What keeps us spending when we can’t afford it?What’s the impact on children when parents have an expensive standard of living?Is there an obligation to refrain from looking at materialism which may tempt us?Can we spend on luxuries when people need tzedakah?What are the minimums required to celebrate a bar/bas mitzvah and a wedding?Can having a low-budget bar/bas mitzvah or wedding hurt our children longer-term?
Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman
with Rabbi Moshe Walter – Rabbi of Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah and noted author  – 10:52with Rabbi Naftali Horowitz – Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – 44:29with Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman – Renowned Psychologist, Author of “From Boys to Men” – 1:03:13

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5/18/24 – Shiur 467 – Un-Lavish Living – why are we embarrassed to live below our means?

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Practical Halachos of Shemiras EinayimHow to make Shemiras Einayim part of your lifeHow to turn over a new leaf in your life
Hosted by: Rabbi Shlomo Landau – Director of Mentorships, Olami
with Rabbi Joey Haber – Renowned Speaker and Lecturer – 10:55with Rabbi Ari Bensoussan – Chazak International LA – 34:40with Anonymous – Someone whose life turned around – 1:06:56with Rabbi Moshe Rotberg – Rov Khal Zichron Yechezkel in Toms River, Poseik of Hatzolah – 1:25:33

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6/1/24 – Shiur 469 – Shemiras Einayim – Halachos, Chizzuk and Stories: the Vayimaen phenomenon

How do you handle a conflict between honoring in-laws and honoring your own parents? Are there times that married children need to listen to input from in-laws?Are there halachos about what to call your in-laws?What does a mother-in-law do when she sees deficiencies in her daughter-in-law?Are there typically father-in-law issues, and if so, what?What are healthy boundaries, and how do you establish them?
Hosted by: Ari Wassermanwith Rabbi Moshe Elefant – COO OU Kosher, renowned Daf Yomi Maggid Shiur and Rov – 13:53with Rebbetzin Feige Twerski – noted teacher and prolific author – 45:32with Dr. Michael Tobin – marriage and family psychologist for 50 years – 1:06:12
Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:35:05

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5/25/24 – Shiur 468 – Conflict with the In-Laws – what causes it, how to deal with it

Electronics activated through brainwaves is it permissible to use them on Shabbos?Electronics activated through voice is it permissible to use them on Shabbos?with Rabbi Aharon Sorscher – Rov in Waterbury, Maggid Shiur for Oraysa – 13:33
Using a whoop strap or a FitbitWhat is the issur of electricity?Is there an Issur of increasing current to exisitng electricity?What’s called a מעשה regarding מלאכת שבת?Binyan in Keilimwith Rabbi Tzvi Ortner – Head of Shabbos technology Dept for the OU, Rov of Linas Hatzedek in Boro Park – 44:39

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5/11/24 – Shiur 466 – Neurolinks and Shabbos, Alexa and Shabbos, Electronics and Shabbos

Is Achdus a Halachic imperative, a Hashkafic concept or something else?What’s the definition of “Achdus”? Is it different from “Kiruv”?Can we outwardly express our disagreements?Should we look to have Achdus with groups and movements of Jews who have values that are antithetical to Torah?
***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman ***
with Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz – Renowned Posek and Senior Lecturer at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach – 15:32with Rabbi Moshe Hauer – Renowned Rabbi and EVP of the Orthodox Union – 43:09with Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb – Shul Rabbi in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Director of Tzalash https://tzalash.org/ – 1:01:43with Yoni Alon – Reservist in the IDF and works in the field of education – 1:36:16with Rabbi Shay Schachter – Rabbi and Rosh Beit Midrash at the Young Israel of Woodmere – 1:50:17
Conclusion and Takeaways – 2:15:08

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4/20/24 – Shiur 465 – Achdus - does “Achdus” mean I am supposed to embrace Jews I really don’t agree with?

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