Q&A- Smoking, Neturei Karta & Heter Mechira

00:00 Yaakov lived with Lavan for so many years. How did he do this and what can we take from this?

03:58 Assuming there is moderation, could it be permitted to smoke, and do those with an addiction have a chiuv to stop?

13:08 How should understand the Holocaust when G-d is all-loving?

24:40 Is it possible for a secular Jew to truly feel content in life?

27:38 Parshas Lech Lecha, we have the imagery of bris Bein habasarim. Could you explain some of this?

30:31 What exactly is a 'raban'?

37:37 At what point does someone who grew up secular have the daas to have a chiyuv of Shabbos? —Is there permanent gehenom?

47:57 Can the luz bone be totally destroyed?

48:58 Sometimes we use a feminine word for Hashem?

52:42 Do we look at someone with a Jewish father different?

56:32 Why did the trees rebel that their bark should taste like the fruit?

58:44 If Gemara is the pinnacle of learning, why is it not so encouraged for women?

1:04:41 Has neturei karta done anything positive for klal yisroel?

1:11:30 Is a shared mitzvah (such as bochor) then what of the schar?

1:12:25 Arum means nakedness and cunning. What is the relation, as in bereshis?

1:14:42 One can be a Ben olam haba for davening netz, or saying ashrei 3 times a day. If one can have one, why try for the other?

1:16:20 What is the connection between birchas kohanim and dreams?

1:19:01 Is heter mechira valid?

1:20:15 If the shmita year is not certain, is there any leniency?

1:23:30 Are things like life insurance hishtadlus?

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