Q&A: Death Penalty, Minhagim & Pride Flags (Harav Yitzchak Breitowitz)

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00:00 Why are there varying numbers of remembrances in davening?

07:44 Should a religious Jew support a secular death penalty?

20:51 Is there a Torah source for keeping minhagim?

26:31 Are midrashic sources in verses just to cause a student to ask, and thereby learn the Oral Torah from his rabbi?

31:00 Is it permitted to listen to a recording of a woman singing?

43:08 Is there something inherently, spiritually inferior about mamzerim?

53:24 What is the proper middle ground between acting like a prince and separating from physicality?

58:30 Could a Syrian do an annulment of vows in order to marry a convert?

1:04:09 How can prophets receive money for their prophecies?

1:11:23 How is the word for cattle related to the word for morning?

1:16:35 How can one say that some numbers in the Tanakh are not exact?

1:22:47 If a restaurant that is open on Shabbos can't get a hechsher, why can a restaurant with a pride flag receive a hechsher?

1:27:20 Why don't mashgichim tell people what the berachos are?

1:28:43 Is use of the phrase "oh my G-d" a use of Hashem's name in vain?

1:29:58 How could a hashgacha decide to deny a restaurant if the food itself is kosher?

1:36:14 Why do some Rishonim and Acharonim spend time describing the final redemption if Chazal didn't describe it in detail?

1:40:07 How could two kosher witnesses validate a marriage that is forbidden from the Torah?

1:44:38 How does the Temple Institute understand Rashi's words about the Temple?

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