Q&A- Shovavim, Missionaries & the Omicron Variant

00:00 Where were the bodies from the graves in the cave of Rebbe Yehuda HaNassi taken?

 

01:36 Why is V’shamru considered an inturruption in some minhagim?

 

06:09 Why can a blood avenger kill someone with no penalty?

 

12:18 What are the levels of Tumah?

 

17:38 What are insights of Shovevim? 

 

26:21 What did Levites who didn’t live near the Temple do? 

 

29:20 Can you break Shabbos to save the life of a non-frum person?  (additional clarification at the end)

 

33:34 Can you invite your non-religious Jewish friend to a Shabbat meal if you know he is going to drive?

 

41:42 How does one be empathetic to others’ problems without having the problems harm themselves?

 

46:36 When Chazal say “you must say…” how literally should we take this?

 

49:04 Why do people still hold to night D’Rabbeinu Tam?

 

58:54 Is bein Hashmashot an inherent safek? 

 

1:05:07 How should we be reacting to the Omicron variant of Covid?

 

1:08:26 War, plague, famine were things that affected the world and made people cleave to Hashem. We don’t have those same exact issues today, so how do people cleave to Hashem now? 

 

1:12:34 What advice would you give to people when it comes to making decisions in life?

 

1:19:04 Why is the Torah strict on things that don’t seem so bad (such as homosexuality) and then doesn’t address things that seem much worse (such as rape)? 

 

1:25:46 How should we act toward gay people and gay Jews in particular?

 

1:31:23 What is the significance of wanting Rabbeinu Tam tefillin when you get married? 

 

1:34:32 What is the halachic source of working on one’s middos and is it doraisa or drabanan? 

 

1:39:50 Is it ok to bring a Christian missionary into a (non-orthodox) synagogue to speak? 

 

1:41:56 How has the litvisha world change after WWII? 

 

1:46:24 What is the element of Judaism that is passed down through matrilineal descent?

 

1:47:36 What is the bread of shame? Would taking money to learn Torah count under this?

 

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