Q&A- Plastic Surgery, Machlokes & Infertility Testing

Would you like to sponsor an episode? A series?   We'd love to hear from you : [email protected]   https://podcasts.ohr.edu/   00:00 Why do we say the language of "hamotzei lechem" if Hashem doesn't take out bread?    02:29 Can the Rav expound on Judaism's view of homosexuality?   10:10 How should Jews look at accounts of near-death experiences?    17:42 What is Rav Kook's position on korbanos?   28:20 Why is it that we don't "acquire" women through other means than money?   33:13 What is the Rebbe's opinion on vanity cosmetic surgery or otherwise and how should we approach it?   38:20 The Gemara in Yevamos עו. discusses a certain ritual to test a bochor with certain medical problems for infertility before he gets married. How then can some of poskim argue against /married/ guys getting fertility tested if there are problems?   40:45 Can a person who cannot have children marry a mamzer or convert?   41:23 What exactly constitutes a siyum?    48:44 If mashiach can come from the dead, does this make Chabad's view heretical?   54:32 What are some reasons that there are machlokesim in Mishnayos?   59:43 Some hold that there are parts of the Gemara that were written by the Gaonim themselves. Is this true?   1:02:00 How does the Rav speak to the idea of feminism?   1:07:40 Is there a concept of overturning precedence in Halacha. For example, is it possible that a contemporary Posek could permit electricity on Shabbat?   1:11:03 What is a gay Jew supposed to do?   1:22:30 How can we help secular people make sense of the shidduch process?   1:28:02 What is out responsibility to not patronize unethical commerce (such as places that employ sweatshops)?   1:32:24 How will Eliyahu HaNavi's paskening work?   1:33:25 Would there be a leniency to switching sects of Judaism?    1:34:37 What is the Rambam's position on reconstituting the Sanhedrin?   1:37:52 Is it a halachic requirement to say Baruch hu or varuch shemo? What about just shemo?   1:40:42 To what extent should someone go to avoid machlokes?   1:42:35 How do we understand great Torah personalities in Tanach doing certain things that people today would be ostracized for?    Visit us @ ohr.edu