Q&A- Halacha in Space, Basketball on Shabbos & Jewish Astrology
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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?   Comments? Feedback? Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series? We'd love to hear from you : [email protected] https://podcasts.ohr.edu/ Visit us @ ohr.edu !   Produced by:    
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Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at  https://ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Yeshivat Ohr Somayach located in the heart of Jerusalem, is an educational institution for young Jewish English-speaking men. We have a range of classes and...
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