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0:00 What is source of the prohibition not to cause self harm and to what extent does this apply? 4:45 The Mishnah Berurah fowns upon the custom of not wearing a tallit gadol. What should a person do regarding this halacha? 8:55 Should we pronounce hebrew according to a different a minhag if believe that minhag is more authentic? 14:15 Can you rent out glass plates for venues with the intention of kashering them before each use? 15:10 Why can we make the bracha on shabbat candles today if the main pleasure of illumination come from electric lights? 19:14 Who are the Gedolim and what qualifies a Gadol? 22:45 Did Rashi's daughters wear tefillin? 33:25 What is the purpose of the resurrection of the dead if the dead are receiving their reward now in olam haba? 37:45 If limud of Torah is the main way to connect to Hashem why are women not chiyav to learn Torah? 45:05 Is there an inyan to grow peyot and a beard? 51:15 Why is a secular education frowned upon by religious communities? 55:15 Rav Elchanan says emunah in Hashem should be so obvious because a person can clearly see that Hashem is evident everywhere. Is this a universally accept hashkafa? 1:05:15 How does the Ramban define olam haba and how does that differ from the Rambam?

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0:00 When the Shulchan Aruch says "a person should be machmir" are we obligated to follow this opinion? 5:40 Does music have spiritual power? 12:25 Are shedim and dibbuks what we call ghost today? 19:15 Does someone fulfill the mitzvah of Shiluach Haken if he doesnt use the eggs? 27:40 Is there any sources of the music and tunes sung by the leviim? 29:45 Why did R'Chaim Kanievsky holds that someone needs to wear a hat and jacket for davening? 37:40 What is the source for lighting fires on Lag BaOmer? 41:20 How are you allowed to dance today on Shabbat and Yom Tov? 43:50 Is there any legitimacy to the story of Shimon Kippah? 50:45 What does the statement "derech eretz come before Torah" mean? 1:01:00 Is there Zevulun and Yissachar relationship exit today and do they have to be a fifty-fifty split? 1:10:45 The Rambam says shevet levi are patur from all wars and this extends to Torah scholars, but it seems from the lashon that the Rambam holds this patur is only for Torah scholars that teach Torah and not just learns Torah? 1:13:00 Is there any issue saying certain names ? 1:15:10 Is there any truth to the saying the more influence one has the less free will that person has? 1:18:45 How are we to understand creation when time itself is also a creation? 1:21:10 Why do Haredi rabbis not recoqnize non-haredim rabbis?

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0:00 Why did all snakes lose their feet if only the nachash in the garden of Eden 2:00 Is it assur to listen to Non-Jewish music/tunes? 9:55 If someone is cutting onions and starts tearing up should they think of the Bet HaMikdash to do the mitzvah? 13:05 Is it allowed to do raffles for Tzedakah? 16:20 How does modern futility treatment affect yibum? 21:30 Is believing in an omen or superstitions assur? 24:33 What does Mazal Tov mean? 34:20 Can a person accept a gift from someone whose main source of income is assur according to the Torah? 38:30 What ksav Ivri? 43:13 How do we defend the Ralbag who says Hashem has no knowledge of the future? 53:20 How important is Mesorah today? 56:50 How was the Ramchal accepted today when he was so controversial in his time? 1:07:15 If a person thinks and tries to learn from a previous mistake would that not be a lack of bitochon? 1:13:11 How was Chassidim allowed to change their davening nusach? 1:17:15 How can women do bedika chametz today if the Gemara in Pesachim says the contrary? 1:20:30 If someone is davening the amida as part of an airplane minyan, should he move to let someone pass? 1:22:30 How are we allowed to use disposable plasticware since it's wasteful?

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0:00 Is the war between the U.S. and Iran alluded to in the Torah? 3:30 Is it proper to talk to Hashem throughout the day? 6:45 How to reconcile the timeline of when the Mashiach can come? 9:25 Will the Sanhedrin annul the animal offering in the times of Mashiach? 17:40 What is the evil eye? 26:05 How could Shlomo HaMelech make a mistake if he was the wisest of all men? 29:48 How could the Avot keep the mitzvot derabbanan if they can be change in each generation by the Sanhedrin? 31:12 Can a Jew go to therapy? 37:45 Whats the custom of Upsherin? 42:55 Why do some have a minhag not to learn Hilchot Avilut? 47:20 What is a Mazel? 1:01:30 How was Mordechai allowed to take the royal position of Persia in exchange for his position on the Sanhedrin? 1:11:35 Why was Kabbalah kept a secret? 1:15:09 What makes a good chavruta? 1:19:00 Is Gemara more important than Tanach? 1:20:35 Why did Ester not give up her life when taken by Ahashverous? 1:24:47 Why did Hillel give the golden rule of the Torah in the negative language? 1:29:53 How do we explain the concept of yeridas hadoros when in the times of Purim they accepted the Torah on a higher madreiga?

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This Wednesday's QA shiur is generously sponsored by Bernie Samet.

In loving memory of his father, Yaakov ben Rachel, whose yahrzeit is on the 29th of Shevat; in memory of his mother, Chaya Sarah bas Gittel, whose yahrzeit is on the 26th of Shevat; in memory of his beloved wife, Baila bas Zlata, a"h; whose yahrzeit was on 13th of kislev and in memory of his sister's granddaughter, Rachael bas Rivka Tova, a"h, who was niftar on the 17th of Shevat.

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Q&A 1:15: Can and should a Jew own a gun and would that be considered histadlut with the rise of antisemitism? 7:35 How many days of Yom Tov does an area that is not part of the State of Israel, but was part of biblical Israel keep? 12:18 Does the Rav have a favorite Sefer?

13:25 Should we support that the State of Israel to have a law legalizing mandatory death penalty for terroist? 26:00 Are Tzizits valid if they had the wrong amount of windings? 26:58 Why did David try to send Uriel back to his wife, Bat Sheva? 39:15 Why does Hashem have to be limitless and uniformly one? 44:15 Whats the significance and holiness of Rosh Chodesh? 51:10 What kavanah should a person have when they say Birkat minim in the amidah? 56:02 How can Ester go back to Mordechai after she has been with Ahasuerus? 1:03:20 Whats the purpose of the world according to the Ramchal? 1:06:25 Why don't we give children original names anymore? 1:11:35 In the times of Mashiach we have to bring a sin offering for all our sins how would that be practically be fulfilled? 1:12:45 Are we allowed to bring a korban Pesach today? 1:16:50 How does reimbursement of Shabbat and Yom Tov work if someone is given money for the honor of Shabbat and Yom Tov? 1:19:00 What does the Gemara mean that blessing is only found in one's house because of the honor of one's wife 1:21:32 Why do we wait until Adar to go up in simcha? Shouldn't we always be b'simcha? 1:23:50 Was Ester taken forcibly or voluntarily by Ahasuerus? 1:24:40 Are secular self-help books proper to read and apply? 1:27:40 In the times of Messianic how do we know who is really of Kohen? 1:28:30 What's the obligation of taking on stringencies? 1:31:12 Can a person rely on those who darshan verses from nach to explain current events and the times of Mashiach? 1:33:28 Should we continue to give shiurs in Yiddish? 1:37:43 Why does the Torah repeat the building the Miskhan in detail multiple times throughout the Torah?

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