Q&A: Self Harm, Gedolim & Secular Education

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0:00 What is source of the prohibition not to cause self harm and to what extent does this apply?

4:45 The Mishnah Berurah fowns upon the custom of not wearing a tallit gadol. What should a person do regarding this halacha?

8:55 Should we pronounce hebrew according to a different a minhag if believe that minhag is more authentic?

14:15 Can you rent out glass plates for venues with the intention of kashering them before each use?

15:10 Why can we make the bracha on shabbat candles today if the main pleasure of illumination come from electric lights?

19:14 Who are the Gedolim and what qualifies a Gadol?

22:45 Did Rashi's daughters wear tefillin?

33:25 What is the purpose of the resurrection of the dead if the dead are receiving their  reward now in olam haba?

37:45 If limud of Torah is the main way to connect to Hashem why are women not chiyav to learn Torah?

45:05 Is there an inyan to grow peyot and a beard?

51:15 Why is a secular education frowned upon by religious communities?