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Halachic Debates of Current Events

Episode Date
8/15/26 – Shiur 572 – SIMCHOS IN HALACHA – MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED SHAILOS
Aug 14, 2026
8/8/26 – Shiur 571 – A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A RAV!! – Hear things you'll never see in writing – A peek behind the curtain
Aug 07, 2026
8/1/26 – Shiur 570 – Jews in America 1776 - Jews in America 2026 - Anti Semitism In America
Jul 31, 2026
7/25/26 – Shiur 569 – The Biggest Mistakes Bochurim (and Parents) Make During Bein Hazmanim
Jul 24, 2026
7/18/26 – Shiur 568 – The Battle Over Mixed-Gender Combat Units in the IDF
Jul 17, 2026
7/11/26 – Shiur 567 – Extreme Sports and Halacha| How to have a successful marriage
Jul 10, 2026
7/4/26 – Shiur 566 – Stock Market Investing: How Much Risk Is Too Much?
Jul 03, 2026
6/27/26 – Shiur 565 – The New Gambling Epidemic: Sports Betting, Kalshi, Day Trading, and Halacha
Jun 25, 2026
6/20/26 – Shiur 564 – Should You Move to Israel? What about trying it for a year?
Jun 19, 2026
6/13/26 – Shiur 563 –Modern Orthodox, Dati Leumi, and Charedi: Are the Differences Halachic or Hashkafic?
Jun 12, 2026
6/6/26 – Shiur 562 – Shidduchim — What do you have to disclose? At what point does privacy become deception? At what point does “full disclosure” become cruelty, stigma, and impossible perfectionism?
Jun 04, 2026
5/30/26 – Shiur 561 – Finances 101 – financial conflict in marriage
May 26, 2026
5/16/26 – Shiur 560 – Hear the Skinny on Ozempic in Halacha
May 15, 2026
5/9/26 – Shiur 559 – Are our young men and women "ready for marriage"? How are we preparing them and where are we failing them?
May 08, 2026
5/2/26 – Shiur 558 – What's new with Chodosh II – Is there room for leniency?
May 01, 2026
4/25/26 – Shiur 557 –Can a non-profit (school, shul, etc.) be run for profit? Can it be treated as a family business?
Apr 24, 2026
4/18/26 – Shiur 556 – What's new with Chodosh - Facts on the ground | Why are people so lenient about a Din in the Torah?
Apr 17, 2026
4/11/26 – Shiur 555 – From the Shul to the Shelter: Rabbanim in Israel Reflect on Life During Wartime
Apr 10, 2026
3/28/26 – Shiur 554 – What is a Neshamah Yeseirah, and do calories really not count on Shabbos and Yom Tov? Plus, join the Headlines 30-days exercise challenges!
Mar 27, 2026
3/21/26 – Shiur 553 – Gambling in the Orthodox Community — What’s causing it, and can anything stop it? To what extent is gambling linked to following professional sports?
Mar 20, 2026
3/14/26 – Shiur 552 – Operation EPIC FURY in Halacha – Hear from boots on the ground
Mar 12, 2026
3/7/26 – Shiur 551 – Inside Orthodox Schools: Who gets hired, which students get admitted and who makes the decisions?
Mar 05, 2026
2/28/26 – Shiur 550 – How Mental Illness Can Wreck a Marriage and a Divorce
Feb 27, 2026
2/21/26 – Shiur 549 – THANK YOU HASHEM FOR THE EMESDIKE TZADDIK!!
Feb 20, 2026
2/14/26 – Shiur 548 – Semicha for Women?
Feb 13, 2026
2/7/26 – Shiur 547 – Mental Health Challenges of Boys in Yeshiva & Girls in Seminaries
Feb 06, 2026
1/31/26 – Shiur 546 – The Ban on AI – Why was it banned? | Will Artifical Intelligence ever replace Rabbonim? When perfected will you be able to rely on AI for Psak?
Jan 29, 2026
1/24/26 – Shiur 545 – Join the Headlines $3,000 challenge – Solutions to Break the Phone Habit
Jan 23, 2026
1/17/26 – Shiur 544 – Breaking the Phone Habit – From Compulsion to Conscious Use
Jan 15, 2026
1/10/26 – Shiur 543 – How can you know an abuser (or other criminal) is no longer a threat? Is there a mitzvah of “Pidyon Shvuyim” to get a Jew out of jail when he was convicted of a crime?
Jan 09, 2026
1/3/26 – Shiur 542 – Are you taking medication? Are you seeing a therapist? These are Seminary Application questions
Jan 02, 2026
12/27/25 – Shiur 541 – Are sheitels only b’deieved?
Dec 26, 2025
12/19/25 – Shiur 540 – “Leil Shishi” & Friday “To’ameha” – Do they enhance Shabbos or detract from it?
Dec 19, 2025
12/13/25 – Shiur 539 – Narco Terrorist being blown out of the water – How does the Torah view it ? | The fascinating saga of the Bochurim in Japan | Dealing with suicide in our community
Dec 12, 2025
12/5/25 – Shiur 538 – Ponevezh Yeshiva: Understanding the Machlokes and is it finally over?
Dec 05, 2025
11/29/25 – Shiur 537 – Sacred Roles, Serious Risks: When Rabbis, Male Therapists, and Kiruv Professionals Work With Women
Nov 28, 2025
11/22/25 – Shiur 536 – Chareidim in the IDF – Now that there's Frum Battalions is it an obligation to join? – Hear from the inside!!!
Nov 20, 2025
11/15/25 – Shiur 535 – Online Dating in the Orthodox World
Nov 14, 2025
11/8/25 – Shiur 534 – Bullying by children and adults – Who Bullies? Who Gets Bullied? How Should It Be Handled?
Nov 07, 2025
11/1/25 – Shiur 533 – NYC EXCLUSIVES: THE ERUV CONTROVERSY | NY ELECTIONS
Oct 30, 2025
10/25/25 – Shiur 532 – Men & Women Working Together: The Frum Woman’s Perspective
Oct 23, 2025
10/18/25 – Shiur 531 – Men & Women in a Mixed Workplace: What Are the Risks? Can We Stay Separate While Working together? | Plus, Thoughts and Memories in Tribute to Rabbi Moshe Hauer, EVP of the OU
Oct 17, 2025
9/26/25 – Shiur 530 – Is Charlie Kirk in Gan Eden? Who really gets in? | How do we navigate the Issur of לא תחנם?
Sep 26, 2025
9/20/25 – Shiur 529 – Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur Special: Making 5786 into “The Year”
Sep 19, 2025
9/13/25 – Shiur 528 – “The Voice of Awe” – Halachic Debates on Chazanus and the Yamim Noraim
Sep 12, 2025
9/6/25 – Shiur 527 – Kosher Kitchen, Treif Business?
Sep 04, 2025
8/30/25 – Shiur 526 – The “Epstein Files” – Do we have the right to know if someone is a threat to our community —whether a pedophile, abuser, or swindler?
Aug 29, 2025
8/23/25 – Shiur 525 – UnKosher Competition – The Four Halachic Red Lines in Business You Can’t Cross | Rabbi Berel Wein ZT”L – never published interview | The Headlines Quit Smoking Challenge
Aug 22, 2025
8/16/25 – Shiur 524 – Steal with a Click? The Halachic Ethics of Downloading Music, Seforim, and Media without authorization
Aug 14, 2025
8/9/25 – Shiur 523 – Tznius Standards: Clear Halacha or Personal Interpretation? What’s Required and Why It’s Being Ignored
Aug 04, 2025
7/26/25 – Shiur 522 – Smoking and vaping – Is there any heter? What do smokers rely on?
Jul 25, 2025
7/19/25 – Shiur 521 – Jew vs. Jew: The Housing Fight Tearing Rockland Apart
Jul 17, 2025
7/12/25 – Shiur 520 – When is competition allowed and when does it violate “Hasagas Gevul”?
Jul 11, 2025
7/5/25 – Shiur 519 – Hashgacha Pratis: is Hashem watching over you every minute..
Jul 03, 2025
6/28/25 – Shiur 518 – Into the Danger Zone? The risks of being in Israel during a time of war. When is risk-taking permitted?
Jun 26, 2025
6/21/25 – Shiur 517 – The “Iran War” – on the Halachic Frontlines
Jun 19, 2025
6/14/25 – Shiur 516 – The irreligious and Yayin Nesech Clearing up common misconceptions
Jun 11, 2025
5/31/25 – Shiur 515 – Is A Psychedelic Trip the Derech HaShem?
May 29, 2025
5/24/25 – Shiur 514 – Should Boys and Girls Turn to Friends for Dating Advice? Is it Helpful or Harmful?
May 23, 2025
5/17/25 – Shiur 513 – When One Spouse Becomes Less Religious or Irreligious
May 16, 2025
5/10/25 – Shiur 512 – How easy is it to “hit it big”? What are the pitfalls of starting your own business?
May 08, 2025
5/3/25 – Shiur 511 – Fraud in Frum Clothing: The Conspiracy Against Eretz HaKodesh. When the Conservative Movement infiltrated the Chareidi world — what really happened?
May 02, 2025
4/26/25 – Shiur 510 – Revisiting the WZO controversy | The Tzedaka Generation – But what are our priorities?
Apr 24, 2025
4/12/25 – Shiur 509 – “Free Money” – Taking money from the government (food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, etc.) to stay in Kollel
Apr 10, 2025
4/5/25 – Shiur 508 – What does “Daas Torah” really mean and does it have anything to do with the WZO Election?
Apr 04, 2025
3/29/25 – Shiur 507 – The YU Settlement: Does the Torah agree to it? | How to prevent children from being left in cars
Mar 28, 2025
3/22/25 – Shiur 506 – The Battle over the Character of Israel – supporting progressive values or supporting Torah. How to handle Reform Judaism’s attacks against Torah observance
Mar 17, 2025
3/8/25 – Shiur 505 – Purim – Fascinating Sources for our Minhagim | Bringing Simcha into our lives – The stories behind "Bardak" and Suki & Ding
Mar 07, 2025
3/1/25 – Shiur 504 – Hamas’ (and Iran’s) depravity - when our enemies know no limits: Should We? Do we need to act morally when dealing with an immoral enemy?
Feb 27, 2025
2/22/25 – Shiur 503 – “Recharging Ambition”: How We Can Inspire an Un-Motivated Generation
Feb 21, 2025
2/15/25 – Shiur 502 – Trump's disengagement plan for Gaza – Is Gaza Halachically part of Eretz Yisroel?
Feb 14, 2025
2/8/25 – Shiur 501 – Roommates – what are the major areas of conflict? Are there ways to resolve them?
Feb 06, 2025
1/25/25 – Shiur 500 – “Every shul has one” – dealing with the person who disturbs everyone
Jan 30, 2025
1/25/25 – Shiur 499 – The Hostage Ransom – Negotiation or Capitulation?
Jan 24, 2025
1/18/25 – Shiur 498 – Should each community have a “Rebbetzin” to teach, advise and inspire the women?
Jan 16, 2025