Q&A- Chumra, Women & Chad Gadya
The Q & A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast · Z Kaufman (On behalf of Ohr Somayach)
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Show Notes
00:00 When we do netilas yadayim, what happens to the water?—and can it be recycled?
5:46 Is the story of Adam adding a chumra onto also touching apples a cautionary tale against excessive stringencies?
9:52 We have a rule that women are exempt from time-bound positive commandments, so how do we decide these Halachos for Pesach?
17:50 Can you elaborate the nature of impurity as we see in Tanakh
24:48 Why, if chashiv women are chaiv for reclining one Pesach like a man, the rama exempts men but considers all women chashuvos. Why do we follow this if it's inconsistent?
30:48 What is the source for including piyutim in davening?-and on Shabbos?
35:28 is there anything wrong with putting a picture on headstone?—what does someone know when he dies?
38:03 is Kol D'Alam Gvar trial by combat?
40:25 We see sometimes Angels are sent to fight in wars, defend, etc.. Does HaShem not do it himself?
43:20 What are some of the deeper meanings of Chad Gadya?
46:20 Was barley matzo the most common historically as suggested in Yoshua and the cycle of grains in Israel?
49:48 Why did Jerusalem keep an extra day for Rosh Hashana in the Middle Ages if this goes against the minhag from the Sanhedrin?
56:15 According to the heter of rav Moshe Feinstein in regards to kli shlishi, can one make instant noodles on Shabbos?
58:58 The Gemara in brachos discusses woman's hair as erva, so why don't women cover their hair until marriage?
1:02:35 is there a machloches about whether oats are one of the 5 grains?
1:04:13 Are there potential issues buying stocks during Chol Hamoed?
1:05:30 If a women checks for menstrual blood extra days this is praiseworthy, but a man checking for seminal emissions is cursed. What does it mean that we will cut off his hand?
1:06:48 How can we say we forgive someone in another gilgul if it isn't remembered?
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