Q&A- Baal Teshuva Integration, Free Will & Jews on Politics

This episode has been generously sponsored by Daniel and Rachel Rabizadeh In loving memory of George Rabizadeh  ישראל דוד בן רבי אבא

00:00 If two brothers marry two sisters, does one widow have a chiyuv of yibum?

4:42 Why do chazal and halacha speak of things like spontaneous generation which modern science can't prove?

12:40 Sometimes Baalei Teshuva have a difficulty integrating into frum society. Why should this be?

17:58 Why was R' Yehuda haNasi not martyred along with the 10 rabbis?

21:42 In one's search for Yiddishkeit, to what extent does one keep looking for proofs?

27:14 What is the most practical answer to the how we have free will if HaShem knows the future?

32:36 Every generation has a moshiach, so how can there be a set date?

38:18 Is triage halachically acceptable and if so what criteria can be used?

46:08 Are Jews allowed to express political views?

49:02 Is there something after olam haba?

55:44 Does power/authority affect free will?

59:35 Considering the work of Christians to prosthelytize Jews, should there be a concerted counter response?

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