Q&A- Unanswered Prayers, Aliens & The Divorce Rate

Rabbi Dr Yitzchak Breitowitz

Q&A- Unanswered Prayers, Aliens & The Divorce Rate

Rabbi Dr Yitzchak Breitowitz

June 24, 2023 · 01:52:09

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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa Questions? Comments? [email protected] 00:00 How can one be okay with prayers not being answered? How might one "improve the returns", so to speak? 07:01 Is there a source for souls choosing their parents before birth? 11:47 How can we pray if Hashem won't change His mind? And is it possible for Adam & Eve to be a parable? 24:22 Do we introduce all halachos at once to someone interested in Judaism, or do we withhold some and introduce slowly? 30:42 Is it preferable for the only Levi to quicken his Amidah to wash the cohanim's hands, or to forego washing in favor of a better Amidah? 32:25 How can the Zohar claim that there is no teshuva for zera levatala, whereas the Talmud Yerushalmi says that is true only for bitul Torah? 35:23 Is there a source for Lev Tahor's dress code, and how should we react to it? 38:23 If someone is given an interim set of tefillin by the tefillin repair shop, and he has already paid for his fixed tefillin, what type of shomer is he? 40:46 Do the laws to respect the wishes of the dead apply even to those executed by the court? 42:48 What does Judaism say about alien life or the multiverse? 46:07 Does Korach have a share in the World to Come? 47:59 If one regrets his own purchase, does gam zu letovah apply? 52:15 Why do some wait to repeat Vayechulu with another, if they finished the Shabbat Amidah late, while some don't? 54:08 How should one treat non-Jewish fam