Halacha Headlines

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Halacha Headlines episodes

September 12, 2025 9/13/25 – Shiur 528 – “The Voice of Awe” – Halachic Debates on Chazanus and the Yamim Noraim
When does chazanus cross into tircha d’tzibburah?
Can a chazan use popular tunes, repeat words, or sing with a choir?
Should a professional chazan be hired for the Yamim Noraim, or is simplicity preferred?
Is chazanus an ideal form of avodas Hashem — or is it frowned upon?
What are the qualifications required of a Yamim Noraim chazan?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Isaac Rice – Mora De'asra of Congregation Anshei Chesed, Hewlitt NY – 12:35
with Rabbi Zev Leff – Posek, Author, Rosh Yeshiva & Rav of Moshav Matisyahu – 48:03
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and prolific author https://www.rabbimoshewalter.com/ – 1:13:00
with Chazan Nissim Saal – Chief Chazzan at Yeshurun Central Synagogue – 1:38:55
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:50:43
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1 hr 58 min
September 04, 2025 9/6/25 – Shiur 527 – Kosher Kitchen, Treif Business?
The Torah's obligation to hold oneself higher in business
Kiddush Hashem in the workplace
Can you make money without cutting corners?
Is there a concept of not doing Mitzvos in public that will cause non jews to ridicule us?
And Much more......
with Rabbi Naftoli Horowitz – Managing Director at J.P. Morgan and acclaimed author and Lecturer – 15:10
with Rabbi Daniel Feldman – Rov, Ohr Saadya Teaneck – 37:18
with Rabbi Mordechai Farkash – Chabad Seattle – 50:18
with Rabbi Yossi Gordon – CEO of Chabad on Campus International – 1:08:53

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1 hr 23 min
August 29, 2025 8/30/25 – Shiur 526 – The “Epstein Files” – Do we have the right to know if someone is a threat to our community —whether a pedophile, abuser, or swindler?
What level of proof is required before sounding the alarm?
When risks are identified, should they be broadcast widely, or kept within a limited circle?
What happens when victims are silenced, ignored, or when abuse is covered up?
How can we, as a community, ensure that abuse is never minimized or swept under the rug?
What role do journalists, news outlets, and podcasts play in exposing the truth and safeguarding the public?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC – 12:24
with Rabbi Yosef Blau – Member of the Baruch Lanner Beis Din and Mashgiach Ruchani at REIT’s for almost 50 years – 46:53
with Mrs. Nicole Meyer – advocate against abuse – 1:26:12
with Avi Schick, Esq. – partner at Faegre Drinker international law firm – 1:44:50
Conclusions and takeaways – 2:00:29
Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview – Recalling his first day at work - 2:06:06
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2 hr 8 min
August 22, 2025 8/23/25 – Shiur 525 – UnKosher Competition – The Four Halachic Red Lines in Business You Can’t Cross | Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview | The Headlines Quit Smoking Challenge
Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview – educating our youth who don’t want to listen
with Rabbi Wein – Renowned Rov, Author and Lecturer – 16:03
The Headlines Quit Smoking Challenge – featuring David Kopciel, Stamford Hill, London
with David Kopciel – 9:35

UnKosher Competition – The Four Halachic Red Lines in Business You Can’t Cross
When is it prohibited to interfere with someone else’s pending transaction? (“Ani Hamehapech B’chararah”)
When is it prohibited to capitalize on someone else’s groundwork? (“Ani Hamenakef”)
Beis Din in Action:
• Outbidding someone for an apartment
• Poaching a long-term client
• Taking a business idea and running with it
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Mendy Weinberger – Sgan Rosh Bais Din, Bais Din Maysharim –25:16
with Rabbi Yitzhak Grossman – Rosh Chaburah and Senior Lecturer, Greater Washington Community Kollel – 50:55
with Rabbi Dovid Schoen – Av Bais Din, The Bais Din of Florida – 1:18:22
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:43:37
Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – the famous story of Rabbi Wein meeting Chief Rabbi Yitzchok Herzog in Chicago – 1:151:05
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1 hr 55 min
August 14, 2025 8/16/25 – Shiur 524 – Steal with a Click? The Halachic Ethics of Downloading Music, Seforim, and Media without authorization
Can you own intellectual property?
Can it be stolen if it's not tangible and there's no act of theft?
Do you have to pay for enjoyment?
Dina D'Malcusa Dina
Aveida M'Daas
And much more.....
with Rabbi Yosef Dovid Josilowsky – Dayan, Beis HaVaad – 13:10
with Rabbi Chaim Jachter – Rav of Sha’arei Orah in Teaneck, Dayan on the Elizabeth Beis Din – 35:40
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57 min
August 04, 2025 8/9/25 – Shiur 523 – Tznius Standards: Clear Halacha or Personal Interpretation? What’s Required and Why It’s Being Ignored
What are the minimum requirements of Tznius when it comes to women’s dress?
Are the reactions by girls/women when taught Hilchos Tznius any different than for Hilchos Shabbos and the like?
What specific things are more difficult for certain women to be responsive to?
How should Hilchos Tznius be taught so that it will be accepted?
Can up to a Tefach be shown? Long skirts worn? Denim clothing? Slits in skirts?
Should shul Rabbanim speak up against the lack of modest dress and prohibited interactions between the genders?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 14:11
with Mrs. Chani Juravel, LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 37:08
with Rabbi Anthony Manning – Jewish educator, author and speaker – 1:04:56
with Rabbi Larry Rothwachs – Rabbi at Congregation Beth Aaron in Teaneck, NJ – 1:43:24
Conclusions and takeaways – 2:18:17
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2 hr 26 min
July 25, 2025 7/26/25 – Shiur 522 – Smoking and vaping – Is there any heter? What do smokers rely on?
Do any contemporary Poskim permit smoking?
Is vaping halachically better than smoking?
What’s the argument that smoking is permitted?
What are the risks of second-hand smoking and vaping?
If someone already smokes, do they need to quit?
How far must a smoker distance himself from others?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
With Rabbi Yehuda Spitz – prolific author and Rosh Chaburah of the Ohr Lagolah Halacha Kollel, Ohr Somayach in Eretz Yisroel – 8:21
With Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt – Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere, Chairman, Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau – 36:21
With Rav Rafael Kleinman – smoker of 35 years – 54:20
with Rabbi Yossi Sprung – Rav of Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Rosh Beis Medresh, Beis Medrash Govoha for Medical Halacha – 1:13:24
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:35:09
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1 hr 39 min
July 17, 2025 7/19/25 – Shiur 521 – Jew vs. Jew: The Housing Fight Tearing Rockland Apart
Is it permissible according to Halacha to establish communal guidelines or enactments that restrict the sale or purchase of homes within a defined radius of the community?
May a Jew purchase property in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood with the intent to rent it out to non-Jews?
Does it matter what type of tenants are placed in the property—for example, individuals of questionable character, multiple families, or undocumented immigrants?
If such tenants are likely to negatively impact the spiritual atmosphere of the neighborhood, is that a legitimate halachic concern that should be weighed?
Can one invoke the principle of kim li in a way that causes harm to others—for instance, to justify behavior that may otherwise be morally questionable?
with Rabbi Shlomo Perlstein – Rav in the Summit Park shul ,Rosh Kollel of the Choshen Mishpat Kollel of Monsey, as the Rosh Chabura for the Kollel in Yeshiva Or Yisroel (Monsey), Moreh Horaah for the Kav Halacha in Yerushalayim – 11:53
with Rabbi Elie Moskowitz – Neighbor – 35:45
with Rabbi Zalman Graus – Renowned Dayan, and Mechaber Seforim – 49:31
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1 hr 19 min
July 11, 2025 7/12/25 – Shiur 520 – When is competition allowed and when does it violate “Hasagas Gevul”?
Can a second business open up next to another and compete?
What if the second business will hurt or destroy the first business?
What does a Beis Din do when potential Hasagas Gevul issues come before it?
How does Hasagas Gevul apply in our modern, large cities nowadays?
Is the prohibition of Hasagas Gevul only on the new competitor, or also on those who purchase from him?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rov of Bais Haknesses of North Woodmere and Head of Semicha at RIETs – 12:02
with Rabbi Dovid Schoen – Av Bais Din for The Bais Din of Florida – 35:32
with Rabbi Dovid Grossman – Rosh Bais HaVaad, Lakewood, NJ – 1:00:48
Conclusions and takeaways – 1:25:54
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1 hr 34 min
July 03, 2025 7/5/25 – Shiur 519 – Hashgacha Pratis: is Hashem watching over you every minute..
The Shitos in the Rishonim
The Baal Shem Tov and the Gra's Shita
If you hold like the Rambam and the Ramban's Shita are you an Apikorus according to the Gra and Baal Shem Tov
Is Hashem busy with the animal kimgdom?
Can you do something to someone if it wasn't preordained?
Why do bad things happen in the world?
What's the point of Hishtadlus if everything is preordained?
What does Hester Panim mean?
with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Rov in Raanana, Rosh Yeshiva of Semichas Chaver – 11:57
with Rabbi DovBer Pinson – Rosh Kolel of the IYYUN Yeshiva/Kolel, is the Marah D’asra of 84 Viola, Mechaber Seforim – 20:51
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – R'm in Yeshivas Shalavim, Mechaber Sefer on Hashgacha Pratis – 39:54
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1 hr 19 min