Q&A- Demons, Cartoons & Conversion

Rabbi Dr Yitzchak Breitowitz

Q&A- Demons, Cartoons & Conversion

Rabbi Dr Yitzchak Breitowitz

June 23, 2022 · 01:53:14

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Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ 00:00 Clarification about R Aryeh Kaplan and use of drugs 00:58 Is there a source for wars being prevented for learning Torah? 07:05 What is an appropriate response to answer a secular person about slavery in the Torah? 14:14 How do we visualize demons, what did they look like? How did we know they were there? Are they present today, or did they go away with certain yeridas hadoros? 19:28 How should a convert act in terms of honoring parents, shomer negiah, etc.? 23:47 What is the safek on mainstream techeles today? 31:43 Why is Miriam punished instead of Aaron if listening to Lashon Haro is worse than saying it according to the Chafetz Chaim? 33:12 How should we think about Angels? 37:46 What are the levels of Angels? 38:44 Why is the Shema such a meaningful prayer and what does it really mean? 40:25 When the Ark landed, how did animals spread to all parts of the earth? does this contribute to the idea of one continent/Pangea? 42:42 What are the Rav's views on the different types of kiruv? 47:05 Shuckling and vigorous flailing during davening looks absurd, so should we stand still during Shemona Esrei? 51:42 What is wrong with occasionally drinking alcohol or smoking marijuana? 54:40 What are the reasons that Sephardim and Ashkanazi Jews have different ways to say certain tefillos out loud or not? 1:00:37 Are people who are married by a reform rabbi halachi