Halacha Headlines

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January 16, 2025 1/18/25 – Shiur 498 – Should each community have a “Rebbetzin” to teach, advise and inspire the women?
Are women’s learning programs motivated by feminism and the desire for “equality”?
Are women required to learn any Torah? Can they learn Zohar and Gemara?
Is it preferable that women teach women? Can men attend the shiurim as well?
Does a connection need to be achieved through learning Torah, or do Chesed and Tehillim groups work better?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Chaim Kohn – founder of the Business Halacha Institute (“BHI”) and Av Beis Din – 7:51
with Rabbi Moishe Bane – President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union – 29:39
with Rebbetzin Esti Hamilton – popular lecturer and teacher – 51:45
with Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis Wolff – popular teacher, author and lecturer – 51:45
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:20:44
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1 hr 28 min
January 10, 2025 1/11/25 – Shiur 497 – "Gentle Parenting” is in, discipline is out - Should parents discipline their children, or is that only for prior generations?
How has parenting changed over time? What lessons do we learn from Tanach?
Should a parent discipline a child when the child will ignore the parent?
How does a parent stay calm when the kids are misbehaving and not listening?
What if the husband and wife are not on the same page when it comes to parenting?
Should kids be brought to shul if they won’t behave? Can you discipline someone else’s child in shul?

Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges

with Rabbi Aharon Spivak – Rav, author and therapist – 14:34
with Rabbi Dr. Zev Wiener, MD – Rav, psychiatrist, and maggid shiur – 32:30
with Dr. Ilyssa Bass, PhD – clinical psychologist and parent educator – 1:00:59
with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:23:16

Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:43:41
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1 hr 51 min
January 02, 2025 1/4/25 – Shiur 496 – The Halachos of Heter Meah Rabbanim – An Agunah for over a decade – Hear both sides of the story
Can you ever make a Heter Meah Rabbanim without leaving a Get in Beis Din?
Is a Beis Din ever allowed to withhold the Get from the woman?
In order to get the husband visitation
To get the husband financial compensation
To get the woman to drop criminal charges
To get the woman to drop lawsuits
How easy is it to get a court to deny visitation from the father?
And much more...
with Shaul Cohen – Lawyer for husbands Rov – 32:58
with Rabbi Moshe Schwartz – Friend of the husband – 47:38
with Elad Zamir – Lawyer and Toein Rabbani for the wife – 1:44:43
with Rabbi Zalman Graus - Renowned Dayan, Toyein and Borer, Mechaber Sefarim – 1:65:37
with Martin Friedlander - Renowned family lawyer – 2:08:04
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2 hr 23 min
December 26, 2024 12/28/24 – Shiur 495 – How should we behave in Galus? Should we try to blend in and keep a low profile?
What did Gedolei Yisrael say about this and how did they behave?
Should Menorah be lit in public? Should a yarmulka be worn at work?
Should we wear black hats, shtreimels and other identifying marks?
Wear talis and tefillin while walking to shul? Build a Succah in a public area?
Should we remove Jewish and Israel references from our resumes when trying to get a job?
What are the biggest religious struggles in the workplace and what is most damaging to a Ben Torah?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author and lecturer – 14:00
with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and author of “You Revealed” – 39:47
with Harry Rothenberg, Esq. – partner at The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP (InjuryLawyer.com) and a popular lecturer – 39:47
with Charlie Harary – Business Executive and author of “Unlocking Greatness” – 39:47
with Rabbi Michoel Stern – author of “Divinely Distinct - The Jewish Mission in a Diverse World” – 1:27:54
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:42:35
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Hear Dovid Lichtenstein being interviewed
1 hr 52 min
December 20, 2024 12/21/24 – Shiur 494 – How to not lose our children – and ourselves – to peer pressure
How can a child withstand peer pressure
Why do some kids give in easily to peer pressure and others don’t
How should parents educate their children to withstand peer pressure
What are the most common peer pressures in our yeshivos and girls’ schools
Why do kids and teens involved in bad behaviors want to get their peers to join them
Are we obligated to avoid negative influences and make Gedarim for ourselves
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, New Jersey – 15:13
with Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Elisheva Kamenetsky – Menahel of DRS and Rosh Yeshiva of HALB; Head of School of SKA – 52:14
with Dr. Debbie Akerman – Professor of social welfare and licensed clinical social worker – 1:27:52
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:52:25
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2 hr 6 min
December 12, 2024 12/14/24 – Shiur 493 – What it Takes to release an Agunah | Presidential Pardon – Pardons in Halacha – The Torah approach to pardons
How a Magen was forced to give a Get
with Attorney Elad Zamir – Renowned Family Lawyer, Toein Rabbani – 16:56
How the torah would view the presidential pardon of his son
Is there a concept of pardons in Torah
Do we find pardons in Tanach?
Do you always have to be Moichel someone who wronged you?
When don't you?
A fascinating conversation
with Rabbi Hayyim Angel – T’nach Expert RIETS – 29:40
with Rabbi Uri Tiger – Chavrusah and proofreader of Reb Chaim Kanievsky, Mechaber Seforim – 45:50
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1 hr 11 min
December 05, 2024 12/7/24 – Shiur 492 – The new initiative to draft Chareidim into the army. Should Yeshiva boys draft into the all-Charedi “Chashmonaim” Brigade?
What are the arguments that there’s an obligation to serve in the IDF?
What are the arguments that there’s no obligation for someone learning Torah to join the army?
What if the person is not learning, but is working or doing something else?
What are the main challenges of a Chareidi boy/man joining the IDF?
Can those issues be fully addressed? What initiatives are currently under way to address the concerns?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Rabbi Nechemia Steinberger – Program Officer, The Maimonides Fund – 17:15
with Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon – Rosh Yeshiva, Jerusalem College of Technology – 48:47
with Dr. Shlomo Black – Psychologist and Research Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) – 1:16:57
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:39:58
מראי מקומות

1 hr 49 min
November 29, 2024 11/30/24 – Shiur 491 – Do we need to give when collectors ask for Tzedakah? What if it’s during davening, or a solicitation via mail or email?
Do we need to give Tzedakah to everyone who asks?
Should we give to someone who refuses to work?
What if you think the person asking does not look legit?
What if he smokes? Or he’s an alcoholic or uses drugs?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges
with Dr. Shlomo Black – Psychologist and Research Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) – 13:47
with Rabbi Shimon Taub – Author of The Laws of Tzedakah and Maaser (Artscoll) – 40:40
with Shimshon Katz – Gabbai, Congregation Kahal Avreichim (the “Boat Shul”) in Toronto – 1:07:33
מראי מקומות

1 hr 23 min
November 22, 2024 11/23/24 – Shiur 490 – Can a Rav ever be Meikil on an עבירה to prevent a more serious עבירה?
Can a Rav ever be Meikil to prevent a more serious עבירה?
Do ends ever justify the means?
with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rov of Kehila of North Woodmere – 14:15
with Rabbi Shay Tahan – Rav Cong. Ohel Moshe Brooklyn, Dayan, AskHalacha.com editor – 34:57
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1 hr 10 min
November 15, 2024 11/16/24 – Shiur 489 – How long should you date before getting engaged? How long does it take to get to know the other person?
What should be the goal of dating?
What are the minimum interactions required by Halacha before engagement and marriage?
What’s the downside of going too quickly? Of going too slowly?
How clear do you need to be about what you are looking for in advance of dating?
What are some great ways to get to know the other person?
Host: Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkovits – Renowned Rov, Poseik and Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 9:48
with Mrs. Aleeza Ben Shalom – international shadchan, relationship coach and author – 32:54
with Dr. Jacob Freedman – noted psychiatrist, speaker and author – 1:05:22
with Rav Shea Landau – Chasidish shadchan – 1:30:32
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:45:18
מראי מקומות

1 hr 59 min