Episodes

  • Is a Fetus Alive? The Rambam That Everyone is Talking About.
    Nov 24 2024

    Source sheet

    • Why did Rivkah specifically go to Shem?
    • What was Rivkah's question to Shem and what was his answer?
    • Is a fetus a Nefesh?
    • Can a fetus be considered a Rodef?
    • Is a Treifa's blood less red than others?
    • Abortion as Chatzi Shiur and/or Zara Levatala?
    • Can a woman abort a Mamzer?
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • Can Someone Please Explain What Eliezer Is Doing?!?
    Nov 17 2024

    Source Sheet

    • Who was Eliezer? Canaan? Og? How is that possible?
    • What was the nature of his Shlichus?
    • Where do we learn the need for a Minyan for marriage?
    • How did Yitzchok marry Rivkah without ever seeing her beforehand?
    • Is an Eved allowed to be a Shliach for Kiddushin/Get?
    • Was Eliezer a Shliach for Avraham or Yitzchok?
    • Why did they plot to kill Eliezer?
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Sedom and the Rogatchover. This Will Blow You Away!
    Nov 10 2024

    Source Sheet

    • What was the extent of Sedom's sin?
    • Why was Avraham's defense necessary?
    • Why are the 4 cities split up in the punishment?
    • Why is where Lot lived important?
    • Why did Avraham ask about 50 Tzadikim?
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • The Letter Reb Dovid Luria Sent To His Rebbe
    Nov 8 2024

    Source Sheet

    • How were we Zoche to the mitzva of Tzitzis/Tcheles?
    • Why is it so important who brought the Zechus?
    • Is Techeles Me'akev?
    • How many strings need to be Techeles?
    • Why would the Talis have to be nice?
    • Should one decorate a shofar?
    • History and stories of R' Dovid Luria
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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Reb Yosef Engel Takes Us Where No One Has Gone Before
    Nov 3 2024

    Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/RYosefEngel)

    • When did the halachic identity of the Yid begin?
    • Is Gid Hanashe assur from Yaakovs time or from Har Sinai?
    • Can you learn Halacha from before Matan Torah?
    • How to view the Machlokes of Chatzi Shiur?
    • Who was the Mekoshesh and why did he do it?

    לע"נ שניאור זלמן בן יבלח"ט חיים זאב הכהן In Memory of Shneur Zalman Cohen HY"D

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Don Yitzchok Abarbanel and The Gut-Wrenching Expulsion From Spain
    Nov 1 2024

    Source Sheet

    • A few tidbits from the Abarbanel's pirushim
    • The history of the expulsion from Spain and the tragedies of the era
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • The Lulav Controversy: Reb Moshe Feinstein Challenges a Centuries-Old Practice
    Oct 13 2024

    Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/Lulav)

    • What Mitzva comes first, Tadir or Mekudash?
    • Dechia VS maavirin?
    • Sukkah VS Daled minim?
    • When should one make a brocho for the lulav? ASAP or by Hallel?
    • Do you need to shake the Lulav when you make the brocho?
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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • "You Do the Crime, You Do the Time". Why Don't Courts Recognize Teshuva?
    Oct 11 2024

    Source Sheet

    • What does it mean to follow everything the owner says besides for leave?
    • Different types of sins and what Teshuva do they require?
    • What is Teshuva all about?
    • Why doesn't Teshuva help for court mandated penalties?
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    1 hr and 46 mins