About this episode
Rabbi Dr Yitzchak Breitowitz, of Ohr Somayach Jerusalem , discussing the most common questions about Judaism. To submit questions, feedback or for sponsorship opportunities, contact us at: podcasts@ohr.edu SheIdim and mazikim (demons and damaging creatures); mention dibuk (troubled soul in limbo) Parshas Vayera – Avraham asked Hashem that people should get old with visible signs of age, but Sarah became old with clear, fresh skin Gezel sheina ; opening and closing window in winter or summer Saying tachanun during hazaras hashatz Celebrating Hebrew and Gregorian birthdays " Heter kiruv " (mention of inviting secular for shabbos) Birth control for financial strain Piru u'rvu (be fruitful and multiply)-why was it given to Adam and Noach and not bnei Noach (non-Jews) Yishuv Eretz Yisrael Bircas kohanim (blessing the kohanim) being discontinued/not practiced in chutz laaretz but only in E"Y and by Sephardim Kohanei chazaka : believing a kohen /cohen that he is a cohen and halachos nowadays that apply to him (e.g. Torah reading, marriage, duchan ) Frequency of going to the Kotel/Kosel-Western Wall Eliyahu haNavi answering teku and what happens when mashiach comes regarding machloksim , kashiyos , minhagim etc. (11/13/2012)