Halacha Headlines

How does coming to Israel for yeshiva and seminary affect a student’s mental health?
When do difficult emotional feelings cross the line from normal struggles to something that should be addressed?
Should a student who believes another is emotionally unstable report that behavior to the school administration?
What are the key similarities and differences in how boys and girls experience stress, anxiety, depression, or other emotional pressures?

Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job

with Rabbi Yitzchak Schwartz – Posek, Rosh Yeshiva & Rav, Givat Ze’ev, Israel – 8:50
with Dr. Jacob Freedman – psychiatrist, speaker and author – 29:43
with Dr. Shmuel Harris – psychiatrist, author and founder and director of Machon Dvir Institute, Yerushalayim – 29:43
with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Fox – Dayan, forensic and clinical psychologist, Director of Crisis and Trauma Services for Chai Lifeline – 1:02:35
with Mrs. Debbie Fox – clinical social worker and author of Seminary Savvy – 1:02:35

Conclusions and takeaways – 1:40:40

מראי מקומות

Do you need a human mind for Psak?
Do you need Shimush?
Do you need human emotion for Psak?
Can a computer be called שופט שבימיך?
And much more……
Why would there be a Kol Korah against AI?

with Rabbi Dovid Cohen – Rov of Gvul Yaavetz – 6:27
with Rabbi Hershel Schachter – Rosh Yeshivah of YU, Poseik of the OU – 8:07
with Rabbi Yoni Levin – Rosh Yeshiva of South Florida, Assistant Rov of Aish Kodesh, Woodmere NY – 11:04
with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky – Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivah of Greater Washington Tiferes Gedaliyahu – 21:11
with Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt – Associate Rabbi of Young Israel of Woodmere – 47:39
with Rabbi Chezki Glatt – Magid Shiur Yehivah Toras Shraga, Founder of AI startup – 47:39

מראי מקומות

What practical strategies can help us reduce phone usage and establish healthy boundaries?

Does someone need to stop usage fully or can partial solutions be effective?

What behaviors can we change in as little as thirty days? Does it last?

Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job

with Rabbi Elyada Goldvicht – Rav of KLR in Raanana, Rosh Yeshiva of Semichas Chaver – 8:04
with Rabbi Duvi Rubin – Rav of Kehillas Ohr Yisrael, Baltimore – 8:04
with Mr. Richard Simon – author of Unplug: How to Break Up with Your Phone and Reclaim Your Life – 35:19

Conclusions and Takeaways – 56:52

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Can a cellphone be used in shul for non-tefillah purposes?

Does mindless scrolling on a phone constitute an issur of bitul zman?

Is it preferable to daven from a physical siddur rather than from a phone?

How do our phones affect our relationships with our spouse, children, and friends?

What practical strategies can help us reduce usage and establish healthy boundaries?

Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job

with Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz – Rav of Bais Haknesses of North Woodmere, Head of Semicha at RIETs  – 9:39
with Rabbi Efrem Goldberg – Rav of Boca Raton Synagogue, Founder of the Yeshivah of South Florida – 9:39
with Mr. Noach Levin – digital media expert and former contractor for Google – 54:46

Conclusions and takeaways – 1:18:35

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Is it possible to determine that an abuser is no longer a risk? What’s the success rate of treating serious abusers?
Why do community leaders sometimes advocate for the early release of an abuser?
How does halacha view cases where a Jewish prisoner receives a disproportionate sentence?
Should the community celebrate someone’s release from prison?

Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job

with Dr. Gavriel Fagin – Director of Tikunim Counseling Services – 14:49
with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC – 50:20
with Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg – Rav of the Chofetz Chaim Torah Center, Cedarhurst NY – 1:17:47
with Mrs. Nicole Meyer – advocate against abuse – 1:50:14

Conclusions and takeaways – 2:09:07

מראי מקומות