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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? ***…

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? ***…

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 – …

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 wome…

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 – 35:18with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher - Ro…

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 – 20:13with Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz - Renowned author and lecturer – 33:26with Rabbi Yonah Reiss - Av Beis D…

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 *** Au…

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 – 12:05with Rabbi Shmuel Felder - Poseik BMG Lakewood – 14:03with Rabbi Gedaliah Oberlander - Rov, Heic…

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 - R…

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, Yerushalay…

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 o…

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 Se…

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 amoun…

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 wit…

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 ap…

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…

Are we allowed to make a special day for mourning? Is it allowed to be made in Nissan? Is "never again" a Jewish concept? Is it wrong to enumerate anti-semitic acts? and much more..... with Rabbi Marvin Hier – Dean and Founder of Simon Wiesenthal Center – 22:55 with Rabbi Yaakov Feitman –Rav, Khal Beis Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst NY – 35:19 with Hanoc…

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