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Q&A: Heter Mechira, Taxes & Hechsherim
Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? podcasts@ohr.edu 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! 00:00 - Can I start Shabbos early? 03:30 - Why is the ger included as one who receives from leftovers of my field? (Leket, Shichechah and Peah) 06:54 - Should we hold by Heter Mechirah? 12:53 - What are the mitzvos that are stepped on in our day and age? 16:20 - Can one manage taxes by giving money to yeshivos? 27:25 - Can someone learn or develop a belief in God? 38:00 - Rambam says you can see God through nature. However, the Mishnah says one should not stop learning to look at nature. 41:50 - In the beginning on Derech Hashem it says one needs to know of the existence of Hashem. How can we know it with 100% certainty? 46:10 - Are the learning practices that the Rav recommends? 50:25 - What is controversial about the Ibn Ezra’s pshat on Chumash? 1:00:00 - How a Perush operates outside Chazal? 01:01:45 - How do shivim panim latorah and elu velu divre elokim hayim work? (How can there be 70 faces to the true and two contradictory ways of understanding the Torah both be true?) 01:09:00 - Should we unify the customs of the Jewish people? 01:14:00 - What should one consider when choosing where to live? 01:20:00 - What happened when a Rav was discovered to be a fraud for writing a false Yerushalmi? 01:26:30 - Has there been a shift in the way people learn in the lifetime of the Rav? 01:31:45 - What should one learn if he comes to Torah late in life 01:36:30 - What can help kavanah in Tefillah? 01:39:30 - Can one benefit from electricity on Shabbat in Israel 01:40:38 - What are the halachic implications of mesh/fish-net tzitzis? 01:43:43 - Can one eat a different hechsher when eating at someone else’s house? 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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