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4/18/26 – Shiur 556 – What's new with Chodosh - Facts on the ground | Why are people so lenient about a Din in the Torah?
Why do we rely on leniency these day when the Heter was due to שעת הדחק and we don't have a shortage of food? If the Heter is based on Safek, nowadays...
4/11/26 – Shiur 555 – From the Shul to the Shelter: Rabbanim in Israel Reflect on Life During Wartime
How has the role of being a Rav changed due to the war?
What should a shul’s policy be when a siren goes off during davening?
How are pe...
3/28/26 – Shiur 554 – What is a Neshamah Yeseirah, and do calories really not count on Shabbos and Yom Tov? Plus, join the Headlines 30-days exercise challenges!
Do we also receive a Neshamah Yeseirah on Yom Tov?
Does it have any effect on our capacity to eat?
Is there any medical or scientific ba...
3/21/26 – Shiur 553 – Gambling in the Orthodox Community — What’s causing it, and can anything stop it? To what extent is gambling linked to following professional sports?
What makes gambling so alluring, and how widespread is it?
To what extent is gambling linked to following professional sports?
What stra...
3/14/26 – Shiur 552 – Operation EPIC FURY in Halacha – Hear from boots on the ground
Does collateral damage in war have a limit – can you destroy a missile base that will kill many civilians in the town nearby. Can you hit a nuclear re...
3/7/26 – Shiur 551 – Inside Orthodox Schools: Who gets hired, which students get admitted and who makes the decisions?
Can a family member who is less qualified be hired before a more qualified candidate?
Must admissions be based on merit?
When is nepotis...
2/28/26 – Shiur 550 – How Mental Illness Can Wreck a Marriage and a Divorce
Is failure to disclose a significant personality disorder considered a mekach ta’us in marriage?
Are there halachos guiding how to treat one’s...
2/21/26 – Shiur 549 – THANK YOU HASHEM FOR THE EMESDIKE TZADDIK!!
What’s the best path for serving Hashem in our generation?
Does it have to be one or the other?
Can it be a combination?
Host: Rab...
2/14/26 – Shiur 548 – Semicha for Women?
Can a woman receive semicha and give halachic guidance?
Does the historical precedent against it prohibit change? Does is violate our Mesorah?<...
2/7/26 – Shiur 547 – Mental Health Challenges of Boys in Yeshiva & Girls in Seminaries
How does coming to Israel for yeshiva and seminary affect a student’s mental health?
When do difficult emotional feelings cross the line from n...
1/31/26 – Shiur 546 – The Ban on AI – Why was it banned? | Will Artifical Intelligence ever replace Rabbonim? When perfected will you be able to rely on AI for Psak?
Do you need a human mind for Psak?
Do you need Shimush?
Do you need human emotion for Psak?
Can a computer be called שופט שבימיך?...
1/24/26 – Shiur 545 – Join the Headlines $3,000 challenge – Solutions to Break the Phone Habit
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
1/17/26 – Shiur 544 – Breaking the Phone Habit – From Compulsion to Conscious Use
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
1/10/26 – Shiur 543 – How can you know an abuser (or other criminal) is no longer a threat? Is there a mitzvah of “Pidyon Shvuyim” to get a Jew out of jail when he was convicted of a crime?
Is it possible to determine that an abuser is no longer a risk? What’s the success rate of treating serious abusers?
Why do community leaders s...
1/3/26 – Shiur 542 – Are you taking medication? Are you seeing a therapist? These are Seminary Application questions
Why are they asking?
Is it legal?
May you lie?
How’s it affecting High School girls?
with Rabbi Zecharya Greenwald – Dean o...
12/27/25 – Shiur 541 – Are sheitels only b’deieved?
Why do married women cover their hair?
Is a tichel preferable to a sheitel?
Why do some women shave their heads after marriage?
Ho...
12/19/25 – Shiur 540 – “Leil Shishi” & Friday “To’ameha” – Do they enhance Shabbos or detract from it?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
12/13/25 – Shiur 539 – Narco Terrorist being blown out of the water – How does the Torah view it ? | The fascinating saga of the Bochurim in Japan | Dealing with suicide in our community
Does a person smuggling in drugs have a Din of a Rodef?
Should you report someone who's trying to sell drugs in the community?
Should yo...
12/5/25 – Shiur 538 – Ponevezh Yeshiva: Understanding the Machlokes and is it finally over?
How common are controversies over leadership in the Litvish yeshiva system? Is the Ponevezh controversy unique?
What were the main points of th...
11/29/25 – Shiur 537 – Sacred Roles, Serious Risks: When Rabbis, Male Therapists, and Kiruv Professionals Work With Women
What are the primary risks and the necessary gedarim?
May a Rabbi teach Torah to women or girls? What about one-on-one?
How should one h...
11/22/25 – Shiur 536 – Chareidim in the IDF – Now that there's Frum Battalions is it an obligation to join? – Hear from the inside!!!
Now that there's a Frum brigade what's the justification of Frum people at least who aren't learning not to go to the army?
If there's a shorta...
11/15/25 – Shiur 535 – Online Dating in the Orthodox World
How common is online dating in the Yeshivish community? What about Modern Orthodox?
Is it ever acceptable to adjust your age, height, or weight...
11/8/25 – Shiur 534 – Bullying by children and adults – Who Bullies? Who Gets Bullied? How Should It Be Handled?
Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job
11/1/25 – Shiur 533 – NYC EXCLUSIVES: THE ERUV CONTROVERSY | NY ELECTIONS
NYC ELECTIONS
with Curtis Sliwa – 1:14
The NY Eruv: Should you be carrying - Become educated
Is NY surrounded by walls?
Doe...
10/25/25 – Shiur 532 – Men & Women Working Together: The Frum Woman’s Perspective
Risks, Concerns, and Practical Solutions
What’s the proper way to interact with male colleagues?
How should a frum woman dress in the wor...
10/18/25 – Shiur 531 – Men & Women in a Mixed Workplace: What Are the Risks? Can We Stay Separate While Working together? | Plus, Thoughts and Memories in Tribute to Rabbi Moshe Hauer, EVP of the OU
What are the risks and halachic concerns of a mixed gender workplace?
Should conversations be limited to only what’s necessary for work?
...
9/26/25 – Shiur 530 –Is Charlie Kirk in Gan Eden? Who really gets in? | How do we navigate the Issur of לא תחנם?
Most religions teach that only insiders make it to heaven - what does Judaism really say about the eternal fate of righteous non-Jews?
Can som...
9/13/25 – Shiur 529 – Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur Special: Making 5786 into “The Year”
What’s your favorite Devar Torah for the Yamim Noraim?
How can we make our Kabbalos last – and what really works?
What’s the most powerf...
9/13/25 – Shiur 528 – “The Voice of Awe” – Halachic Debates on Chazanus and the Yamim Noraim
When does chazanus cross into tircha d’tzibburah?
Can a chazan use popular tunes, repeat words, or sing with a choir?
Should a professio...
9/6/25 – Shiur 527 – Kosher Kitchen, Treif Business?
The Torah's obligation to hold oneself higher in business
Kiddush Hashem in the workplace
Can you make money without cutting corners?
8/30/25 – Shiur 526 – The “Epstein Files” – Do we have the right to know if someone is a threat to our community —whether a pedophile, abuser, or swindler?
What level of proof is required before sounding the alarm?
When risks are identified, should they be broadcast widely, or kept within a limited...
8/23/25 – Shiur 525 – UnKosher Competition – The Four Halachic Red Lines in Business You Can’t Cross | Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview | The Headlines Quit Smoking Challenge
Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview – educating our youth who don’t want to listen
with Rabbi Wein – Renowned Rov, Author and Lec...
8/16/25 – Shiur 524 – Steal with a Click? The Halachic Ethics of Downloading Music, Seforim, and Media without authorization
Can you own intellectual property?
Can it be stolen if it's not tangible and there's no act of theft?
Do you have to pay for enjoyment?<...
8/9/25 – Shiur 523 – Tznius Standards: Clear Halacha or Personal Interpretation? What’s Required and Why It’s Being Ignored
What are the minimum requirements of Tznius when it comes to women’s dress?
Are the reactions by girls/women when taught Hilchos Tznius any dif...
7/26/25 – Shiur 522 – Smoking and vaping – Is there any heter? What do smokers rely on?
Do any contemporary Poskim permit smoking?
Is vaping halachically better than smoking?
What’s the argument that smoking is permitted?
7/19/25 – Shiur 521 – Jew vs. Jew: The Housing Fight Tearing Rockland Apart
Is it permissible according to Halacha to establish communal guidelines or enactments that restrict the sale or purchase of homes within a defined rad...
7/12/25 – Shiur 520 – When is competition allowed and when does it violate “Hasagas Gevul”?
Can a second business open up next to another and compete?
What if the second business will hurt or destroy the first business?
What doe...
7/5/25 – Shiur 519 – Hashgacha Pratis: is Hashem watching over you every minute..
The Shitos in the Rishonim
The Baal Shem Tov and the Gra's Shita
If you hold like the Rambam and the Ramban's Shita are you an Apikorus...
6/28/25 – Shiur 518 – Into the Danger Zone? The risks of being in Israel during a time of war. When is risk-taking permitted?
Can you visit Israel during a war due to the danger?
How do hospitals deal with patients during missile alerts?
Is there an obligation t...
6/21/25 – Shiur 517 – The “Iran War” – on the Halachic Frontlines
Is it prohibited to go to Minyan when the “Home Front Command” and Chief Rabbis say not to go?
Can you carry a phone on Shabbos to hear the war...