Q&A- Religious Divergence, Nusach & Psychedelics

00:00 What’s the right way to deal with frum people doing different things to us?
11:35 Is one allowed to wear shorts for davening. Is this Halacha or just minhag?
13:05 Coffee and bananas are often grown together. What does this mean regarding Kilayim?
15:19 Where did the chassidishe custom of saying “umain”originate?
20:28 Could one be yotzei with a different pronunciation (eg an Ashkenazi with Sephardic pronunciation)
22:33 What does it mean for Shabbos to be the queen?
26:55 Why did everyone give a half-shekel to the mishkan instead of progressive tax?
30:00 stone crabs have their arms ripped but it grows back. Is this ever min hachai?
32:24 How is it decided which haftoras goes with with parshios?
37:45 Does our historical experience with persecution give more onus to be compassionate to other groups?
42:10 How do we reconcile the death of R’ Akiva’s students when he taught as a fundamental value that love for one’s fellow as a key for Torah?
50:00 The chazon ish says too much formality in a marriage is bad, but does this go against chazal who say one should not talk excessively to any woman?
53:04 Are there benefits of psychedelics?
55:53 (follow up) What about psychedelics used to treat certain conditions?
57:31 (check time) What are we to make of place-names in Tanakh that reference what it is called later?
58:30 How was it decided what books would be canonized and which weren’t?—How can one tell what’s prophecy?
1:05:02 Why do certain after-brachos mention special days (Shabbos, yontif, etc.) and others don’t?

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