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00:00 Do the advances in agricultural technology make peah, leket, and other laws obsolete?

05:16 Why is there an association between the sky and Hashem's residence?

07:51 If a cohen with a defect got plastic surgery, would he be allowed to serve in the Temple?

11:14 Can one use a peeler or apple corer on Shabbos?

14:38 How could Shmaya and Avtalyon be on the Sanhedrin if they were converts?

19:07 Do those from chutz l'aretz in Israel read along with chutz l'aretz or along with Israel?

21:00 Chazal and even the Rambam assert the existence of an animal that grows from the ground. Does it still exist, or do we reject this instance of spontaneous generation?

32:13 Are demons a superstition or must we worry about them?

38:35 How can we reconcile Rav Shach and the Lubavitcher Rebbe?

42:12 Is there any way to drum on the table during Shabbos?

44:57 In Nishmas, does "kol yitzurim" imply that non-Jews should say tehillim?

49:40 How do gedolim have supernatural knowledge of secular subjects or personal affairs if there is no nevua today?

54:36 Why do those in chutz l'aretz keep two days of Shavuos?

1:00:06 Is there a problem with buying from Angel's Bakery? And is there a problem with using Sefaria since they just added a gender-neutral translation?

1:08:47 Why are the words for village and for heretic so similar?

1:12:42 Can one attend a wedding wherein one member converted via a non-halachic conversion?

1:18:10 How can one avoid being influenced by vitriolic discourse against secular Jews? What should one think about them instead?

1:23:51 There was an article using poskim to justify cross-dressing. How do we understand this possibility?

1:26:11 Is there an argument to convince a secular Jew that the actions of the ancestors obligate the descendants?

1:29:39 Can a cohen contract tumah via an organ transplant?

1:30:37 Can one make additions in the middle section of the Amidah?

1:36:02 How does one prevent oneself being influenced by repetitive espousals of anti-Jewish rhetoric?

1:39:13 By learning, could one be strengthening one's bad parts?

1:43:40 Would it be allowed for a religious Jew to join ARC, the new movement by Jordan Peterson?

1:46:34 How can we trust and learn from non-Jews if their goals are not aligned with ours?

1:48:42 How is the gadol hador chosen?

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