Topics covered:

1. The value of a Torah perspective on current events
2. YU hashkafa:
   1. Balance in avodas Hashem
   2. Openness to genuine gedolim across the political spectrum
   3. Secular education & not being extreme in an unhealthy way in our relationship with the outside world
   4. Boundaries of rabbinic authority
   5. Chinuch habanos: spiritual development including intellectual development
3. Kavana in tefillah
4. Machlokes in machshava
5. Tikkun hamiddos
6. Hishtadlus for parnassa
7. The role of a rebbe, and how to pick one