Q&A: Alien Intelligence, OCD & Animal Free Will | HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz

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0:15 Where is the international date according to Halacha?
6:10 What is tumah and its ramifications?
12:30 Why do we bow three times at the end of the amida?
14:31 Do kever tzaddikim convey tumah?
16:35 Where did the base-10 number system originate, and is there any relationship between its development and Jewish thought or practice?”
18:05 Whats the source for putting a letter into the Kotel?
22:15 The 13 principles of faith says you have to believe in all the words of prophets, so why does Moshe have his own principle that you have to believe his words if he is a prophet also?
27:00 Why is 3rd and 4th meal of Shabbat not view as important as 1st and 2nd meals of Shabbat?
32:25 When does the Torah decide to hyperbolize the sins of the Tzadikim?
36:25 Is there an heter to tell lashon hara to your wife, since a wife is considered like oneself?
39:42 Whats the Jewish perspective on extraterrestrials?
43:13 Why is there no Halacha of shechting fish?
44:50 How to avoid Meshane HaTeva being used as an argument against us?
52:47 Why is there a discrepancy between how old is the world according to science and Torah?
55:18 If a person fulfill the Torah can a person assume he has achieved life’s purpose?
58:35 Can a person solve certain social disorders through the Torah?
1:01:25 Does Mussar induce OCD?
1:04:28 Is it allowed to take motivation from Goyim?
1:08:12 In the times of Mashiach, how is it possible that certain animals will be kosher to eat if the Torah can never change?
1:09:17 In Eretz Yisrael we have had more rain this year than prior years. Is there a meaning to this?
1:11:23 Is it better for a Goy to be a Noahide or convert to Judaism?
1:14:35 Why do unmarried Ashkenazim Jews not wear a Tallis?
1:16:43 Can an animal be a rasha?
1:18:40 Does a person have the free will to kill another person without heaven permitting it?
1:20:30 Is there a halachic basis to prohibit a younger sibling from getting married before an older sibling?
1:22:17 The Nefesh HaChaim that says that every action a person does impacts the spiritual and physical worlds. How does a person not become crazy from such a concept?
1:27:32 Is a person allowed to change his minhagim if it affects his shalom bayis?

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