Q&A: Video Evidence, Israeli Government & 2nd Day Yom Tov (HaRav Yitzchak Breitowitz)

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00:00 If Purim is the holiest day of the year, how is the holiest day manmade?
03:57 How could Yochanan Kohen Gadol have embraced heresy?
13:18 When are certain violations permitted during medical school?
20:24 Is there a way to use lettuce for maror given how difficult it is to check for bugs?
27:24 How does one maintain a positive attitude despite hardships?
32:33 If learning Torah is equal to everything, why have the everything?
35:03 Can this be classified as a normal war if the government helps the enemy in some ways?
40:31 Is there still a rule against wearing red even though it is no longer distinctly non-Jewish?
42:33 Can a chutznik who keeps one day in Israel fly on the second day?
49:41 Why do we say the hyrax chews its cud when it really doesn't?
58:01 When will we stop saying Tehillim after davening?
58:51 Are there common interpretations for the vowels just as there are for the letters?
1:06:07 Why are there such strictures against one who breaks Shabbos publicly but we seem not to enforce any of them today?
1:14:49 What merited Og to survive the Flood?
1:18:08 Why do people mention the comparison between splitting the sea and making a shidduch if Rashi says that applies only to a second marriage?
1:21:03 Why does R Moshe Feinstein sometimes claim that an Acharon didn't say what he said?
1:25:30 Should one give to children on Purim, and is that counted towards maaser?
1:27:34 Could the Sanhedrin allow video evidence and such?
1:30:00 Is it better to give tzedakah earlier in davening if it's bothersome to do it at the particular pasuk in Pesukei dZimrah?
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