have to Give Back Buildings That He Donated?

Bernie Madoff: Do Tzedaka Organizations Have to Give Back Buildings That He Donated? 

with Rabbi Ari Marburger, Director of the Business Halacha Institute

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1/3/15 - Show 4 - Ebola Virus: Can a Doctor Put Himself at Risk to Save Others?

Ebola Virus: Can a Doctor Put Himself at Risk to Save Others?

 

with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Shabtai, Sephardic Rav of Boca Raton & Professor of Medical Ethics at Yeshiva University

 

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12/27/14 - Show 3 - Hacking into Computers

Hacking into Computers

 

with Rabbi Yitzchok Grossman, Dayan of the Halacha Center of Lakewood

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12/20/14 - Show 2 - Using Torture as Means of Interrogation

Using Torture as Means of Interrogation

 

with Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher

 

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12/14/14 - Shiur 1 - Discriminatory Racial Profiling

Discriminatory Racial Profiling

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