Q&A- Civil Rights, Cherem & Kivush Eretz Yisrael

Dedication opportunities are available for episodes and series at ohr.edu/donate/qa   Questions? Comments? [email protected]   Subscribe to the Rabbi Breitowitz Q&A Podcast at https://plnk.to/rbq&a   Submit questions for the Q&A with Rabbi Breitowitz https://forms.gle/VCZSK3wQJJ4fSd3Q7   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/OhrSomayach/videos   00:00 Can someone who wraps tefillin Ashkenaz daven nusach Sefard?   01:57 What is the source of double head-covering?   03:09 Why aren't the Books of Maccabees in the Tanakh?   11:35 Why does lashon hakodesh have antonyms so close in pronunciation?   16:44 Can one count a donation of labor as maaser? Does quality make a difference?   22:48 How does one who works for room and board give maaser?   23:51 Is one who receives an allowance chayav in maaser?   27:44 Can one pledge maaser ahead of time, in order to receive a bracha?   33:50 Can one account one's own aveiros that give the curse of poverty?   34:23 Is there a deeper explanation of the brothers' actions than jealousy?   47:16 What do we think of non-Jews who fought for civil rights? How do we prioritize Jewish issues over general issues?   52:01 Shouldn't there be more clarity in the Oral Tradition?   55:54 Why are there machlokos in Rabbinic mitzvos?   59:45 In bitul b'shishim, is it still a good idea to eat it?   1:02:13 If one had to choose between mitzvos between man and God and mitzvos between man and man, which should one choose? Especially considering that the latter group might not be visibly Jewish.   1:09:14 Why does the yeshivish world accent the penultimate syllable in Hebrew, and should we try to correct this in davening?   1:12:05 Why does it matter whether someone differentiates between aleph and ayin when determining if their pronunciation is correct?    1:13:51 How could the brothers enforce a cherem upon Hashem?   1:15:12 What's special about the Ten Commandments?   1:18:57 Is there a mitzvah to conquer Eretz Yisrael?   1:21:29 Is there a tradition of the more minor kvarim?   1:23:47 What is the spiritual essence of Assyria?   1:25:20 Are piyutim in the chazzan's repetition a mafsik?   1:29:55 Aren't the brothers considered rashaim for the pit, and so for the cherem? Isn't movement after shechita treif?   1:34:00 Could the Ohr haChaim's opinion of bechira be applied to things that aren't death?   1:38:20 Why is there a separation between chicken and milk?   You can listen to this and many other Ohr Somayach programs by downloading our app, on Apple and Google Play, ohr.edu and all major podcast platforms. Visit us @ ohr.edu  PRODUCED BY: CEDAR MEDIA STUDIOS