Q&A- Social Media, Beards & American Yiddishkeit

00:00 How can we reconcile the Gemara in Sukkah saying that certain actions bring about eclipses and the astronomical cycle of such eclipses?

 

06:37 How do we reconcile the fact that we’re a light unto the nations if translating the Torah is seen as bad, and why are so many important Jews secular?

 

14:00 Why is Havdalah related to (the bracha of) wisdom? 

 

22:14 Has the Rav been positively affected by secular culture?

 

31:10 How can a Jew be involved in a career in creative writing?

 

42:00 How much do I have to wrong someone in order to require forgiveness? 

 

46:28 What’s the difference between Olam Haba and Olam HaNeshamos?

 

48:38 In terms of “rodef,” could someone kill a doctor who is about to pull the plug on a patient?

 

54:08 Is the rav excited about Roe v Wade possibly being overturned?

 

1:03:06 What are the rav’s thoughts on men educating women when there are a lot of allegations and abuses? 

 

1:12:35 Why did Hashem have to hold the mountain over the heads of the Jews? Were we forced into accepting it?

 

1:15:38 How do we view political campaigns that employ lashon hara?

 

1:21:00 Is sinas chinam still happening today?

 

1:21:46 Why are Pharoahs in the Torah not named?

 

1:22:42 How is removal of the spleen allowed with Adonyahu?

 

1:27:08 Does lashon hara extend to social media being allowed? 

 

1:28:22 Shovavim eitzah for yeshiva bachurim?

 

1:31:37 When it comes to men wearing women’s garments or the like, what is kosher in terms of grooming?

 

1:36:00 What’s the message of growing out a beard? 

 

1:40:05 Why is there not a more mainstream obligation to receive the COVID vaccine according to the gedolim?

 

1:42:43 Why should I listen to a gadol about medical advice? 

 

1:47:54 Where is America headed in terms of Yiddishkeit?

 

1:51:50 How can there be other worlds in our world if Hashem created the beginning in Bereshis? 

 

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