Halacha Headlines

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Halacha Headlines episodes

July 21, 2023 7/22/23 – Shiur 428 –TISHA B’AV All year round – The plight of mature singles and divorcees in our community
Listen and cry along and become inspired to help
with Sori Zahler – 25:57
with Rabbi Yitzchok Reichman – Nasi Project – 45:57
with "Sori" – an older single – 1:01:02
מראי מקומות

1 hr 10 min
July 14, 2023 7/15/23 – Shiur 427 –Women Singers – Is it preferable that women attend a performance by a male or female singer?
Is there a prohibition of Histaklus of a woman staring at a man performing? What about “Kol Ish” in hearing a man sing?
Is there a problem posting videos of women singing online? Does a “Kol Isha Warning” help?
Do female performances not reflect “yiddishe values”?
Where do we draw the line of Tznius in public?
***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Anthony Manning – head of a seminary and popular speaker – 14:27
with Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton – popular lecturer and teacher, London – 42:15
with Rabbi Zev Leff – Rav, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva – 1:05:15
with Mrs. Bracha Jaffe – popular performer – 1:21:41
מראי מקומות

1 hr 39 min
July 07, 2023 7/8/23 – Shiur 426 – After the BAN – Revisiting AI
What would be the reason to Assur AI more than filtered internet?
Why's AI a bigger danger than google search?
Can AI be filtered?
Is there any positive uses in AI for Yiddishkeit?
Will AI become a major necessity in most people’s lives/businesses like the internet?
with Rabbi Yossi Strickman – CEO of Project Trust – 18:50
with Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner – Rosh Kollel in Toronto – 49:58
with the founders of GYE – 1:09:23
מראי מקומות

1 hr 34 min
June 30, 2023 7/1/23 – Shiur 425 – HOT DEAL OR HOT AIR – Ponzi Schemes Proliferating – The Halachic, legal, and monetary ramifiactions
Is it Loshon Horah to say the name of the perperators?
Is it Mesirah to report such people to the authorities?
What is the proper way to deal with the families of the perpetrators?
What’s the Halachic status of the returns that insvestors received from the swindlers?
Is there a legal requirement to report fraudsters?
How should someone invest?
with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Rov of the Agudah and Poseik in Chicago – 16:27
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Former Magid Shiur in Belzer Yeshivah, editor of Otzar HaPoskim, mechaber of several Halachic Seforim: Habori Vehashemoh; Kol Boi on Eiruvin; And now is in print Milim shel Halacha - A dictionary of Halachic Words – 22:44
with Mr. Ben Brafman – Famed defense attorney – 45:43
with Rabbi Ari Marbuger – Dayan in Lakewood – 56:22
with Mr. Eli Fried – The investment Guy – 1:15:49
מראי מקומות

1 hr 40 min
June 23, 2023 6/24/23 – Shiur 424 – Segulos – Do they really work? Are they mutar and advisable or ineffective and prohibited?
How do we judge if a segulah is valid or not?
Is the $1 given out by the Lubavitcher Rebbe meant as a segulah?
Are the red bendel (bracelet) and Schlissel Challah actual segulos or prohibited?
Is buying Kol Hanearim, Maftir Yona or Pesicha for Neilah effective?
Are there any valid segulos for parnassah, shidduchim, health, Shalom Bayis and great children?
How do fake segulos catch on?
***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Aharon Spivak – Rav, Author and Therapist – 8:35
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah of YU, Poseik of the OU – 29:56
with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron – Maggid Shiur and prolific author – 58:11
with Rabbi Simon Jacobson – Renowned author and lecturer, Founder of the Meaningful Life Center – 1:20:38
מראי מקומות

1 hr 40 min
June 16, 2023 6/17/23 – Shiur 423 – Daniel Penny VS Jordan Neely through the lense of Halacha / AI Paskening II
Overreacting in self defense, is it Muttar?
Do you have have to try to be מציל באחד מאבריו when someone's attacking you?
When unsure if someone is attacking what can you do to protect youself?
(ספק רודף)
Self defense against people who are mentally unstable - does a שוטה have a din of a rodef?
with Rabbi Menachem Genack – Rov in Englewood, Head of OU Kashrus – 13:11
with Mr. Lou Shapiro – Superlawyer, defense lawyer - 27:26
AI Paskening II/ Self defense in Halacha
with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rov, Rosh Kollel and Av Beis Din in Flatbush - 37:20
מראי מקומות

58 min
June 09, 2023 6/10/23 – Shiur 422 – Can AI Pasken ? Will Artificial Intelligence ever replace Rabbonim?
When perfected will you be able to rely on AI for Psak?
Do you need a human mind for Psak?
Do you need a human emotion for Psak? [Is Psak dependent on the place, questioners situation etc[
Shouldn’t we rely on a computer when it’s more knowledgeable and doesn’t make mistakes?
Can a computer be מדמה מילתא למילתא?
Is knowledge enough for Psak? Can a child Pasken? Can a Goy Pasken? Can a woman Pasken? [if they knew all the Halachos]
סייעתא דשמיא in Psak – is it needed? Can a computer have it?
with Rabbi Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz - 17:53
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah of YU, Poseik of the OU - 20:35
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Former Magid Shiur in Belzer Yeshivah, editor of Otzar HaPoskim, mechaber of several Halachic Seforim: Habori Vehashemoh; Kol Boi on Eiruvin; And now is in print Milim shel Halacha - A dictionary of Halachic Words - 23:15
with Rabbi Yoni Levin – Rosh Yeshiva of South Florida, Assistant Rov of Aish Kodesh, Woodmere NY - 37:15
מראי מקומות

56 min
June 02, 2023 6/3/23 – Shiur 421 – “Living the Dream” – Spending Beyond Our Means
Why do people spend when they can’t afford to? Is it mutar to do so?
What’s the concept of “keeping up with the Joneses”?
What should we spend on and what should we not spend on?
Is there a problem flaunting your perceived wealth? Posting it on social media?|
How do you raise kids without their thinking they are underprivileged?
For a wealthy person, is there any reason they should limit their spending?
Does money buy happiness?
***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 15:57
with Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener, MD – Psychiatrist, Rav and Maggid Shiur – 37:30
with Professor Michael Norton – Professor, Harvard Business School – 1:00:14
with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 1:14:32
מראי מקומות

1 hr 48 min
May 19, 2023 5/20/23 – Shiur 420 – The Shabbos Elevator Controversy
The most popular Shavuos night program in the world
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What are the issues with the Shabbos elevator?
Is it a halachic shayla of a Hashkafic Shayla?
What switched now?
with Rabbi Tzvi Ortner – Rov in Boro Park, Poseik of the OU technology dept – 33:20
with Rabbi Yisroel Krengel – Rov in the Tzomet Institue – 50:24
If a Rov makes a mistake in Psak does he have to pay?
What if he retracts his Psak due to Haskafic considerations?
with Rabbi Chaim Yosef Perlman – Dayan on Beis Aharon – 1:07:33
מראי מקומות

1 hr 17 min
May 12, 2023 5/13/23 – Shiur 419 – Baalei Aveirah in our midst – How to we deal with them?
Who’s a מומר?
Someone who flaunts his Aveiros publicly - is he a מומר?
Can a Baal Aveirah write an Ois in a Sefer Torah?
If the Sofer writes the outline is it kosher?
Can they get an Aliya?
Can they Daven for the Amud?
Are they Possul to be עדי קידושין?
Can they make ברכת הזימון?
Are we allowed to be Mechabed them or is it חנופה?
Should we be ostracizing them from our community?
Should we be Mekarev them?
with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher – Rov of Yeshiva Community in Waterbury, Maggid Shiur of Oraysa – 13:06
with Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun – Rov in Crown Heights, Member of the Beis Din of Crown Heights– 39:55
מראי מקומות

1 hr 12 min