Q&A- Kol Isha, Mixed Kiruv Trips & the Death Penalty

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00:00 is it considered Avoda Zara to believe in multiple gods but only serve one?

 

03:16 Why wasn't the Torah given at Creation?

 

09:36 Can I be mekabel maisa rishon giving to a Cohen or can I give it to a Levi? (see addition at 1:51:33 )

 

16:53 Does the rav have any tips for remembering what we've learned?

 

23:40 Is Kol Isha applied to new music styles and recorded music?

 

38:50 Is it consistent with Jewish Hashkafa to support the death penalty in secular courts?

 

46:20 How were the Ruvnitzer rabbi and others able to "break the rules" of Torah?

 

48:08 Is a single person able to work on a kiruv trip with mixed activities, assuming all laws of yichud and shomer negiah being observed?

 

52:53 Are Muslim prayer techniques based on Jewish bows, etc.?

 

1:00:44 How do we know how to navigate which Aggadic stories to take literally in the Gemara and Midrash?

 

1:00:06 Is it permissible to drink coffee, tea, or anything during Pesukei HaZimra?

 

1:07:27 According to Gemara in Succah, why can we consider STAM land in the hands of non-Jews as stolen? How can I rely on the produce right of non-Jewish land?

 

1:12:07 How does one train himself that Mashiach could come at any second? 

 

1:14:21 Does the rav believe there are 36 hidden tzaddikim holding up the world? 

 

1:16:47 Are there different ways to fulfill the Mitzvah of Shnayim Mikra V'echad Targum?

 

1:20:57 Why is there such a significance put on wine in Judaism?

 

1:22:17 What should one's outlook be on Jewish or Christian archaeologists who try to prove or disprove biblical events?

 

1:24:56 Why is the word for acts of loving-kindness "GOMEL," which entails something that is earned or deserved? 

 

1:26:21 What are the prerequisites to being a Kabbalist?

 

1:28:37 What should someone consider when choosing a posek?

 

1:30:30 Can someone have relations with one's wife while she is pregnant?

 

1:32:00 Does the chiyuv to read Targum Onkelos make it the primary or superior translation/interpretation? 

 

1:33:48 Is a tallit katan less yotzi than one of cotton or the like?

 

1:36:14 Why are some fruits not bound by the laws of Shmitta? 

 

1:39:00 How can one wholeheartedly daven for mashiach to come if there will be no more chance for Teshuva?

 

1:41:00 As a parent / teacher, what could the rav advise to help prevent kids going off the Derech? 

 

1:44:29 How do we reconcile exhuming bodies for archaeology of holy gravesites?

 

1:47:30 Which did Rashi work on first, Talmud or Chumash, and why does Rashi sometimes switch from Aramaic and Hebrew in his commentaries?

 

1:49:19 Were most of the gedolim nonconformists and what does that say for a system that relies on conformity?

 

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