Q&A- Mixed Kiruv Events, Torah Umada & Pesach Cleaning (Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz)

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00:00 Is there a Heter for kiruv groups putting on events where mixed dancing is inevitable?
07:37 What kinds of advice can the Rav give to help us make more of our davening?
18:20 Why was the GRA so vehemently against Chassidus?
30:28 What is the Torah view of the drug known as Ayahuasca?
36:21 What’s the purpose of life once we reach a perfect reality/complete tikkun?
41:08 Does the Rambam hold that a Tinok Shenishbah would get resurrection?
55:19 Is it halachically permissible for women to take birth control?
58:30 What’s the difference between Rav SR Hirsch’s TIDES view and Rav Soleveichik’s Torah Umada view?
1:01:59 What is the Torah view on the following: In business if one deals with another company or client that treated them and their company poorly or ripped them off, what’s the right way to approach the transgressor from a professional standpoint?
1:04:32 How do we understand the idea that God “regretted” certain things?
1:08:06 How can we describe God using attributes when He is unlimited?
1:15:05 Why is a mother that gives birth to a female impure for longer than when she gives birth to a male?
1:18:05 Is there always some type of coherent arc in the Gemara or are there parts that are seemingly pieced together?
1:22:50 What are some in your opinion over the top cleanings that people do for Pesach?
1:25:03 Is there a difference between a Jewish and non-Jewish soul?
1:28:12 Why did Shmuel of the Gemara not listen to a woman in distress?
1:31:18 Why do we refer to Bar Kochba as that name specifically to this day and not reverting back to Shimon Ben Kuziba?
1:34:08 what does it mean to give power to the ayin horo?
1:35:10 In light of terrorist events lately, would it be a worthy hishtadlus to get a gun and should people avoid making aliyah?
1:38:38 What is the origin of Mishmar specifically on Thursday nights?
1:41:00 What should be out attitude on different machlokesim-follow the herd or have our own views?
1:43:44 Why can a ben eretz Yisrael go to chutz la’aretz and what kinds of Halachas apply?
1:47:37 In the Hespeidim, everyone commented that Rav Chaim never accepted money for his advice and brochos. He also famously never had a job/position. Even if we say that he lived on very little, how did he afford the little he did have?
1:49:40 Why does the Gemara present so many views that end up being refuted?
1:52:52 Can a Jew get a PCR test on Shabbos if it is administered by a non-Jew?
1:54:47 How does someone (namely the Amshinov Rebbe) keep Shabbos until Tuesday?
1:56:22 What halachic complications can occur with IVF?
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