Q&A: Special Needs, Gemara Learning & Bubblegum (HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz)

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00:00 How does one not lose track of the big picture when learning the minutiae of Gemara?
16:39 Would some common practices at the Shabbos table be considered halachically problematic?
20:34 How should one view Jews with special needs?
31:53 What if speaking about the past puts you in a bad place?
39:32 What is the definition of kol isha and how strict is it?
55:28 How can one fulfill the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah?
1:02:57 How is it possible for humans to create holiness?
1:06:35 Why do Ashkenazim preserve the Yiddish pronunciations, even in davening?
1:13:55 How is it possible for the Moshiach to unite all the Jewish communities?
1:17:26 Is it proper to chew bubblegum?
1:19:30 Why is Nach considered part of the Written Torah if it wasn't given at Mt Sinai?
1:23:30 Should a Sephardi Jew say Aleinu after Sefirah in an Ashkenazi minyan?
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