# Q&A: Mesorah, IVF & Non-Jewish Music Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-q-a-with-rabbi-breitowitz-podcast-457457/q-a-mesorah-ivf-non-jewish-music Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-q-a-with-rabbi-breitowitz-podcast-457457/q-a-mesorah-ivf-non-jewish-music.md Podcast: [The Q & A with Rabbi Breitowitz Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-q-a-with-rabbi-breitowitz-podcast-457457) Published: 2026-05-08T11:44:00+00:00 Episode link: https://qawithrabbibreitowitz.libsyn.com/qa-mesorah-ivf-non-jewish-music Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/qawithrabbibreitowitz/rbqa-4-29-26-masterpod.mp3?dest-id=1426997 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-q-a-with-rabbi-breitowitz-podcast-457457/episodes/q-a-mesorah-ivf-non-jewish-music Duration seconds: 5391 ## Resource Dedicated by Anonymous in honor of Rav Breitowitz & Yeshivas Ohr Somayach. πŸŽ™οΈ Dedicate a Shiur or Podcast Series: Opportunities available at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa πŸ’¬ Got Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Q&A 0:00 Why did all snakes lose their feet if only the nachash in the garden of Eden 2:00 Is it assur to listen to Non-Jewish music/tunes? 9:55 If someone is cutting onions and starts tearing up should they think of the Bet HaMikdash to do the mitzvah? 13:05 Is it allowed to do raffles for Tzedakah? 16:20 How does modern futility treatment affect yibum? 21:30 Is believing in an omen or superstitions assur? 24:33 What does Mazal Tov mean? 34:20 Can a person accept a gift from someone whose main source of income is assur according to the Torah? 38:30 What ksav Ivri? 43:13 How do we defend the Ralbag who says Hashem has no knowledge of the future? 53:20 How important is Mesorah today? 56:50 How was the Ramchal accepted today when he was so controversial in his time? 1:07:15 If a person thinks and tries to learn from a previous mistake would that not be a lack of bitochon? 1:13:11 How was Chassidim allowed to change their davening nusach? 1:17:15 How can women do bedika chametz today if the Gemara in Pesachim says the contrary? 1:20:30 If someone is davening the amida as part of an airplane minyan, should he move to let someone pass? 1:22:30 How are we allowed to use disposable plasticware since it's wasteful? πŸŽ™οΈ Dedicate a Shiur or Podcast Series: Opportunities available at https://ohr.edu/donate/qa πŸ’¬ Got Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Email us at: podcasts@ohr.edu πŸ“ About Yeshivat Ohr Somayach Located in the heart of Jerusalem, Ohr Somayach is a premier institution for young, English-speaking Jewish… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-q-a-with-rabbi-breitowitz-podcast-457457/episodes/q-a-mesorah-ivf-non-jewish-music/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-q-a-with-rabbi-breitowitz-podcast-457457/q-a-mesorah-ivf-non-jewish-music.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.