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KMTT - the Torah Podcast episodes

June 23, 2020 The Process of Pesak Halacha 30: Chillul Hashem as a Factor in Pesak and Halachic Policy
The Process of Pesak Halacha 30: Chillul Hashem as a Factor in Pesak and Halachic Policy, by Rav Jonathan Ziring

How does the concern for Chillul Hashem generate both halachic policy and shape halachic decision making itself? How does this play out both in lenient and stringent directions?
34 min
June 21, 2020 Understanding Minhagim #29
Understanding Minhagim #29, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Wedding Customs
32 min
June 16, 2020 Conversation with Rav Ezra Bick #3 On the Problem of Evil
Special Shiur - Conversation with Rav Ezra Bick #3, Questions in Philosophy - OnThe Problem of Evil. Gavriel Rosen posed Gush talmidim's Machshava questions to Rav Bick in a live interview.
1 hr 3 min
June 15, 2020 The Religious Roots of Social Equality
A Religious Response to the George Floyd Protests; The Religious Roots of Social Equality, a special shiur by Rav Moshe Taragin.

Zoom Shiur Delivered to Asbee Congregation, Memphis, USA Sources are available here.
1 hr 4 min
June 15, 2020 The Process of Pesak Halacha 29: Theoretical or Practical Pesak
The Process of Pesak Halacha 29: Theoretical or Practical Pesak - Which is Better? by Rav Jonathan Ziring

Which kind of halachic analysis is more trustworthy? That offered without the pressure of a practical question, or that offered in response to a real issue?
33 min
June 14, 2020 Understanding Minhagim #28
Understanding Minhagim #28, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Pikuach Nefesh: Reb Chaim
32 min
June 11, 2020 Exceptionalism, Excellence, Responsibility and Culpability
Exceptionalism, Excellence, Responsibility and Culpability: Four Interlocking Perspectives of Chosenness, guest shiur by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom

During these challenging times, a moment of reflection on what it means to be an exceptional people and how that obligates us towards the rest of the world.
40 min
June 10, 2020 "Pas B'Melach Tochal" - Is Money Really Incompatible with Torah?
Pirkei Avot 7 - "Pas B'Melach Tochal" - Is Money Really Incompatible with Torah? (Avos 6:4), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

This shiur was initially given gearing up to Shavuot.

27 min
June 10, 2020 Conversation with Rav Ezra Bick #2 On Talmud Torah
Special Shiur - Conversation with Rav Ezra Bick #2, Questions in Philosophy - On Talmud Torah. Gavriel Rosen posed Gush talmidim's Machshava questions to Rav Bick in a live interview.
1 hr 5 min
June 08, 2020 The Process of Pesak Halacha 28: Why is Psak Binding?
The Process of Pesak Halacha 28: Why is Psak Binding? by Rav Jonathan Ziring

Why is one bound to follow a pesak? How does asking a halachic question grant authority to a posek?
32 min