Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later
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Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later is a religion podcast hosted by Moshe Kurtz. It has 94 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later puts the study of Torah front-and-center by inviting guest scholars to present, debate and provide listeners with a dynamic conversation of the topic at hand. In addressing the responsum of their choice, they will be asked to provide relevant historical background, distill the halachic/social considerations, offer unique methodological insights, and make an argument for its relevance today.
religion ·en-us ·94 episodes
92. Three Controversial Sephardic Seforim - Feat. Rabbi Yehoshua Domosh
An Important Update
91. The Chassidic Theory of Time Relativity - Feat. Rabbi Bezalel Naor
90. Answers to Allentown: R' Solomon Krevsky and R' Abraham Isaac Kook - Feat. Dr. Noam Cohen
89. What Is and What Should Never Be (Published) - Feat. Dr. Yaakov Weinstein
88. The Art of the Ask: The Rashba's Approach to Fundraising - Feat. Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal
87. Thanksgiving Revisited - Feat. Rabbi Michael J. Broyde
86. L'Shem Yichud on a Gett? - Feat. Rabbi Avi Kahan
85. Umbrellas and the Austerity Gospel - Feat. Rabbi Elli Fischer
84. Rabbi Lamm and Rabbi Gifter: The Reality of Their Relationship - Feat. Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Sinensky
83. A Paradigm Shift in Palliative Care - Feat. Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner
82. Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm's Halachic Heroism - Feat. R. Dr. Tzvi Sinensky
81. A Psak Heard Round the World: Are We Facing Jerusalem or the Congo? - Feat. R. Yosef Weisenfeld
[Shtark Tank] Rav Shalom Rosner on the Legacy of Dr. Fred Rosner z"l
80. Conjoined Twins and A Tribute to Rav Tendler zt"l - Feat. Rachel Rosensweig
79. Should I Join the Army? A Responsum of Rav Zev Wolf Leiter - Feat. R' Yitzy Tanner
78. Education vs. Excommunication: The Rashba Combats a Communal Rupture - Feat. Rabbi Daniel Korobkin
77. A Distillation of the (Pesach) Kashrus Industry - Feat. Rabbi Yehoshua Domosh
76. A Seder From Afar: The COVID Seder...Five Years Later - Feat. Rabbi Yehuda Halpert
75. Kehuna for Sale? The Problematic Purchase of a Priestly Pedigree - Feat. Rabbi Ariel Rackovsky
74. Until I'm Six Feet Under? A Texas Burial Brouhaha - Feat. Rabbi Barry Gelman
73. "Avram", Academia, and Acceptance - Feat. Zachary Ottenstein
72. Clarifying a Contested Conversion - Feat. Rabbi Michoel Zylberman
71. The Internet's Rabbi: Rav Yuval Cherlow - Feat. Rabbi Roy Feldman
70. Family, Fertility and Halacha: Presenting Shu"T PUAH - Feat. Rabbi Elan Segelman
69. Ashkenazim Trapped in Sephardic Service - Feat. Rabbi Yigal Sklarin
68. The Medium, the Message, and the (Ri) Migash - Feat. Rabbi Shmuel Lubin
67. A Tour of the Cairo Geniza - Feat. Rabbi Zachary Rothblatt
66. HaRav Hershel Schachter: The Pesakim & The Personage - Feat. Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz
65. The Terumas HaDeshen: Bridging Medieval and Modernity - Feat. Rabbi Yehoshua Duker
64. Medresh, Machshava and Dikduk: Do They Really Matter? - Feat. Rabbi Tuvia Berman
63. Marriage, Mamzeirus and Money - Feat. Rabbi Ezra Schwartz
62. Savior of Seforim and Souls: Rav Mordechai Pinchas Teitz zt"l - Feat. Dr. Rivkah Blau
61. A Kashrus Compromise? The Parameters of Personal Trust in Halacha - Feat. Rabbi Chaim Jachter
60. A Career of Compassionate Jewish Education - Feat. Rabbi Yaakov Bender
59. Tenuous Texts, Hot Air Balloons, and Shai Agnon: Not Your "Typical" Chalitza Case - Feat. Rabbi Jeffrey Saks
58. "He Said, She Said": A Tale of Two Teshuvos - Feat. Dr. Elana Stein Hain
57. Disentangling the Secrets of Sha'atnez - Feat. Rabbi Yirmiyah Moldovan
56. A View from the Vanguard: A Conversation with a Contemporary Posek - Feat. Rabbi Asher Bush
55. What Happens When Halacha Appears to Get History Wrong? - Feat. Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
54. The Pioneering Pesakim of Rav Shlomo Goren - Feat. Rabbi Chaim Metzger
53. The Briskers Got it Right! (At Least This Time) - Feat. Rabbi David Fried
52. Recovering the Remarkable Rulings of Rav Nosson Nota Zuber zt"l - Feat. Rabbi Yossi Katz
51. Ona'as Mamon: Approaches to Jewish Economic Regulation - Feat. Rabbi Tzvi Benoff
50. The Get of Kleves: From Divorce to Dementia in Jewish Law - Feat. Rabbi Kalman Laufer
49. Evasion, Avoidance and Workarounds in the Halachic System - Feat. Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman
48. Printing Press Politics: Investigating the Mishneh Torah Copyright Controversy - Feat. Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg
47. The Lesser of Two Evils: Is it Ever Kosher to Look the Other Way? - Feat. Rabbi Shimon Altshul
46. Cutting it Close: The Problem with Pre-Shabbos Surgeries - Feat. Rabbi Yossi Kamman
45. [Special Episode] Responsa from the RCA - Feat. Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon, Rav Mark Dratch, Rav Shlomo Weissman and more!
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