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How the star bochur lost his love for learning

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Mantle of leadership passes on from one generation to the next

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Contrasting the scholarship of American bnei yeshiva to Israeli

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Appreciating the sacrifice made by supporters of Torah

5

Naive mistake many make in preparation for Bar Mitzvah

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Being chauffeured by Tesla. Video

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Being chauffeured by Tesla

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Learning with your son can enhance or can strain a relationship

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The Israeli government's power over yeshivos that accepted financial assistance

10

Type of questions invited to be addressed at this forum

11

Appreciating the towering mountains among us

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The modus operandi of Curious George is prevalent amongst us

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Kollel tenure: acknowledging that you have peaked

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The preferred method of livelihood: The shver, wife, kollel

15

Threat to expose a brother's embezzlement from a family business

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The result of a distraught individual who has no one to turn to

17

Growing tendency of youth to free themselves from the shackles of authority

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The beneficiaries of a successful Aderai event

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A Chazzan hogging the Amud

20

The fate of the Rayatz's constituents who resisted the communists

21

The cheeseburger rages on

22

The Czar of Russia closes the doors of Volozhin

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Gabbai dispensing honorary entitlements w/o abuse of power

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Proper admonition for a family member behaving inappropriately

25

Seeking intimacy with Shabbos

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Talent for perceiving subtleties in learning

27

Empowering the second level student to attract his Rebbi's attention

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A Rebbi encroaching on the role of a father

29

Susceptibility to the lure of an illicit relationship while engaged in kiruv

30

Being bounced around from minyan to minyan as the only Kohen

31

The shidduch that broke up over a sports debate

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Lengthy sedorim at yeshiva sacrifices family life

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Investing effort into a shidduch that hits a dead end

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Crediting early master builders of Torah in America

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Taking on government officials for alleged discrimination against Jews

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A dignified noble scion reduced to solicitation

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Youngerman goes from rags to riches

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Strategic investing in your religious portfolio

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The Rabbis escape the Holocaust as their communities perish

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The necessity of being a lamdan extends beyond learning

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The longevity of the Zionist movement

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Devil's advocate while debating in learning

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Secular perspective of Torah doctrines as rigid and unyielding

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Prestigious position in the Rabbinate isn't synonymous with erudition

45

Dropping a bomb on the sixth date

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Maintaining the unity upon change of ideals and values by spouse

47

Bitachon: Talking the talk without walking the walk

48

Unfaithful relationship with G-d mirrors unfaithfulness in marriage

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Talmid views his Rebbi's charge for chazoroh as hypocrisy

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Reversing an incompatible marriage

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Sequel: Finding type of in-depth learning you are cut out for

52

Analyzing Roshai Yeshivos varying style of dress and its impact

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Traversing from the bitterness of Torah to its sweetness

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Source of connection all sense with Rashbi

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Relationship of fire with Rashbi

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Ingratiating yourself with your in laws

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The persistent struggle in ever present temptations – The battle and the war

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Abstaining from sinning due to cultural or sociological considerations

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Why would HG"R Shimon Shkop opt teaching in YU over Grodno

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Why an insular sheltered youngerman joins an out of town Kollel

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Dedication for Torah extends way beyond learning it

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Kollel for the multitudes is a modern day invention

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Conduct upon eruption of a religious war directed at your rebbi

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Succeeding as a rebbi with poor pedagogical skills

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Rav Noach Weinberg's cry: Holocaust of assimilation

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Direction for children struggling with kriah

67

Divine choice to save one yeshiva from the holocaust

68

Disenchantment with 'lomdus' stems from mediocrity

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Sacrificing ones elevated personal dignity for heaven's sake

70

Utilizing the contribution of 24six to yeshiva world

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Compromising oh prohibitions in the name of kiruv

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Salvation for the frustrated and empty yeshiva bochur

73

Loss of faith in blessings from Gedolim

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Seeking a mentor when deviating from parents standards

75

Studying heretical ideologies to form a Jewish response

76

The cosmic impact of Adirei Event

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The cosmic impact of Adirei Event. audio

78

Most potent method of Kiruv

79

Afternoon rebbi gains more popularity than his superiors

80

BMG'S policy in fundraising

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Behavioral patterns that make one incompatible for marriage

82

Beneficiary of a lowlife's generosity

83

Dating a boy who is sheltered like a child

84

The inflated religious significance some yidden give to traditional garb

85

Father-in-law expects son-in-law to be his Talmid

86

Gaining independence from overbearing in-laws

87

Inadvertently broadcasting your spiritual status to the world

88

Concealing the deficiencies of the car you are selling

89

Predicting when a justice seeker will inevitably hit a dead end

90

Drowning in the sea tending to Klal needs

91

How the elite maximize their Shavuos

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Haunted by long overdue debt incurred by his parents

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Rov manipulates his congregants regarding compensation

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Applying social pressure at solicitous events

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Sequel: Cheeseburgers and unconventional methods of tasting forbidden fruit. audio

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Sequel: Cheeseburgers and unconventional methods of tasting forbidden fruit

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A pious father inadvertently directing his son OTD

98

Experiencing Gehinom as a tourist

99

My in-laws' Shabbos table is laden with venomous emissions

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Dramatic changes R' Yisroel Salanter Z"L instituded in image of ben yeshiva