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0:00 Tosfos & Bris story 5:35 How do we understand that Yom Kippur atones on its own 9:28 Does toil in Torah be considered kapparot for Teshuva 10:11 Does Teshuva count if a person repeats the same sin again? 15:03 How much Teshuva does a peson need to do? 19:53 How to know which halachic opinions to follow? 21:03 Is any nation in the world following the Noahide laws? 24:35 What's the machlochet on Emunah and Bitachon between Novardik, Slabodka, and Chazon Ish? 37:09 How much do you need to have a Rabbi? 44:28 Can a gentile daven for a Jew? 46:33 What is special about the children of Israel?

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0:55 Is music allowed during the davening services? 9:00 Does the Shach's claim on the Terumat HaDeshen manufacturing his questions have any practical ramifications? 16:45 Can you blow the shofar on Shabbat? 22:45 Who is judged for having a bad thought, who are only judged for doing a bad action? 25:00 Purim is considered to such a holy day, but seemingly all we do is eat and drink and not so much learning. Seems like an obvious contradiction. 28:55 How do we have drashas and roshe tevot that allude to the names of the months, if the months were named later in history? 34:00 When it come to ben adam l'chavero are mezid and shogeg judged equally? 37:20 Is the establishment of Israel apart of the Messianic process? 43:35 Do only Jews have Teshuva? 47:15 Why is the bechirah Yisrael not part of the 13 principles of Faith? 52:28 Does Hashem change his mind? 55:35 Can a Rav promote his haskafa and put down another Rav's haskafa and would it be considered lashon hara? 58:57 Why do people read Shir HaShirim before Shabbat?

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0:00 What does the pasuk mean that a person who wants to live should hate gifts? 7:55 Can you curse wicked people? 23:20 How does Hashem have middot? 33:35 Why did the girsa for the bracha of minim in the Amida change over time? 42:40 At the Kotel sometimes there is so many people that there is a mix of men and women davening in the plaza. It that allowed? 47:54 Should a person learn "What's bothering Rashi?" 53:44 When Mashiach come will there be different nusachs and minhags or only one? 56:54 What is the origin of thought? 58:15 How much is free will a product of your past experiences?

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0:00 Can man, who has not fulfilled the mitzvah of peru urevu marry a women, who is unable to give birth and does having a medical procedure to have a child affect the din? 3:40 Can a person wear slides or crocs during davening? 6:20 How is it possible that in times of the mishna the times that the korbanot were offered were forgotten if it had only been one generation after the destruction of the Bet HaMikdash? 8:40 Why is the Ashkenaz minhag to make borei mine vesamim on all spices regardless of the type of spice for havdallah? 15:40 When should a person start learning kabbalah? 21:50 Where does the halacha of someone who is undergoing conversion is obligated to violated shabbat? 31:00 Did the Avot keep the Torah? 44:24 Should we actively fight anti-semitism? 50:15 Does a Bet Midrash have the same din as a Shul in terms of using it as a shortcut? 52:15 Where was the wall of the Kotel located in the times of Bet HaMikdash? 55:35 What's the main objective of Rashi on The Chumash and Gemara? 1:08:02 Significance of the five spaces between the fingers of the Kohanim during birkat cohanim? 8-19-26

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0:00 How is a person allow to learn during Chazarat HaShatz 11:15 Why did the erev rav have such a big influence on Klal Yisrael and not vice versa? 19:30 What is Tachunan and why are certain groups strict with saying it and others are leninent? 26:30 What does Shalom Bayit override Kibud Av Va'em 30:20 Why is allowed to say Elokai Netzor on Shabbat? 36:10 The Midrash says the portion of land of the Menashe was split as a punishment, while gemara say it was split for different reason. How do we resolve this contradiction? 45:00 When do we say amen if we are in the middle of an inyan? 53:12 Are taggim in a sefer Torah considered a hiddur mitzvah? Can you write a sefer Torah without all the stringency and hiddurim of soferim? 1:03:45 Do you choose who you marry or is it predetermined in heaven? 1:07:35 Do Gedolei Torah have Ruach HaKodesh today and if so can they make mistakes? 1:13:01 Why can you test Hashem with the mitzvah of Tzedakah?

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0:00 What is pride and how is it different than self esteem? 10:45 Why was the parah chosen as the atonement for the golden calf? 14:20 Why aren't women taught Gemara? 26:45 Do we know the correct pronunciation of Hashems name? 34:00 How does a person know if his intention are pure? 39:45 Are we part of Hashem? 47:15 What are the mains problem with humanity today? 56:25 Is it worth fighting antisemitism? 58:30 What is lacking in the Kiruv world? 1:05:40 Why did Shimshon sacrifice his eye for reward in this world? 1:07:15 How did Hashem give the Oral Torah to Moshe? 1:15:40 Why is Olam Haba not mentioned in the Torah and is it a prerequisite of our faith? 1:17:55 Is there any importance on how a person dresses in Yeshiva?

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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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