Q&A – Interviews – Shiurim of Rav Aaron Lopiansky

#q&a at the Mid-Atlantic Business Halacha Conference in Baltimore, MD, 5/23/24.

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16:33 How to deal with an employer who speaks with coarseness?

21:19 Attitude and treatment to those who commit fraud

36:42 Supporting Local Mosdos

49:31 Modesty in the workplace

57:18 Commissions for Fundraising

01:02:02 Approach to Anti-Semitism

Delivered Motzei Shabbos 2/17/24 at Bais Yaakov Machon Ora

21:27 Shidduch Photos

27:13 Going out just to please the shadchan

29:11 Choosing a seminary based on shidduchim

32:30 Not giving up on ideals or being too picky

35:20 Support

37:06 Singles Events

38:58 Bashert

44:17 Allowing a younger child to go out before an older one

47:08 Essential criteria to give a yes

47:27 Family backgrounds in shidduchim

51:50 Taking a break from dating

53:05 Being tolerant of vices

55:48 Considering a shidduch based on future growth

57:39 Becoming a professional to support your husband vs. being home with the children

58:08 Saying no because of a smartphone

1:00:59 Pre-nuptial agreement

1:03:04 Parents pushing their child to meeting professional shadchanim

1:06:04 Closing Remarks

Delivered 3/16/24 at Melava malka for Northeast Kollel, Bnai Israel Ohev Zedek, and Chelkeinu Initiative in Northeast PA

16:48 Civilians in Gaza

22:10 Balancing Obligations

26:50 Different Values in a Community

34:35 What/Should Those in Yeshiva do in Solidarity for Eretz Yisroel

41:02 Engaging with Anti Semitism

46:53 Mental Health – Rav or Therapist

52:35 Chinuch – Responding with Love or Putting Your Foot Down

56:43 Relationship with Your Child’s School

59:41 Jewish  Unity

#Israel Trip 2024

02:06 Staying Motivated To Do Things That We Don’t Understand

05:46 Other Hashkafos

08:04 Army

11:13 Chassidus

16:49 Learning Sifrei Chassidus on Your Own

18:38 Cheshek in Torah

22:05 Sports

26:54 Orthodox Professional Athletes

29:22 Ben Torah in the Workplace

34:21 Getting Up for Shachris

36:17 Platonic Relationships

40:12 Giving Reasons Why Things Happen

44:04 When Gedolim Give Reasons for Why Things Happen

46:05 Philosophy and Emunah Pshuta

51:01 Other Religions

52:53 Da Mah Shetashiv

54:25 Chovos HaLevavos Shaar Yichud

55:21 Is Emunah the Natural Position

59:44 In Emunah Conditioning

#Israel Trip 5784

#Mishpatim

18:22 Dressing “Yeshivish”

21:26 Conflict Between Bein Adam LaMakom and Bein Adam LaChaveiro

24:40 How You Gain From Yeshiva

26:33 Advising Who Are Less Observant

27:38 Chumros

31:21 Music

34:52 Yetzer Hara in Mashiach Times

37:07 Noach Lo Sheloh Nivra

40:09 Emunah Based on Logic

46:11 Evidence of Hashem

47:37 Working on Ahavas Yisroel While in Yeshiva

50:45 Growing a Beard

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#Mishpatim

13:24 Chumros

18:42 Washington Rally

25:26 The Israeli Army

32:02 Smoking

35:23 Biggest Mistake Boys with Modern Background Make

39:16 Choosing a Profession

42:11 Honoring Parents

47:24 Chabad

51:59 Top Lessons

56:40 Contradictions Between Torah and Science

1:00:32 Struggle with Belief in Hashem and Torah

1:03:47 Three Questions About Learning

1:09:55 What Mussar/Machshava Seforim Should a Bachur Learn

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02:31 Bring Sechel into Emotional Emunah

10:27 Bitachon in Big Life Decisions

14:03 Difference Between a Rebbe and a Rav

18:20 Balance Jewish and Secular Education

23:11 Heter to Avoid Certain Mitzvos on the Path to Observance

24:26 What Parts of Torah are Metaphorical

29:22 What Are the Hardest Parts of Judaism to Reconcile

32:32 What Are the Biggest Issues Facing the Jewish Community

36:11 Other Challenges

39:31 Children Who Are Homosexual

44:26 The Holocaust

48:02 Break in the Mesorah

51:58 Mesorah in Kabbalah

54:22 Medical Guidance in the Talmud

57:59 Living in Eretz Yisroel

#Israel Trip

#Mishpatim

10:09 Going to College

17:09 Being Drawn to Philosophy

19:32 Pro-Israel Rally in Washington D.C.

28:23 Machokes in Hashkafa

31:32 Limudim Other than Gemorah

34:59 Learning Post-Yeshiva

35:40 How to Determine if You Are Shevet Levi

38:51 The Future of American Jewry

44:40 Making Aliyah

48:41 Hakaras HaTov to America

50:43 Army

53:02 Raising Children

#Israel Trip 2024

#Mishpatim

14:01 Following Professional Sports

20:12 Joining the Army

23:04 How to Empathize with those in Pain

26:29 Chareidi Neighborhoods

28:30 External Changes

32:18 Guns

36:05 Growing Without Losing Our Personality

39:08 Relationship with Rebbeim

43:56 Jewish History Recommendation

52:26 Lack of Spiritual Feelings

54:48 Bridging Spiritual and General Knowledge

56:16 Discipline

58:15 Interacting with Different Jewish Cultures

01:00:41 Influence of Friends

#Israel 2024

#Terumah

11:51 Reaction to the Simchas Torah Tragedy 5784

16:38 Influence of Rebbeim

20:42 Sifrei Maharal

21:34 Learning as a Zchus for Others

23:06 The Sins of the Avos

26:49 Chareidim

28:29 Gemorah Building Character

36:00 Happiness

45:36 Inspiration

46:39 Why Jews Go Off the Derech

50:42 The Challenges of our Generation

53:37 Yeridas HaDoros

55:39 When Torah Conflicts with Our Moral Basis

01:00:20 Torah Umadah

01:02:15 Value of Science

01:04:00 Yisroel L’Amim