Q&A: Sleeping in the Sukkah, Kvitels & Running Away (HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz)

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9 October 2024
00:00 - 7:06 Should I always tell someone that they’re Jewish if they had not known?
7:07 - 12:30 What is the explanation of the Khazar people?
12:31 - 20:00 Why are Jews so successful in the world, yet having such a small population?
20:01 - 25:48 How do we know the passing down of the Oral Torah is legitimate?
25:49 - 30:40 How do we know the prophecies of the ‘new temple’ refers to the Messianic Redemption, perhaps it was referring to The Second Temple?
30:41 - 37:30 Why is it so important to Daven to Hashem through the Nusach of the Siddur?
37:31 - 42:30 If my free will is restricted as a result of my sins, how can I be punished for decisions made beyond the point of restriction? Are any future sins the will of God?
42:31 - 47:05 If I have free will and everyone else has free will then how can there be divine providence?
47:06 - 50:22 What is the range of my free will?
50:23 - 56:10 Why don’t Chabad sleep in the Sukkah?
56:11 - 01:00:00 Why do we continue to apply some Takanos of Chazal but not others?
01:00:01 - 01:05:22 What is the origin of having a party at age 13, a bar mitzvah?
01:05:23 - 01:08:00 Do we still practice Halitzah even if the woman has to wait many years to receive it?
01:08:01 - 01:11:00 How can I enjoy Gemara more?
01:11:01 - 01:14:55 How can we have faith in difficult times?
01:14:56 - 01:18:50 How do techiyas hamesim and olam haba work?
01:18:51 - 01:21:35 When I answer questions about Judaism should I answer truthfully or modify my answer to accommodate their beliefs?
01:21:36 - 01:23:54 What is the significance of a kvitel(prayer-note)?
01:23:55 - 01:29:30 The Mesilas Yesharim says teshuva can only work from chesed. How can it be that Hashem overlooks the reality of what happened?
01:29:31 - 01:32:22 Can we build the third temple without Gog uMagog etc?
01:32:23 - 01:36:25 What did the European Rabbis tell people to do before the holocaust in regard to fleeing to America?
01:36:26 - 01:39:00 Why are Drashos D’Oraissa if they were not commanded by God?
01:39:01 What is the Avodah of Yom Kippur and Shabbos?
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