The Q & A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast

• The Mystery of Parah Adumah

  Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's 2nd Yarchei Kallah event from July 7th to 9th, 2025! Featuring HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz shlit"a & HaRav Asher Weiss shlit"a and more Click here for more information.   Dont miss this one of a kind experience! ---------------------------------------------------- Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   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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• Q&A: Iranian War, Investments & Seminary

  🚨 NOW MORE THAN EVER – Klal Yisrael needs Torah’s protection 🚨 📖 Ohr Somayach Yarchei Kallah | July 7–9, 2025 | Yerushalayim 🗣️ With Rav Breitowitz & Rav Asher Weiss + 🔥 3 days of Torah, chizuk & achdus 📩 Reserve: [email protected] | https://bit.ly/OSYarchaiKallah | https://forms.gle/BkNTnfEsvQL3eumG9 Torah protects. Torah unites. Join the mission.  See you there! Dont miss this one of a kind experience! ---------------------------------------------------- Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   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   0:00 how tall are the giants in the Torah 4:20 What would have been the implications if Albert Einstein followed through on becoming frum 10:40 why are false conversions so commonplace  18:45 do we poskin like the Gemara which says a cohen who has killed someone isn’t allowed to duchan 20:55 how do we explain many gezerot that may not seem so applicable today like not swimming on Shabbat so you won’t build raft 29:05 do we really have techelet today 41:40: forgetting one’s Torah learning upon birth 47:55 what should our avodat Hashem be during this time of war 55:55 why is talmud Torah greater than all the other mitzvot 1:03:00 what are the concerns about eruvim of large cities 1:08:00 are there still demons today which the Gemara discusses, given the claims made by the Catholic Church 1:12:30 are there issues with investing in companies that violate halacha 1:18:55 concerns regarding the seminary system 1:27:20 why would the 10 spies have conspired to lie about the land prior to being there, as stated by Rashi 1:29:50 how do we deal with divrei Kabbalah 1:34:40 what are the source and parameters of das Torah Q&A 6-18-25   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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• Q&A: Aggadah, Rebuke & Ancestral Sins

  🚨 NOW MORE THAN EVER – Klal Yisrael needs Torah’s protection 🚨    📖Ohr Somayach Yarchei Kallah | July 7–9, 2025 | Yerushalayim 🗣️ With Rav Breitowitz & Rav Asher Weiss +Senior Ohr Somayach Lecturers 🔥 3 days of Torah, chizuk & achdus 📩 Reserve: [email protected] | https://bit.ly/OSYarchaiKallah | https://forms.gle/BkNTnfEsvQL3eumG9 Torah protects. Torah unites. Join the mission. See you there! Dont miss this one of a kind experience!   ---------------------------------------------------- Episode dedicated by Boris Liberman in honor of his parents- Solomon and Hayusya Liberman- & with prayers for the safety of Israel and freedom of the hostages. ---------------------------------------------------- Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   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     0:40 Is Rav Chaim’s derech needed for Brisker mahalach 4:40 why is the norm in the Yeshiva world not to have a beard despite what the Torah says about not using a razor 10:30 what is ayin hara and how does it work 17:50 does saying beli neder work, does bidding on aliyahs create a neder 20:55 how did Onkulus a Ger become so learned 29:40 is Judaism the only major religion that creates nationhood 33:20 does shomer habrit result in seed wastage and deformed children regardless even if one follows Halacha 43:45 How could David HaMelech lust over a woman bathing on a roof 50:45 it is appropriate to answer lachiam after savri maranan during kiddush 51:50 what it is about agadatah that Chazal felt the need to incorporate it making it harder to understand 1:02:45 why does Halacha only apply adultery to a cheating wife and why is a get only in the hands of the husband to give 1:09:30 Is there a basis to claim that the Baal Shem Tov created a new religion in relation to the 13 principles 1:14:00 should one give rebuke or argue against a parent who espouses anti-Torah rhetoric   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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• Q&A: Shana Rishona, Birth Control & Haskamos

  Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's Inaugural Yarchei Kallah event from July 7th to 9th, 2025! Featuring HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz shlit"a & HaRav Asher Weiss shlit"a and more Click here for more information.   Dont miss this one of a kind experience! ---------------------------------------------------- Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   0:00 thoughts on Shavuot 1:25 how different should shana rishona be to other years of marriage 6:30 why does the Torah want Shmita to cancel loans 16:10 how should we navigate our divine purpose today without any Neviim 27:50 is birth control evil, do some poskim permit it? 36:00 why dont we see women taking on the option of making a zimmun together 43:25 under what circumstances can Chazal make multiple drashot from one pasuk 47:15 to what extent should secular education be allowed 57:35 what was the curriculum of Shem’s yeshiva 1:00:00 why did there need to be different shvatim and what will their role be in the future 1:07:05 did people in chutzla aretz have to keep 2 days of Yom Kippur for not knowing when Rosh Hodesh Tishrei was declared 1:11:05 why did the rishonim write so much on Seder nazikim 1:19:25 origin of dikduk in lashon hakodesh 1:28:00 do any of the agricultural laws of Eretz Yisrael apply to produce in Chutzla Aretz 1:30:10 is the shmoneh esrei bracha taken from parashat kodshim 1:31:35 is tanning a problem of beged isha 1:32:50 are there problems with haskamas given to sefarim   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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• Q&A: Conversion, Zohar & Kosher Certification

  Join us in Jerusalem for Ohr Samayach's 2nd Yarchei Kallah event from July 7th to 9th, 2025! Featuring HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz shlit"a & HaRav Asher Weiss shlit"a and more Click here for more information.   Dont miss this one of a kind experience! ----------------------------------------------------   Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected] 0:00 were Ruth and Orpah converts at the time of marriage to Naomi’s two sons 9:50 can we say that both psaks are correct in a halachic makloket How do we resolve the concept of one soulmate with the ability to have multiple wives What is the cause of the Shidduch crisis Can others rely on the Temani Masorah for eating kosher Grasshoppers Wearing tzitzit without Techelet 30:50: activities that cause one to forget his learning 32:50 do we have a Masora of transmission of the Zohar from Rav Shimon Bar Yochai to Rav Moshe DeLeon 38:25 how does one use their relationships with others to enhance our relationship with Hashem 41:05 what are the parameters for being allowed to break Shabbat for emergency EMT work 45:50 are lower quality hekshers like Rabbanut fully operating within permitted leniencies or do they violate some kashrut laws 55:35 will many things still continue as per normal after Mashiach 1:01:15 when the Mashiach, will we not get as much reward for mitzvot, will gerim be allowed 1:05:45 why isn’t mashiv haruach morid hatal mentioned fully in tefilah 1:09:15 why is there a discrepancy between secular and Jewish dating of the temple periods 1:17:50 why is the schmita requirement only limited to farmers and not other professions 1:21:15 why are there 2 days of Yom Tov for Shavuot which is determined by counting down 1:25:25 when are certain people zocheh to learn with a magid or Eliyahu HaNavi 1:28:15 what does the Rav consider to be the best proof for Judaism 1:30:55 is there a way to explain the Torah through science 1:33:30 what are the halachic ramifications of being a plant geneticist 1:35:00 why do we keep 2 days of yom Tov but not Rosh Chodesh   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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