Halacha Headlines

Is it possible to determine that an abuser is no longer a risk? What’s the success rate of treating serious abusers?
Why do community leaders sometimes advocate for the early release of an abuser?
How does halacha view cases where a Jewish prisoner receives a disproportionate sentence?
Should the community celebrate someone’s release from prison?

Why are they asking?
Is it legal?
May you lie?
How’s it affecting High School girls?

Why do married women cover their hair?
Is a tichel preferable to a sheitel?
Why do some women shave their heads after marriage?

What draws men to these gatherings?
How do they impact the home — especially when alcohol is involved?
What is the halachic basis for tasting food before Shabbos?
What are the halachic concerns with entering Shabbos intoxicated or eating too close to Shabbos?
What should an ideal Erev Shabbos look like?

Does a person smuggling in drugs have a Din of a Rodef?
Should you report someone who’s trying to sell drugs in the community?
Should you report someone giving out alcohol irresponsibly?
What to be aware of when someone asks you to take a package?
What causes suicide in our community?
How common is it?

How common are controversies over leadership in the Litvish yeshiva system? Is the Ponevezh controversy unique?
What were the main points of the machlokes and how did they develop?
Who halachically owns assets donated to a yeshiva — the Rosh Yeshiva, the fundraiser, or the institution itself?
When, if ever, may a yeshiva bring a dispute to secular arbitration or secular court rather than to Beis Din?

What are the primary risks and the necessary gedarim?
May a Rabbi teach Torah to women or girls? What about one-on-one?
How should one handle a situation where women attending a class are not dressed modestly?
What can be done about predators who exploit those they are being mekareiv?

Now that there’s a Frum brigade what’s the justification of Frum people at least who aren’t learning not to go to the army?
If there’s a shortage of soliders why wouldn’t yeshiva bochurim be obligated to join – isn’t Pikuach Nefesh Doche the whole Torah?
If the Frum will become a majority in the country what will you do then?
If Torah obligates hishtadlus, what is the minimum practical hishtadlus a nation must take to prevent harm? Can tefillah alone replace defensive capability?
If the IDF ceased to exist tomorrow, what do you re...

How common is online dating in the Yeshivish community? What about Modern Orthodox?
Is it ever acceptable to adjust your age, height, or weight on a dating profile?
Should men and women post profile photos, and what are the concerns?
Is using an older photo to appear younger misleading?
What are the halachos of leaving feedback or “reviews” for shadchanim or daters?

Why does bullying happen, and who is most at risk?
How should victims respond, and what are the best ways for families, teachers, and community leaders to intervene?
How should the bullies themselves be dealt with?
What practical strategies can we employ to prevent abuse and foster respect?

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Is NY surrounded by walls?
Does that help?
Was Reb Moshe’s Shita a Chumra or a Kula
And much much more….

What’s the proper way to interact with male colleagues?
How should a frum woman dress in the workplace?
How do Heimish workplaces compare to secular ones?
How should a woman respond to uncomfortable moments – like a handshake or a hug?
Should she attend office events, parties, and social gatherings?

What are the risks and halachic concerns of a mixed gender workplace?
Should conversations be limited to only what’s necessary for work?
Can first names be used?
What if a woman extends her hand to shake hands with a man?
How can couples protect their shalom bayis when one spouse works in a mixed environment?

Most religions teach that only insiders make it to heaven. But what does Judaism really say about the eternal fate of righteous non-Jews?
Can someone like Charlie Kirk merit Gan Eden?
How do we balance admiration for non-Jews with the Torah’s command of Lo Sechaneim?

What’s your favorite Devar Torah for the Yamim Noraim?
How can we make our Kabbalos last – and what really works?
What’s the most powerful lesson you’ve learned this past year?
What do you hope to carry forward into the year ahead?

When does chazanus cross into tircha d’tzibburah?
Can a chazan use popular tunes, repeat words, or sing with a choir?
Should a professional chazan be hired for the Yamim Noraim, or is simplicity preferred?
Is chazanus an ideal form of avodas Hashem — or is it frowned upon?
What are the qualifications required of a Yamim Noraim chazan?

The Torah’s obligation to hold oneself higher in business
Kiddush Hashem in the workplace
Can you make money without cutting corners?
Is there a concept of not doing Mitzvos in public that will cause non jews to ridicule us?
And Much more……

What level of proof is required before sounding the alarm?
When risks are identified, should they be broadcast widely, or kept within a limited circle?
What happens when victims are silenced, ignored, or when abuse is covered up?
How can we, as a community, ensure that abuse is never minimized or swept under the rug?
What role do journalists, news outlets, and podcasts play in exposing the truth and safeguarding the public?

When is it prohibited to interfere with someone else’s pending transaction? (“Ani Hamehapech B’chararah”)

When is it prohibited to capitalize on someone else’s groundwork? (“Ani Hamenakef”)

Beis Din in Action:
• Outbidding someone for an apartment
• Poaching a long-term client
• Taking a business idea and running with it

Can you own intellectual property?
Can it be stolen if it’s not tangible and there’s no act of theft?
Do you have to pay for enjoyment?
Dina D’Malcusa Dina
Aveida M’Daas
And much more…..

What are the minimum requirements of Tznius when it comes to women’s dress?
Are the reactions by girls/women when taught Hilchos Tznius any different than for Hilchos Shabbos and the like?
What specific things are more difficult for certain women to be responsive to?

How should Hilchos Tznius be taught so that it will be accepted?
Can up to a Tefach be shown? Long skirts worn? Denim clothing? Slits in skirts?
Should shul Rabbanim speak up against the lack of modest dress and prohibited interactions between the genders?

Do any contemporary Poskim permit smoking?
Is vaping halachically better than smoking?
What’s the argument that smoking is permitted?
What are the risks of second-hand smoking and vaping?
If someone already smokes, do they need to quit?
How far must a smoker distance himself from others?

Is it permissible according to Halacha to establish communal guidelines or enactments that restrict the sale or purchase of homes within a defined radius of the community?
May a Jew purchase property in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood with the intent to rent it out to non-Jews?
Does it matter what type of tenants are placed in the property—for example, individuals of questionable character, multiple families, or undocumented immigrants?
If such tenants are likely to negatively impact the spiritual atmosphere of the neighborhood, is that a legitimate halachic concern that should be weighed?
Can one in...

Can a second business open up next to another and compete?
What if the second business will hurt or destroy the first business?
What does a Beis Din do when potential Hasagas Gevul issues come before it?
How does Hasagas Gevul apply in our modern, large cities nowadays?
Is the prohibition of Hasagas Gevul only on the new competitor, or also on those who purchase from him?

The Shitos in the Rishonim
The Baal Shem Tov and the Gra’s Shita
If you hold like the Rambam and the Ramban’s Shita are you an Apikorus according to the Gra and Baal Shem Tov
Is Hashem busy with the animal kimgdom?
Can you do something to someone if it wasn’t preordained?
Why do bad things happen in the world?
What’s the point of Hishtadlus if everything is preordained?
What does Hester Panim mean?

Can you visit Israel during a war due to the danger?
How do hospitals deal with patients during missile alerts?
Is there an obligation to go to a bomb shelter while you are learning Torah?
Is it permitted to travel to and from Israel via Egypt, Jordan or Cyprus when Ben Gurion Airport is closed?
Can someone in Yerushalayim travel to Bnei Brak or Tel Aviv where it’s more dangerous?

Is it prohibited to go to Minyan when the “Home Front Command” and Chief Rabbis say not to go?
Can you carry a phone on Shabbos to hear the warnings of incoming missiles?
Can you leave on the news (radio, TV, Internet) on Shabbos to hear what’s going on?
Should we say Hamapil before sleep, since we may need to immediately head to the bomb shelter?
Do you need to wash Netilas Yadayim before heading to a bomb shelter in the middle of the night?
Does the IDF need to be concerned that the bo...

Why is wine touched by a non-Jew prohibited? Does this prohibition apply to a non-Jew who’s not an idol worshipper?
Is this extended to a nonreligious Jew who doesn’t keep Shabbos?
What is the status of someone who desecrates Shabbos but goes to shul or makes Kiddush?
What is the law of someone who’s embarrassed to desecrate Shabbos in front of a prominent person?
Do you need witnesses to testify in front of Beis Din to deem someone a Mechalel Shabbos?
Are you allowed to give non-religious Jews wine for them to dri...

Is using psychedelic drugs to get close to Hashem a Mitzvah or Aveira?
What about for therapeutic and recreational purposes?
How do psychedelics affect people and what are the side effects?
Are people in the frum world really using these drugs and, if so, how broadly?
How should we think about Rabbanim who use – and advise others to use – psychedelics?

Should a boy consult with his friends, like his roommate or chavrusa, if they think he should date a given girl?
Is there a problem discussing the attractiveness of a potential Shidduch with friends?
Have promising Shidduchim been ruined by what friends have said?
Should parents be involved in the Shidduch process? And, what if the child does not want his/her parents involved?

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Can we trust the wife she did zayin nekiiim and went to the mikvah?
Can we trust their kashrus if they say things are kosher or they didn’t make the utensiks treif?
Does their food have a din of פת עכו”ם ובישול עכו”ם?
Is the wine they touch יין נסך?
Can we serve them food knowing they won’t make a brocha or wah their hands – לפני עור?
Things they cooked on Shabbos is it Assur like ?מעשה שבת
If they have chametz in the house on Pesach do you have to get rid of it?
Is it Assur because of חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח?
Making Brochos if they aren’t dressed properly?
If th...

Is the belief among Yeshiva bochurim that making money is easy — fact or fiction?
According to Halacha, what happens when business partners fail to discuss equity upfront?
What if one partner works harder or originally came up with the business idea — how should that be handled?
Can you start your own business while working for someone else — and what if it’s competitive?
What does it really take to succeed as an entrepreneur?

Did Conservative activists violate Geneivas Daasand Lashon Hara by secretly steering the WZO election?
Is it ethical for Chareidi media to be paid to promote an anti-Eretz HaKodesh agenda?
Should frum magazines vet who’s behind their ads?
Can you trust a “Psak” when you don’t know the full story?
How should our leaders respond now that the truth is out?
What are the long-term political risks for the Chareidi community?

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What’s the difference between this and joining the Knesset?
Why’s this difference than the Moetzes pushing Avi Schnall to run specifically as a democrat?
Is this the old age Hashkafic Machlokes between Satmar and Brisk VS the Agudah?
Why did they stop second Seder in BMG for a political rally?

Have we lost our priorities to the glitz and the glamor?
Are we giving large glamorous Tzedakahs at the expense of our local institutions?
Should you give money to an out-of-town Yeshiva or Kollel when your son’s Yeshivah can’t make i...

Is it permitted to not disclose off-the-books income when applying for government benefits?
What if there’s a colorable argument that you fit the criteria? Is that enough?
Are there any Heterim to take funds when you don’t fit the eligibility requirements?
Is putting yourself in a position that you need to take money from the government allowed? Is it le’chatchila to take government assistance in order to stay in Kollel?
Is it a chilul Hashem if many frum people receive government assistance, when it’s not intended for those who can work?

What is Zionism? Did it accomplish its goal? Is it good or bad for Jews?
Assuming Zionism is wrong, can you vote in the WZO election?
What’s the history of the concept of “Daas Torah” and what does it mean? When did the phrase and concept come into being?
Why would one Gadol say it’s mutar to participate in the WZO election and another say it’s totally assur?

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What is it?
Does the Torah agree to it?
Can we have groups in our yeshivos that we are forced to have or is it better to close down?
Do ends justify the means? Joining up with Ovrei Aveira
Is it diffrent than sitting on the Knesset or the WZO?
Should we have public forums talking about our Yetzer Hora?

What is the WZO and why is the current election important?
How do the Mizrachi and Eretz Hakodesh parties differ?
How should we relate to Reform and Conservative Jews? Open Orthodoxy?
What lawsuits have the Reform Movement filed against Chareidim, and what’s their motivation?

What’s the most difficult Mitzvah?
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What does Hamas hope to accomplish with their psychological warfare?
Should we be swapping live Hamas terrorists for the bodies of captives?
Does international law or world opinion halachically govern how the IDF acts?
Do the Laws of War (e.g., avoid non-combatants) mean that you can never use a weapon of mass destruction?

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What does Hamas hope to accomplish with their psychological warfare?
Should we be swapping live Hamas terrorists for the bodies of captives?
Does international law or world opinion halachically govern how the IDF acts?
Do the Laws of War (e.g., avoid non-combatants) mean that you can never use a weapon of mass destruction?

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What does Hamas hope to accomplish with their psychological warfare?
Should we be swapping live Hamas terrorists for the bodies of captives?
Does international law or world opinion halachically govern how the IDF acts?
Do the Laws of War (e.g., avoid non-combatants) mean that you can never use a weapon of mass destruction?

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What does Hamas hope to accomplish with their psychological warfare?
Should we be swapping live Hamas terrorists for the bodies of captives?
Does international law or world opinion halachically govern how the IDF acts?
Do the Laws of War (e.g., avoid non-combatants) mean that you can never use a weapon of mass destruction?

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What does Hamas hope to accomplish with their psychological warfare?
Should we be swapping live Hamas terrorists for the bodies of captives?
Does international law or world opinion halachically govern how the IDF acts?
Do the Laws of War (e.g., avoid non-combatants) mean that you can never use a weapon of mass destruction?

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Is it stealing from your Kollel or employer if you regularly come late?
How hard do you need to work on the job?
Can you take personal phone calls, check the news, order your groceries, etc. while on the clock?
Does this impact Shalom Bayis, divorce rates, shmiras ha’mitzvos and hasmada in Torah learning?
How do we motivate those who don’t have motivation?

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Shmitta

Mitzvas Yishuv Eretz Yisroel

Kevura in Eretz Yisroel

Historically did Yidden live in Gaza

What are the most common issues/controversies that come up between roommates?
Are there any halachic requirements to keep your place clean?
Do you violate Gezel Sheina when your alarm wakes up your roommate?
Can you borrow your roommates’ pots, books, pillow, toothpaste, etc. without permission?
What happens with the kitchen when roommates have different standards of Kashrus?

What would cause someone to regularly disturb in shul without regard to upsetting others?
How should those who disturb be dealt with?
Is it impatience or mental illness when someone always pushes the Chazan to go faster?
Is it okay to pace for all of davening? To evict guests from seats? To collect the Seforim during davening?
Should little children be brought to shul, knowing they may disturb?

Is it Hatzalos Nefashos or is it encouraging more murder?
How can you release murderers on the streets?
Are you emboldening Hamas?
Is it worth it to stay in good grace with the US?

Are women’s learning programs motivated by feminism and the desire for “equality”?
Are women required to learn any Torah? Can they learn Zohar and Gemara?
Is it preferable that women teach women? Can men attend the shiurim as well?
Does a connection need to be achieved through learning Torah, or do Chesed and Tehillim groups work better?

How has parenting changed over time? What lessons do we learn from Tanach?
Should a parent discipline a child when the child will ignore the parent?
How does a parent stay calm when the kids are misbehaving and not listening?
What if the husband and wife are not on the same page when it comes to parenting?
Should kids be brought to shul if they won’t behave? Can you discipline someone else’s child in shul?

Can you ever make a Heter Meah Rabbanim without leaving a Get in Beis Din?
Is a Beis Din ever allowed to withhold the Get from the woman?
In order to get the husband visitation
To get the husband financial compensation
To get the woman to drop criminal charges
To get the woman to drop lawsuits
How easy is it to get a court to deny visitation from the father?
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What did Gedolei Yisrael say about this and how did they behave?
Should Menorah be lit in public? Should a yarmulka be worn at work?
Should we wear black hats, shtreimels and other identifying marks?
Wear talis and tefillin while walking to shul? Build a Succah in a public area?
Should we remove Jewish and Israel references from our resumes when trying to get a job?
What are the biggest religious struggles in the workplace and what is most damaging to a Ben Torah?

How can a child withstand peer pressure
Why do some kids give in easily to peer pressure and others don’t
How should parents educate their children to withstand peer pressure
What are the most common peer pressures in our yeshivos and girls’ schools
Why do kids and teens involved in bad behaviors want to get their peers to join them
Are we obligated to avoid negative influences and make Gedarim for ourselves

How a Magen was forced to give a Get

How the torah would view the presidential pardon of his son
Is there a concept of pardons in Torah
Do we find pardons in Tanach?
Do you always have to be Moichel someone who wronged you?
When don’t you?
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What are the arguments that there’s an obligation to serve in the IDF?
What are the arguments that there’s no obligation for someone learning Torah to join the army?
What if the person is not learning, but is working or doing something else?
What are the main challenges of a Chareidi boy/man joining the IDF?
Can those issues be fully addressed? What initiatives are currently under way to address the concerns?

Do we need to give Tzedakah to everyone who asks?
Should we give to someone who refuses to work?
What if you think the person asking does not look legit?
What if he smokes? Or he’s an alcoholic or uses drugs?

Can a Rav ever be Meikil to prevent a more serious עבירה?
Do ends ever justify the means?
Is a Kiruv setting different?

What should be the goal of dating?
What are the minimum interactions required by Halacha before engagement and marriage?
What’s the downside of going too quickly? Of going too slowly?
How clear do you need to be about what you are looking for in advance of dating?
What are some great ways to get to know the other person?

Is it microblading Assur because of tattooing?
Does it have to be for Avoda Zorah?
Does it have to be words or picture or a mark is enough?
Does it have to be permanent?
How many levels of skin does it have to penetrate?
Would it be Mutar for medical reasons, Shidduch reasons or even cosmetic reasons?

What are the pros and cons of a man teaching girls/women?
If a Rav teaches girls/women, should there be a Mechitza? What if the Rav is not married?
Can/should a Rav call female students by first name or a nickname?
What Gedarim should a Rav institute for himself when teaching girls/women?
How does the relationship a Rebbe has with his male students compare to that of his female students?
Are there topics that women should not be teaching, like Halachah?

Are your responsibilities as a shul Rav any different during this time of year?
What questions are people asking you?
Is the war in Israel having an impact on you or your community?
What unusual incidents have happened in your shul during The Yomim Tovim?
What’s your favorite Devar Torah for Succos?

תכלה שנה עם קללותיה
Combating domestic abuse in our community

Showering us with Brocha
Three day Yom Tov – Are you allowed to take a shower on Yom Tov?

לא תעמוד על דם רעך
Are you allowed to give a donut to an obese person, and other fascinating shailos

How does Ayin Hara work, and what causes it?
Is there a way to proactively protect yourself from an Ayin Hara?
Is there a basis for the hand that people hang up for good luck, the red string or the blue eye?
Does it help to say “bli ayin hara” and Poo Poo Poo?
Are the services that are for hire to remove Ayin Hara legitimate, and how much do they cost?

Are the Halachos of Shmiras Einayim more lenient for women than for men, and if so, why?
What’s the big deal about having thoughts, if they are only thoughts?
Is it permitted for a woman to gaze at men?
How – and from what age – should we educate our girls to stay away from inappropriate materials?
Practically speaking, are the schools seeing this Shmiras Einayim problems in the girls?

Is there Kedusha on the har Habayis Nowadays?
Can a טמא enter?
Which טמאים can’t enter?
Is the Kosel the wall of the עזרה or the הר הבית?
Can you put your fingers into the wall of the Kosel?
Are you a Rodeif if you go up to the Har Habayis?

What causes someone to be unhappy with their looks?
Are our bodies halachically our own, such that we can do what we want with it?
Can we take medications when we don’t understand how they work and when there are serious side effects?
Should weight-loss injections be used only after trying to diet and control eating?
Can we suppress our appetite if it will take away from Oneg Shabbos and Simchas Yom Tov?
If someone uses Ozempic to lose weight while dating, does it need to be disclosed?

Why are people getting psychologically sicker and sicker despite there being more therapists and more mental health awareness?
How does having experienced “trauma” when younger impact one’s Bechirah Chofshis and being responsible for your own actions?
Do therapists focus too much on “trauma”?
Should podcasts, shiurim, etc. have “trigger warnings” to warn those with sensitivities that they should not watch/listen?
Do we need to use someone’s chosen pronouns, even calling a man by “she/her” and a woman by “he/his”?
What criteria should we use for finding a good therapist?

Lacetop Sheitels – Response to callers

Is a syndicator who is overly daring or reckless with their clients’ money required to use their own funds to compensate for the losses?
What questions should an investor be asking?

What causes someone to become an extremist?
Is extremism stronger now than 20-30 years ago?
Are there similarities between Chareidi extremism, the Hilltop Youths and Leftists against Chareidim?
If you don’t agree with a law, can you violate it?
Are there times when extremism is warranted?
Is being OTD another form of extremism? And are there ways to improve the system?

Teaching our children about the dangers of camp (and life)
Should you teach or them, or should you shield them from exposure?

Lacetop Sheitels in Halacha – Erase the Lace or Embrace the Lace?
Is it a new question or an age old Machlokes?

Voting In Halacha
Can you vote for a candidate that’s personally immoral?
Can you vote for a party that supports immoral values?
Can you vote for a party that’s anti Eretz Yisroel?

Do all non-Jews hate us?
Does exposure to the non-Jewish world help or hurt our children when they grow up?
What are the hazards of teaching children negative attitudes about non-Jews?
What separations did Chazal institute between us and non-Jews? Why did Chazal feel that was necessary?
Do we need to be concerned with causing “Aivah” (animosity) with non-Jews, even if we are doing nothing wrong?

What’s the rationale to halachically permit targeted killings of Israel’s enemies?
Is there any difference between a targeted killing during an active war and when there’s no active war being fought?
What if there’s only a 10%, 20% or 30% chance that the target is where you think he is?
Do you need to be concerned about collateral damage during a targeted killing? And, what if it could be significant?
Is there a problem celebrating when our enemies are killed?

Should you allow your daughter to go out with a boy who smokes or vapes?
Is a smoker Possul Lei’dus?
If your father asks you to buy him a pack of cigarettes are you allowed to listen?
When a president loses his sanity does he lose his staus as a president?
Would Halacha require an aging forgetful leader to step down?
If the population loses their trust in the president (or leader) can they Halachically oust him?
When a husband loses his sanity can his wife or children take away his business? Duration: 01:23:36

Is there an obligation to support a son (or son-in-law) in learning?
If the father (or father-in-law) commits to support, can he get out of it, for example when business is bad?
Does living comfortably facilitate or get in the way of quality learning?
Is it best to fund the strongest learner, the neediest person, or a relative?

When does conversation between parents go from “discussing difficult issues” to being offensive and prohibited speech?
Should parents avoid all conflict in front of their children?
If there is ongoing tension between parents, should they attempt to hide it from the children?
What’s the impact of bad Shalom Bayis on children?
How should children handle when parents regularly fight?

Electric Water Meter
Sump Pump (basement pump)
Security systems
Motion sensors

What are valid reasons to cancel on your chavrusa or to miss your daily shiur?
How can you concentrate on your learning when you are stressed about life and so distracted?
How do you keep on learning over the long-term?
What gets people off-track from learning when they leave Yeshiva?
How can an IDF solider learn when fighting in Gaza or on the Lebanon border?

Practical Halachos of Shemiras Einayim
How to make Shemiras Einayim part of your life
How to tun over a new leaf in your life

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How do you handle a conflict between honoring in-laws and honoring your own parents?
Are there times that married children need to listen to input from in-laws?
Are there halachos about what to call your in-laws?
What does a mother-in-law do when she sees deficiencies in her daughter-in-law
Are there typically father-in-law issues, and if so, what?
What are healthy boundaries, and how do you establish them?

What keeps us spending when we can’t afford it?
What’s the impact on children when parents have an expensive standard of living?
Is there an obligation to refrain from looking at materialism which may tempt us?
Can we spend on luxuries when people need tzedakah?
What are the minimums required to celebrate a bar/bas mitzvah and a wedding?
Can having a low-budget bar/bas mitzvah or wedding hurt our children longer-term?

Using a whoop strap or a Fitbit
What is the issur of electricity?
Is there an Issur of increasing current to exisitng electricity?
What’s called a מעשה regarding מלאכת שבת?
Binyan in Keilim

Is Achdus a Halachic imperative, a Hashkafic concept or something else?
What’s the definition of “Achdus”? Is it different from “Kiruv”?
Can we outwardly express our disagreements?
Should we look to have Achdus with groups and movements of Jews who have values that are antithetical to Torah?

What’s your favorite Pesach Devar Torah?
Is there something unique you do at your seder?
What do you do to prepare for Pesach?
Is there something memorable that has happened to you at a seder?

Does Eretz Yisroel need an army or can it totally rely on Torah protection?
Do we have responsibility to serve – besides the learning protection – like we find previous generations?
The Bochurim who aren’t learning should they go to the army?
Can we have Frum battalions run according to Torah?
What’s are we going to do when the Chareidim are a majority?

What are the biggest challenges, struggles and difficulties confronting our boys today?
How do those challenges differ from those of the girls?
What impact are technology and alcohol consumption having on the boys?
Should Gemara be the focus of yeshiva learning?
What’s holding the boys back from performing at their best?

Should each of us be setting up Shidduchim?
What are the biggest challenges and difficulties?
Is the “shadchanus” fee only paid to a professional Shadchan, or even to beginners?
What does the Shadchan need to do to earn the fee?
Can you set up two non-observant Jews? One frum and one not frum? Two non-Jews?
What advice do professional Shadchanim have for amateurs?

Is it permitted, forbidden or a Mitzvah?
Are you מקיים פריה וריבה?
Does it exempt you from חליצה?
Is there an issue of ניוול המת?
Is there an issue of הנאה ממת?
Is there an issue of ביטול מצוות קבורה?
Are there any moral issues?

Don’t we have an Achrayus הַאַחֵיכֶם יָבֹאוּ לַמִּלְחָמָה וְאַתֶּם תֵּשְׁבוּ פֹה?
What difficulties – if any – do Frum soldiers face in the army?
What would a Frum army look like?
When a majority of Eretz Yisroel is Frum what will become of the army?
Are you obligated to learn every spare second you have?
Does it depend on someone’s health, wealth or stamina?

What are the biggest challenges, struggles and difficulties confronting our girls today?
How have things changed over the years?
Should money be given to children if they will use it for the wrong purposes?
What’s the impact that technology/smartphones/social media is having on the girls?
What solutions do we have to inspire girls today?

What are the halachic obligations spouses have to each other?
How does a relationship change over the course of a marriage?
Are there differences in how to stay connected at the beginning of marriage, in the middle and later in life?
What causes spouses to disconnect from each other?
Can you reconnect once you have already disconnected?
What’s the impact of social media on marriages?

Hakaros Hatov to the soldiers
Being Mevaker Choleh soldiers
Being Menachem Avel these families
Saying a Mi Shebeirach for the soliders

What are the most common fears that people have?
How do we get over those fears?
What is “Jewish Mindfulness” and how can it help?
What are the most common fears in dating and marriage?
Can anxiety or OCD ever make a person patur from mitzvos?
Is it permitted to take experimental/homeopathic/Chinese medication treatments?

How much should parents do for their children?
What are parents’ financial obligations to their children? Is there a maximum?
What causes a child to be spoiled?
Is it detrimental to grow up with less than your peers?
Do we need to treat all of our own children the same when buying them items?
What are the implications of having a spoiled child when they grow up?

Abortion of a fetus conceived through rape
Women tying tzitzis
Sheva brachos without the chosson or kallah
Returning home before Shabbos if one knows they will be called up on Shabbos
Returning home while one’s wife is a niddah if he doesn’t think he’ll be able to withstand the temptation to hug
A hug before a spouse leaves for battle if the wife is Niddah
Burying blood-soaked cars
Pidyon Haben when the father or kohen is not present
Shortening the taharah process for Niddah during wartime
Saying shehec...

What’s currently causing us the most trauma? The war? The captives? Antisemitism? Something else?
What’s the implication of not getting a body back from Hamas, and therefore no Kevura and no closure?
Is hearing the news and looking at war images helpful or hurtful?
How are students from out of Israel who are studying in Yeshivos and Seminaries in Israel handling the war?
How can we turn our current plight into a growth opportunity?
Will we have “Post-Traumatic Stress” or “Post-Traumatic Growth” from the war?

How to handle the stress of having a close relative fighting in Gaza and the loss of a loved one killed in battle.
Is there a halachic requirement that the IDF bury dead Hamas terrorists? Other Gazans?
What are the IDF soldiers experiencing? What about their parents, wives, and close friends?
Is it okay for soldiers to use the homes of Gazans without consent? Can soldiers use the food of Gazans left in their pantries and cook in their pots?
What are some of the unique halachic questions being asked by soldiers, their wives, and...

Shabbos:
Is it permissible to place an order with one-day delivery on a Friday?
If a package arrives on Shabbos, is it permissible to open and use it?
Is it permissible to make an online purchase on Friday when it is already Shabbos in the seller’s time zone, knowing the seller is Jewish?
Is it permissible to keep an Amazon account active during Shabbos and Yom Tov?

Ratings:
Is it permissible to leave negative reviews on products?
Is it permissible to create positive, but fictitious reviews for your own products to...

Is Hakaras Hatov a halachic requirement, or just a nice thing to do?
Do we just feel gratitude, or do we need to say “thank you” or more?
Historically, did the Gedolim show Hakaras Hatov towards the soldiers of the IDF?
Why have a few Roshei Yeshiva said they are concerned about showing gratitude?
If Torah learning protects, why does Israel need an army?
Does the Israeli army enable those in Yeshiva to learn? Do those learning in Yeshiva enable the army to have military success?