Q&A: Figs, Heretics & Daas Torah | HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz

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Q&A 11-19-25

0:05 Can you take the figs that are on the trees at the Yeshiva and would you have to give Terumah and Maaser?
3:00 What is the difference between a Bas Kol, Ruach Hakodesh and Neuva?
7:00 What is the halacha regarding asking someone for forgiveness for speaking lashon hara about him?
10:42 How did the Tanna R’Elisha ben Avuha become a heretic and was it possible for him to do a teshuva?
21:33 Is the average person under the haschaha pratis or haschaha klalis?
29:47 What is Daas Torah and why should we go to them for life advice?
40:32 How to differentiate between a valid opinion and a heretical one?
43:50 How to understand the passages in the Gemara that says that certain Rabbis attribute their greatness in Torah to seeing a great Rav of the previous generation?
48:30 How was Rebbi allowed to write down the Oral Torah?
55:06 Why don’t Yeshivas teach Jewish philosophy such Moreh Nevuim and Kuzari?
59:55 When Masiach comes do bechorim become Kohanim?
1:06:25 Are Goyim able to build the Beit Hamikdash?
1:08:25 If you daven a different nusach than the tzibbur and they don’t have a siddur with your nusach should you daven from memory or daven the nusach of the tzibbur?
1:13:35 There are certain communities that only follow the Halacha of the a certain Rav like the Rambam or Gra exclusively. Is it proper to follow a single Rav’s Halacha even if goes against the mainstream Halacha?
1:19:30 Gemara speaks highly about tefillah, but also says that a person shouldn’t daven for a long period of time. How can we answer this contradiction?
1:22:10 Can a person have a girlfriend if she makes him have a stronger connection to Judaism?
1:24:33 There a some concepts in Kabbalah that seem very similar to other religions. Is it possible that other religions were influenced by Jewish Kabbalah?
1:29:48 Does Hashem answer our prayers before we daven?
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