The Q & A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast

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0:00 What will happen in the times of Mashiach to individuals that don't have a shevet?
2:15 How to understand the statement Talmud Torah keneged kulam? 
5:50 What did Sarah see in Yishmael that he had to be removed? 
10:10 Why in davening do we pray that Hashem not bring us to sin? 
15:30 Where did Teferet Yisrael get the Midrash that Moshe should've been a cruel person by nature? 
22:25 How did Shimon marry his sister Dina?
28:25 What is the origin of Kol Ishah?
38:02 How do we understand ayin hara?
44:08 Why do some frum married women not cover their hair? 
51:33 How did we decide the girsa to use for our Gemara? 
55:00 What is an aveira lishmah? 
59:47 How to understand the relationship between psychology/therapy and mussar?
1:02:23 How do define baseless hatred? 
1:04:30 How does tznius work when different communities have different understands? 
1:10:22 Why in the Gemara did a father pray for his daughter to die, so other people will not sin because of her beauty? 
1:15:40 What is special of the weeks Shovavim?
1:17:24 When in comes for co-ed events can we ever say that the good outweighs the bad? 
1:23:20 Is emunah a mixture of emotion and intellect?
1:27:15 Whats the difference between chinuch at home compared to chinuch at school?
1:29:07 Since they have been tragedies in the last few demonstrations is it a sign that Hashem is not in favor of them?
1:32:02 Why does a person daven for change if everything Hashem does is for the good?
1:36:34 Why did Yosef not try to contact Yaakov when he became viceroy?
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Q&A
0:00 What is a women's role in this world and how do they obtain Olam Haba?
8:32 Should a person be involved full time learning or be working and supporting Torah?
14:15 Can a person make a bracha when smelling perfume and cologne? 
16:52 Why is Torah always emphasized as equal to all the Miztvot when there are other Miztvot that have the same reward? 
24:22 Why do Rabbinical Miztvot like Hannukah have so many halachot and details?
31:56 Why do a lot of people not learn the Torah Temimah? 
36:17 What is the bracha on a granola bar? 
42:07 How does a person apply Ahavat Yisrael to a person that takes others away from Torah Judaism? 
48:20 Why did the Chida write Shem HaGedolim?
53:39 Who divided the Tanach to parshas, chapters, verses, etc? 
1:05:55 How can Hillel and Shammai say it would've been better that man should not have been created?
1:10:22 When a child becomes bar mitzvah is there a big change within a child that makes him into an adult?
1:15:55 Can a person learn a book where the author has a different hashkafa than himself or Yeshiva? 
1:23:23 Can a person have a dog and are they good animals? 
1:27:12 Why did the Gra put Hassidim in cherem? 
1:35:53 Why do people have the custom not learn Hilchot Aveilut?
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Q&A 11-19-25
0:05 Can you take the figs that are on the trees at the Yeshiva and would you have to give Terumah and Maaser?
3:00 What is the difference between a Bas Kol, Ruach Hakodesh and Nevua?
7:00 What is the halacha regarding asking someone for forgiveness for speaking lashon hara about him? 
10:42 How did the Tanna R'Elisha ben Avuha become a heretic and was it possible for him to do a teshuva?
21:33 Is the average person under the haschaha pratis or haschaha klalis? 
29:47 What is Daas Torah and why should we go to them for life advice?
40:32 How to differentiate between a valid opinion and a heretical one? 
43:50 How to understand the passages in the Gemara that says that certain Rabbis  attribute their greatness in Torah to seeing a great Rav of the previous generation? 
48:30 How was Rebbi allowed to write down the Oral Torah? 
55:06 Why don't Yeshivas teach Jewish philosophy such Moreh Nevuim and Kuzari?
59:55 When Mashiach comes do bechorim become Kohanim? 
1:06:25 Are Goyim able to build the Beit Hamikdash? 
1:08:25 If you daven a different nusach than the tzibbur and they don't have a siddur with your nusach should you daven from memory or daven the nusach of the tzibbur?
1:13:35 There are certain communities that only follow the Halacha of the a certain Rav like the Rambam or Gra exclusively. Is it proper to follow a single Rav's Halacha even if goes against the mainstream Halacha? 
1:19:30 Gemara speaks highly about tefillah, but also says that a person shouldn't daven for a long period of time. How can we answer this contradiction? 
1:22:10 Can a person have a girlfriend if she makes him have a stronger connection to Judaism? 
1:24:33 There a some concepts in Kabbalah that seem very similar to other religions. Is it possible that other religions were influenced by Jewish Kabbalah? 
1:29:48 Does Hashem answer our prayers before we daven?
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