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Is it Mutar to go to Secular College 18.01.2020 3:10:29

Coed dorms, bathrooms and classes; frats, drinking, and OTD risk; “orthodox” Jews mixed dancing parties at night and Shacharis the next morning; rampant anti-Semitism; extreme liberalism and Kefirah – is there any Heter? Are the Ivy League Schools worse than Brooklyn and Queens colleges? How does the situation in the U.S. compare to that of the U.K., South Africa and Australia?

Medical School in Halacha, Practicing Medicine on Shabbos 11.01.2020 2:24:11

Can a Frum Jew become a doctor? Can a Kohein become a doctor? What are some of the many Halachic challenges they face? Giving stitches on Shabbos, Working in a Hospital on Shabbos, and many more practical applications…

Lashon Horah | Hear the stories of the recent tragic terror attacks 04.01.2020 2:02:50

Horror Agunah Stories - Prenuptial Agreements: Halacha, Hashkafa and Practicality - Don’t get married or allow your child to get married without listening to this program 28.12.2019 2:28:47

How to insure against the horrors of divorce or being left an aguna: The new Prenuptial that has the Haskamos of Gedolei HaPoskim. Horror Agunah stories that prenups would have helped. Is it a forced Get? Do they actually work? Can it solve the Agunah crisis?

Keeping Shabbos in a 24/7 World 21.12.2019 2:12:34

E-commerce, Amira L’Akum, Schar Shabbos, Contracts and Partnerships

“Quick Divorces” after marriage. Why are they happening? Can they be avoided? 14.12.2019 2:52:37

Why are “quick divorces” happening? What’s a good reason to get divorced quickly? Is “incompatibility” enough? What needs to be disclosed while dating? Addictions, mental disorders, abuse? How should references respond to Shidduch inquiries?

How do you define Kiddush Hashem? 07.12.2019 1:53:00

Is a Frum boy winning at Jeopardy a Kiddush Hashem? Israel sending aid to Haiti? Rallies for Rubashkin? An astronaut making Kiddush in outer space? Is Jewish success and or nationalism a Kiddush Hashem? Is learning in Kollel? And many more examples

Dealing with corruption and abuse of Toanim in Beis Din 30.11.2019 2:59:12

Can one go to court when faced with a corrupt Toen or Beis Din? Should we allow Toanim in Beis Din? Is the system in Eretz Yisroel the correct model?

“Broken Engagements” in Halachah, Hashkafah and Psychology 23.11.2019 2:27:50

Why are there so many broken engagements nowadays? How can they be avoided? Does the one who breaks the shidduch get penalized? Do the ring, sheitel and other gifts need to be returned? Who pays the costs which were committed to (wedding hall, photographer, band, make-up artist)? Does the Shadchan need to return the Shadchanus?

Beis Din - Do Toanim serve a Purpose? 16.11.2019 1:41:39

Is there an affordable way to go to Beis Din? How do outcomes and costs compare to the court system? How to identify a reputable Beis Din vs. a rouge Beis Din…

Women’s Hatzolah Ezras Noshim 09.11.2019 1:05:36

Is it good or is it putting women’s lives at risk?

Employment Law in Halacha 02.11.2019 1:24:09

Is it ever Muttar to fire a Rav, a Rebbi or employee? Non competes, Contracts, Severance, How to hire employees, and much more…

Is Open Orthodoxy Orthodox 26.10.2019 1:25:58

Is Open Orthodoxy Orthodox

Sukkos Joy: Understanding Simchas Yom Tov 19.10.2019 1:18:19

How should we translate the word “Simcha”? Why is Simcha so central to Jewish Torah life? What is special about the Simcha of Sukkos? How does Simcha become an ethical imperative? and much more…

Contemporary Sukkos Shailos Everyone Needs to Know | Using the Yom Tov Oven 12.10.2019 2:03:38

Today’s Teshuvah is different than past generations: Find out how 05.10.2019 1:25:49

Today’s Teshuvah is different than past generations: Find out how

Preparing for the best year of your life 28.09.2019 1:28:38

Yud Gimmel Middos: How does it work? Is it magic? What do they mean? A fascinating new understanding

Financial challenges of the workplace, and how to stay out of the “headlines” 21.09.2019 2:25:04

Does the employer or employee get to keep the frequent flyer miles, is bathroom time on the clock, how sick do you need to be to take a “sick day,” taking personal calls on company time, using the company printer, and much more…

Tefillah: Halachah, Machshavah and History | Uman, leaving Israel and home: Is that appropriate? 14.09.2019 2:31:02

Understanding the differences in Hashkafah between the Litvish and Lubavitch worlds 07.09.2019 2:30:55

The incredible impact & Mesiras Nefesh of the Shiluchim – from all six continents

Choshen Mishpat in the Workplace – how clean do we need to be? Remaining Ehrlich - what is allowed and what’s not? 31.08.2019 2:17:55

Getting double reimbursements, expensing a business class ticket and flying coach, leaving your jacket at work so nobody knows you left, and much more

Safety in Halacha 24.08.2019 1:21:02

Dina D’Malchusa, Texting and Driving, Chiyuv to wear a seatbelt, Halachically allowed activities, and many more shailos

Summer Halachos: Visitng Beis Hakavoros & Kivrei Tzadikim, What to know about Kashrus when you are away, Shabbos in hotels and much more 17.08.2019 1:47:26

Can we Daven to Meisim? What needs a Hechsher? Sensors and motion detectors on Shabbos

Tisha B’Av, Galus and the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash 10.08.2019 1:11:00

Understanding the Holocaust

Maran Harav Shach and the Lubavitcher Rebbe: 30 years later, understanding their Hashkafic and Halachic differences 03.08.2019 1:56:00

Are they still relevant? Have things changed? Would they still hold their positions today?