{"podcast":{"title":"Halacha Headlines","slug":"halacha-headlines-1058028","podcast_index_feed_id":1058028,"rss_url":"http://podcast.headlinesbook.com/feed.xml","website_url":"http://podcast.headlinesbook.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/769564/headlineslogo1400white2.jpg","author":"Halacha Headlines","episode_count":75,"summary":"With everything happening in the world today, it’s safe to say the we as frum jews have a lot of questions on how to correctly deal with these situations that come up in and day out. Halacha Headlines Podcast features a weekly topic drawn from current events and matzavs, and with a panel of Rabbanim, discusses the best way we- as a klal, can approach contemporary society. Some topics include Hafganos and racism, shidduchim and dating in the era of corona, mesira, vacations, life insurance, buying and selling stocks, police and police enforcement, the Israel UAE accord- all explored from halachic and hashkafic perspectives. Needless to say, Halacha Headlines is more than necessary these days, and has given thousands the koach to approach modern situations more educated on the halachic implications. I think this is something everyone has to check out to hear for themselves.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T12:20:57.344076+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028"},"episode":{"title":"4/18/26 – Shiur 556 – What's new with Chodosh - Facts on the ground | Why are people so lenient about a Din in the Torah?","slug":"4-18-26-shiur-556-what-s-new-with-chodosh-facts-on-the-ground-why-are-people-so-lenient-about-a-din-in-the-torah","published_at":"2026-04-17T12:14:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028/4-18-26-shiur-556-what-s-new-with-chodosh-facts-on-the-ground-why-are-people-so-lenient-about-a-din-in-the-torah","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028","url":"http://podcast.headlinesbook.com/e/41826-%e2%80%93-shiur-556-%e2%80%93-whats-new-with-chodosh-facts-on-the-ground-why-are-people-so-lenient-about-a-din-in-the-torah/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tvxs9s375q2wh4ku/Headlines_4-18-26.mp3","summary":"Why do we rely on leniency these day when the Heter was due to שעת הדחק and we don't have a shortage of food? If the Heter is based on Safek, nowadays the Safek is verifiable and can't be relied uponIf a store has information posted that it's not Yoshon - there's no Safek at all - what do people rely on?Why are people making on Stam Cholov which is maybe a Safek Derabbanan and not on this?If a person needed to eat because of פיקוח נפש and it was a question of הקל הקל תחלה should he eat Chodosh or drink Stam Cholov?People spend a lot of money and time checking vegtables for bugs which the obligation to check is Derabanan but blatantly eat Chodosh - why?Why are Chasidim so lenient - How does a story from the Baal Shem Tov uproot Halacha - even if it's true we go with halacha not stories - we can uproot all the Torah if it's controlled by stories not Halacha?Chassidim specifically love to quote Chasam Sofer \"חדש אסור מן התורה\" - when it comes to any slight deviance of Minhag or even culture - and חדש itself they don't care about? with Rabbi Menachem Genack – Leading poseik of the OU, Rov in Englewood – 17:35with Rabbi Dovid Gorelik – Rabbinic Coordinator of the OU – 17:35with Rabbi Yaakov Teichman – Head of OK Kosher – 43:43 מראי מקומות","meta_description":"Why do we rely on leniency these day when the Heter was due to שעת הדחק and we don't have a shortage of food? If the Heter is based on Safek, nowadays the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4173,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/halacha-headlines-1058028/episodes/4-18-26-shiur-556-what-s-new-with-chodosh-facts-on-the-ground-why-are-people-so-lenient-about-a-din-in-the-torah/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/halacha-headlines-1058028/4-18-26-shiur-556-what-s-new-with-chodosh-facts-on-the-ground-why-are-people-so-lenient-about-a-din-in-the-torah.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}