Iggros Moshe A to Z
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Iggros Moshe A to Z
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Episode 56: Minyan - What Part of Davening is Tfillah BiTzibur?
What halakhicly constitutes Tfillah biTzibur - our silent Shmoneh Esrei that we all say together in a minyan, or the repetition of the Shmoneh Esrei t...
Episode 55: Minyan - When Theology meets Halacha
Men often receive the message that they are required to attend a daily minyan. But is this really true? This question is particularly poignant nowaday...
Episode 54: Brain Death - When Exactly are you Dead?
How do we determine if someone is truly dead? This question is central to the ability to donate and receive organs, and to determine when a dying pati...
Episode 53: Organ Donation II – Transplanting Organs from Dead Bodies
Can you derive benefit from harvesting an organ from a dead body? Can kohanim, who are halakhically forbidden from interacting with corpses, be organ...
Episode 52: Organ Donation I – Is It a Mitzvah?
Is it a mitzvah to donate one’s organs? What differences might there be between live donations, such as a kidney, and donations after death? Does hal...
Episode 51: Non-Jews III - Saying No to Interfaith Efforts
The reforms introduced by Vatican II brought new opportunities for the Orthodox Jewish community to engage in interfaith councils and dialogue with Ch...
Episode 50: Non-Jews II - Drawing Boundaries
What type of boundaries must be drawn between Jews and non-Jews? In a series of teshuvot, Rav Moshe lays out an approach that would protect non-Jewis...
Episode 49: Non-Jews I – Prayer in Public Schools
In 1962, the Supreme Court ruled that prayer in public schools was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. Many religious groups,...
Episode 48: Medical Ethics III – Triage & Priority of Care
In this third and final episode on medical ethics, Rabbi Dov Linzer explores Rav Feinstein’s rulings on the halakhic ethos that should guide medical p...
Episode 47: Medical Ethics II - Autonomy and End of Life Decisions
If a person is dying of a terminal illness and is suffering, must a doctor intervene to extend the life for a short time or can the person be allowed...
Episode 46: Medical Ethics I - Patient Autonomy and the Right to Choose or Refuse Risky Procedures
Jewish tradition holds that we have a mandate to preserve life, and that we do not have ownership over our bodies. But when a patient must choose whet...
Episode 45: Lifnei Iver III - Weddings and Mixed Dancing
If a couple doesn’t plan on upholding the laws of family purity, can an Orthodox rabbi marry them? What about a kosher catering hall hosting a wedding...
Episode 44: Lifnei Iver II - Inviting Your Non-Observant Friends for Shabbat
Can you invite a non-observant Jew to your house on Shabbat if he will drive to get to you? Find out in our latest episode of Iggros Moshe A to Z feat...
(Re-Release)Pesach - Gebrochts
How binding is the minhag of gebrochts in a family? What if nobody else in your community is upholding it? Rabbi Linzer looks at a teshuvah that answe...
(Re-Release) Pesach - Are Peanuts Kitniyot?
Are peanuts kitniyot? What makes something kitniyot? Rabbi Linzer asks and Rav Moshe answers.
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(Re-Release) Pre-Pesach - Afikoman After Midnight
How does Rav Moshe feel about eating the afikoman after midnight? Rabbi Linzer finds out in our third pre-Pesach episode.
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(Re-Release) Pre-Pesach - Can A Woman Read the Haggadah for a Man?
Rav Moshe addresses the obligations of women in the mitzvot of the night of Pesach. How far does 'af hein hayu beoto haneis' go? Can a woman be motzi...
(Re-Release) Pre-Pesach - Making a Siyum on a book of Tanakh
Rabbi Linzer looks at a teshuva about making a siyum on a book of Tanakh for Taanit Bechorot on Erev Pesach. Is it allowed? What is the source?
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Episode 43: Lifnei Iver - Cigarettes, Non-Observant Jews
Rabbi Linzer looks at teshuvot about Lifnei Iver, or Leading astray. In what ways does this principle regulate our behavior with non-observant Jews. C...
Episode 42: Kashrus - Blended Whiskey
Blended whiskey usually has some wine mixed in to raise the alcohol content. Does this treif it up? Dive into bitul in Rav Moshe with Rabbi Linzer.
Episode 41: Kashrus - Cholov Yisroel
Rabbi Linzer looks at Rav Moshe's approach to cholov yisroel, and his reliance on government supervision to be sure the milk we are drinking is kosher...
Episode 40: Pesach - Gebrochts
How binding is the minhag of gebrochts in a family? What if nobody else in your community is upholding it? Rabbi Linzer looks at a teshuvah that answe...
Episode 39: Pesach - Are Peanuts Kitniyot?
Are peanuts kitniyot? What makes something kitniyot? Rabbi Linzer asks and Rav Moshe answers.
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Episode 38: Pre-Pesach - Afikoman After Midnight
How does Rav Moshe feel about eating the afikoman after midnight? Rabbi Linzer finds out in our third pre-Pesach episode.
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Episode 37: Pre-Pesach - Can A Woman Read the Haggadah for a Man?
Rav Moshe addresses the obligations of women in the mitzvot of the night of Pesach. How far does 'af hein hayu beoto haneis' go? Can a woman be motzi...
Episode 36: Pre-Pesach - Making a siyum on a book of Tanakh
Rabbi Linzer looks at a teshuva about making a siyum on a book of Tanakh for taanit bechorot on erev pesach. Is it allowed? What is the source?
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Episode 35: A Purim Special on Shehecheyanu
Why do we say shehecheyanu on Purim day but not on Chanukkah? Does the perfunctory announcement that the shehecheyanu should be on all the mitzvot of...
Episode 34: Kashrus - Gelatin
What does Rav Moshe think about gelatin, a critical question for modern kashrus? Rabbi Linzer takes a look at some teshuvot.
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Episode 33: Jewish Identity - What's in a name?
Rav Moshe has a series of surprising responses to questions about Jewish names, and the importance of holding onto this distinction. Rabbi Linzer expl...
Episode 32: Jewish Identity - The Kippah, Part 2
Rabbi Linzer looks at teshuvot about times when you may be inclined to remove your kippah and asks whether you should. Also addressed - the associatio...
Episode 31: Jewish Identity - The Kippah, Part 1
What are the halakhot of wearing a kippah? Is it a minhag chasidut or a halakhic obligation? Can you accept a job in a place where you can't wear a ki...
Episode 30: Jewish Identity - Jeans v. Bekishe
Rabbi Linzer looks at a teshuvah about wearing clothes that conform to social norms or preserving "Jewish" dress.
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Episode 29: Immersion - Ear Plugs, Fillings, & Braces
Rabbi Linzer looks at some teshuvot about different kinds of chatzizot. How does Rav Moshe's conceptual understanding of halakha shape his psak in the...
Episode 28: Immersion -Showering After Mikvah & Tevilah on Day 7
Rav Moshe stakes out dramatic positions against major poskim on two questions: Can a woman shower after the mikvah? Can a woman go to the mikvah durin...
Episode 27: Immersion - Swimming Pools and Mesiras Nefesh
Rabbi Linzer looks at a host of teshuvot about mikvaot and the creative tools that Rav Moshe employs to assume that someone with parents who were not...
Episode 26: Halakhic Methodology - Pasken the Shoel, Not the Shayla
Rabbi Linzer looks at a wide range of teshuvot to demonstrate a critical component of Rav Moshe's philosophy of psak - a dual emphasis on paskening ba...
Episode 25: Halakhic Methodology - Features and Limitations of Rav Moshe's Approach
Rabbi Linzer looks at two teshuvot - about a Cohen going to medical school and a woman going to the mikvah wearing earplugs - to identify the limits a...
Episode 24: Halakhic Methodology - Rav Moshe's Philosophy of Halakha
Rabbi Linzer looks at Rav Moshe's introduction to his responsa, in which he outlines his philosophy of halakha and psak, and explains how he feels com...
Episode 23: Gender - Rav Moshe on Feminism
Rabbi Linzer looks at a famous teshuvah of Rav Moshe that takes on the challenge from feminism to the role of women in halakha and Jewish life. Why ar...
Episode 22: Gender - Can A Woman Be A Mashgicha?
Two teshuvot about a woman serving as a mashgicha - granting hashgacha to a restaurant. Is it allowed? Is there a concern about serarah? Rabbi Linzer...