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Q&A: Rosh HaShanah, Suicide & The Mezinka Tantz
• 94 minDedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu 00:00 Is there any effect on one's wish by telling people what you wished/prayed for? 03:10 Is it true that a bigger tzadik has a bigger yetzer hara? 06:33 Is one allowed to break Shabbos to prevent a chilul Hashem? 09:19 Is there any situation wherein suicide or assisted suicide is allowed? 17:22 How much doubt constitutes a safek? 22:44 Why are wigs so nice-looking if the point is to cover nice-looking hair? 32:27 What is the mazinka and what is its source? 34:33 Would Chazal approve of tenuous analogies from their teachings to contemporary halachic problems? 40:35 Is the story of the man who stole visa papers to escape the Holocaust a proper application of chayecha kodmin? 49:20 Is sleight-of-hand forbidden? Is speaking to the dead forbidden? 54:35 How should one spend the extra time on Rosh Hashanah? 1:01:14 What should we learn from the lynching of Emmett Till? 1:02:57 Can one use zip ties to keep the schach taut if one holds like the Chazon Ish? 1:08:01 How can there be a safek regarding something so common as blowing shofar? 1:16:57 Is there a problem with saying Machnisei Rachamim or even singing it as a song? 1:20:08 Is hope considered a good thing in Judaism or is it considered foolish? 1:25:20 Will there still be new births after techiyas hameisim? 1:27:27 If bitachon already assumes that everything God does is good, then what purpose is prayer? Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and programs designed for the intellectually curious and academically inclined - for those with no background in Jewish learning to those who are proficient in Gemara and other original source material. To find the perfect program for you, please visit our website https://ohr.edu/study_in_israel whatsapp us at https://bit.ly/OSREGISTER or call our placement specialist at 1-254-981-0133 today! Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ https://ohr.edu PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS
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