Ohr Somayach

Q&A

0:00 is there a difference between taking anxiety medication and micro dosing on hallucinogenics
3:45 how do we balance separating ourselves from secular people with the need to make a kiddush Hashem
9:30 is there any religious purposes to psychedelics
16:00 to what extent are traditional Jews held accountable for not being shomer mitzvot
22:15 why does the lack of a bet hamikdash absolve secular Jews for not attaining clarity
26:05 why didn’t the lubavich rebbe come to eretz yisrael
31:20 what is the criteria for something to become a minhag on the community
40:00 how is a physical attribute like lust that’s necessary for human procreation be so destructive at the same time
45:50 what’s the point of creating a world of challenges rather than a world of angels
52:15 what is das Torah and has it been changed over time
59:05 is fitness important to making oneself a vessel more suited to receiving holiness
1:01:55 why is order in nusach Ashkenaz of the 2nd ashrei of shacharit different on weekday Torah reading days vs on Shabbat
1:04:40 were the sefarim of neviim and ketuvim all canonized at the same time
1:50:20 why can’t we make a shofar from a parah and was Oct 7 connected to not being able to blow shofar that year
1:11:00 if everyone is using AI to cheat on academics, does it become permissible to do likewise to avoid a disadvantage
1:14:20 how does one navigate halachic disagreements of whether one must daven the nusach of the minyan he’s in
1:16:30 what does the Rav make of tzedakah organizations that promote alleged tzedakah habits of gedolei yisrael

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