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- Mental Health Challenges of Boys in Yeshiva & Girls in Seminaries
How does coming to Israel for yeshiva and seminary affect a student’s mental health?
When do difficult emotional feelings cross the line from normal struggles to something that should be addressed?
Should a student who believes another is emotionally unstable report that behavior to the school administration?
What are the key similarities and differences in how boys and girls experience stress, anxiety, depression, or other emotional pressures?
1 hr 51 min - The Ban on AI – Why was it banned? | Will Artifical 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 Shimush?Do you need human emotion for Psak?Can a computer be called שופט שבימיך?And much more……Why would there be a Kol Korah against AI?1 hr 9 min - Join the Headlines $3,000 challenge – Solutions to Break the Phone Habit
What practical strategies can help us reduce phone usage and establish healthy boundaries?
Does someone need to stop usage fully or can partial solutions be effective?What behaviors can we change in as little as thirty days? Does it last?To sign up for the Headlines “30-day Phone Challenge”: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EAGHMhEm2mQ4ilA7FTNXby
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1 hr 3 min - Breaking the Phone Habit – From Compulsion to Conscious Use
· Can a cellphone be used in shul for non-tefillah purposes?
· Does mindless scrolling on a phone constitute an issur of bitul zman?
· Is it preferable to daven from a physical siddur rather than from a phone?
· How do our phones affect our relationships with our spouse, children, and friends?
· What practical strategies can help us reduce usage and establish healthy boundaries?
1 hr 24 min - How can you know an abuser (or other criminal) is no longer a threat? Is there a mitzvah of “Pidyon Shvuyim” to get a Jew out of jail when he was convicted of a crime?
Is it possible to determine that an abuser is no longer a risk? What’s the success rate of treating serious abusers?
Why do community leaders sometimes advocate for the early release of an abuser?How does halacha view cases where a Jewish prisoner receives a disproportionate sentence?Should the community celebrate someone’s release from prison?2 hr 17 min - Are you taking medication? Are you seeing a therapist? These are Seminary Application questions
Why are they asking?
Is it legal?May you lie?How’s it affecting High School girls?1 hr 35 min - Are sheitels only b’deieved?
Why do married women cover their hair?
Is a tichel preferable to a sheitel?Why do some women shave their heads after marriage?1 hr 47 min - “Leil Shishi” & Friday “To’ameha” – Do they enhance Shabbos or detract from it?
What draws men to these gatherings?
How do they impact the home — especially when alcohol is involved?
What is the halachic basis for tasting food before Shabbos?
What are the halachic concerns with entering Shabbos intoxicated or eating too close to Shabbos?
What should an ideal Erev Shabbos look like?1 hr 50 min - Narco Terrorist being blown out of the water – How does the Torah view it ? | The fascinating saga of the Bochurim in Japan | Dealing with suicide in our community
Does a person smuggling in drugs have a Din of a Rodef?
Should you report someone who’s trying to sell drugs in the community?
Should you report someone giving out alcohol irresponsibly?
What to be aware of when someone asks you to take a package?
What causes suicide in our community?
How common is it?1 hr 32 min - Ponevezh Yeshiva: Understanding the Machlokes and is it finally over?
How common are controversies over leadership in the Litvish yeshiva system? Is the Ponevezh controversy unique?
What were the main points of the machlokes and how did they develop?
Who halachically owns assets donated to a yeshiva — the Rosh Yeshiva, the fundraiser, or the institution itself?
When, if ever, may a yeshiva bring a dispute to secular arbitration or secular court rather than to Beis Din?1 hr 16 min
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