Halacha Headlines

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  • Exclusivity or Community: The dilemma of school selection policies | The love of the Tosher Rebbe ZT"L

    Is having discriminatory school acceptance policies Halachically allowed?
    What damage are we doing to our children?
    Do we have a communal obligation to accept all children into schools?
    Is there a difference between a boys school and a girls school?
    Can schools force people to accept upon themselves Chumros, in order that their kids should be accepted?
    Can schools claim they hold themselves to certain standards, if they overlook these standards for affluent members of the community?
    Is this the first time in history there was an elitist attitude?

    1 hr 59 min
  • Navigating the Halachic landscape of vacation

    What can you buy in a store without a Hechsher?
    Halachos of Cholov Stam 
    Going mixed swimming with family
    Taking a walk on the boardwalk
    Sitting next to women on planes
    Should you visit a Beis Hakvaros?
    Are you allowed to Daven to the dead or just in the Zechus of the dead?
    Can expectenat ladies go to a Beis Hakvaros?
    Can a Kohein go to Kivrei Tzadikim?
    Putting on a Tallis and Tefillin by Kivrei Tzadikim
    And much more……

    1 hr 29 min
  • LGBTQ+ and “Pride Parades” – How is it impacting us? Should we explain it to our children?

    How should I react when the “Pride Parade” goes by my home in Yerushalayim?
    How should I explain the rainbow flag to my 10-year-old?
    Are we being influenced by secular values? If so, how are we seeing those influences?
    How do we strengthen our own values?
    Is being active in the rainbow movement worse than Chilul Shabbos?
    Is it a chilul Hashem to go against the “enlightened” values of secular society?

    2 hr 30 min
  • Jewish Influencers: The Facts The Fears The Responsibilities

    What responsibility does an influencer have to do due dilgience when endorsing a product or business deal?
    If an influencer didn’t do due diligence and people suffered financial loss is the influencer responsible?
    Not letting people know you’re getting paid for what you’re promoting is it גניבת דעת?
    Are you allowed to push people to live beyond their means or become envious?
    What responsibility does someone on social media have?
    Are influencers a danger to the influence of Rabbonim?

    1 hr 31 min
  • 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?

    1 hr 34 min
  • 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? 

    1 hr 40 min
  • Subway Chokehold - 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?
    Are you חייב מיתה if you kill a שוטה?
    What preventive measures can you take to protect yourself from being harmed?

    58 min

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