Halacha Headlines

What’s your favorite Devar Torah for the Yamim Noraim?
Why do our Kabbalos so often fade – and what actually makes them last?
How can we turn the inspiration of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur into real, lasting change?
What’s one small thing we can do this year that could make a big difference?

with Rabbi Binyomin Wolff – Mora De'asra of Yad Avraham Shul, Yerushalayim – 10:10
with Mrs. Michal Horowitz – lecturer and teacher – 19:22
with Rabbi Isaac Rice – Mora De'asra of Congregation Anshei Chesed, Hewlitt NY – 27:01
with Rebbetzin Slovie Jungreis Wolff – teacher, author and lecturer – 37:22
with Rabbi Michoel Frank – Rav, Ohr HaTorah, Silver Spring, Maryland – 43:41
with Mrs. Chani Juravel, LCSW – Author, lecturer and therapist – 55:51
with Rabbi Dovid Ostroff – Posek and teacher at many seminaries in Yerushalayim – 1:06:48
with Rabbi Shaul Felman – Maggid Shiur at Nevi Tzion Yeshiva – 1:15:26

Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:25:57

Collectors during davening - must give, can give or shouldn't give?
Are you מקיים a Mitzvah?
Are you obligated to give Tzedaka for someone who's collecting to buy their children an apartment?
Are musical Selichos prohibited or on the contrary should they be encouraged?
with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher – Rov of Yeshivah community in Waterbury – 11:08

ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL!
CHAREIDIM AND THE DRAFT!
WHAT’S BEST WAY FORWARD?
HEAR THEIR STRATEGIES
with Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer – Rov and Dayan in Yerushalayim, Rabbinical chairman of Hatzibbur Hareidi – 42:00
with Rabbi Yitzchak Pindrus – MK for United Torah Judaism – 1:05:34

מראי מקומות

What should the shevarim and teruah sound like? What are the different minhagim?

The tekiah’s tone changed or wavered in the middle – is it still valid?

When is it necessary to repeat only that particular blast, and when must the entire set be repeated?

Is there a reason to hear more than 100 blasts in order to fulfill the various minhagim?

Host: Ari Wasserman

with Rabbi Shimon Boxer – expert in all aspects of the Shofar, author of Shufra D’Shofar – 10:05
with Rabbi Shaul Felman – Ba’al Tokeah for 40 years, Maggid Shiur at Nevi Tzion Yeshiva – 48:10

Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:12:01

מראי מקומות

When should a ba’al tefillah or ba’al keriyah be corrected - and when is it better to let the mistake go?
If someone’s talking, pacing, or other behavior is distracting the congregation, when is it appropriate for a gabbai or rav to intervene?
What about a chazzan who is davening too slowly? When should he be asked to speed up - and when should the tzibbur simply be more patient?
Which shul halachos should be enforced, and which are we too strict about?

Host: Ari Wasserman

with Rabbi Yitzchok Berkowitz – Rosh Yeshiva of Aish HaTorah – 10:46
with Rabbi Isaac Rice – Mora De'asra of Congregation Anshei Chesed, Hewlitt NY – 30:50

Conclusions and Takeaways – 1:03:50

מראי מקומות

May a guest take leftover food home, or does the food remain the property of the host or caterer?
May a guest take flowers, centerpieces, decorations, or unopened bottles from the table after the simcha?
If someone accepted an invitation but failed to attend, must he reimburse the host for the meal ordered on his behalf?
Who owns gifts distributed at the tables—such as bentchers, souvenirs, yarmulkes, or children’s prizes—and may a guest take additional ones for family members?
Is there a halachic obligation to attend a wedding, bris, bar mitzvah, or sheva brachos after being invited? When does attending a simcha override one’s regular Torah-learning schedule?
Must parents go into debt to make a respectable wedding?
Can parents or grandparents use maaser money to pay for their child’s bris, bar mitzvah, or wedding? Does it matter whether they could afford it without maaser?
May maaser money be used to pay for a nicer wedding—or only the minimum necessary expenses for someone who cannot afford a wedding?
If a wedding is canceled, who bears the loss—the family or the caterer, photographer, band, florist, and hall? Can they keep the deposits?
And much more….

with Rabbi Shmuel Fuerst – Rov of Agudas Yisroel in Chicago and world renowned Poseik – 17:47
with Rabbi Chaim Jachter – Rav of Sha’arei Orah in Teaneck, Dayan on the Elizabeth Beis Din – 35:24

מראי מקומות