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00:00 - After someone dies, what is he aware of?

 

03:35 - Do Reforms Rabbis get reward for saying Borchu or learning Gemara?

 

10:25 - To what extent does one maintain his individuality after death?

 

13:30 - What is the connection between a person and the person he is named after?

 

16:52 - If a person dies in a certain year, was that because he was written in the book of the wicked after the preceding Rosh Hashanah?

 

20:34 - What does it mean when R’ Chaim Vittal says that a Tzadik should pursue a Rasha?

 

24:27 - There are statues of Gedolim such as the Maharal in Prague. Would this be idol worship for a Jew to make?

 

29:30 - Is it permitted to go to a gallery to see a statue?

 

30:16 - If someone knows that they will not daven schacaris should they make a bracha on washing their hands in the morning?

 

34:10 - Where does someone who is killed fall in regard to the books of Rosh Hashanah?

 

35:40 - How can we speak gently in accordance with the advice of the Ramban in Igeres HaRamban?

 

40:15 - How does Birchas Cohanim work?

 

45:05 - How does one know if he is a good person?

 

50:00 - Should one not speak if he wants to rely on morning washing for afternoon bread?

 

53:00 - Does Hashem take into consideration one’s situation for the sins he commits like intermarriage or going off the derech?

 

1:04:00 - Should someone stop bentching when he hears kol Isha?

 

1:08:20 - If someone is named after a certain person are his free will decisions influenced by his name-sake?

 

01:09:50 - How to explain differences between ashkenazi and sefardi sifrei torah? How can we say every letter is divine?

 

1:16:45 - Why is Rachel the wife of Yaakov and Leah the wife of Yisrael?

 

1:19:30 - Are you allowed to visit Roman baths?

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