Q&A- Halacha in Space, Basketball on Shabbos & Jewish Astrology

00:00 What is the Halacha on zmanim in space? 4:59 Why do some mishnayos not have Gemaras included with them? 15:02 Did people live outside of Garden of Eden alongside or before Adam and Chava (according to a Midrash)? 19:15 How do we understand the statement "the world was created for me" (in Sanhendrin)? 25:56 Are there any issues with playing basketball on Shabbat? 29:44 How do we reconstruct musical sounds from Tehilim? 34:42 What's the Rav's opinion on not letting a student of Baruch Spinoza enter a shul? 42:08 Why did Hashem created the world in stages and not all at once? 44:23 Does a Charem apply to the talmidim of the person with the charem? 45:20 Shouldn't goyim be chayev in brachot (because it would be stealing)? 49:22 Why are there different shapes of menorahs? 55:16 If the Torah is a "blueprint for life," why doesn't the Torah explain how to stay physically healthy? 57:25 Is it lying to state an earlier time for an event when I know people will be late? 1:00:00 Is there a source that states that Israel belongs to the children of Shem? 1:04:05 Who was Agripas HaMelech? 1:09:09 Wouldn't we make Aaron HaKohen the Kohen gadol rather than current gadolim of todays world? 1:12:39 What does the Torah say about dinosaurs and the like? 1:16:42 Is Jewish astrology real? 1:21:45 Why would Hashem keep destroying and rebuilding the earth? 1:24:44 Is having anxiety a lack of faith in Hashem? 1:26:55 Is it possible for someone to come back in a GilGul of a person who completed their tachlus? 1:30:46 If everything is from Hashem, how do we explain the seeming autonomy of the Satan and the like? 1:34:45 Who is Mashiach Ben Yosef? 1:40:22 How do we explain the structures of the pyramids?

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