A program, not a person
Headlines is a program, hosted by Rabbi Dovid Lichtenstein, not an individual named "Headlines." The library here gathers roughly thirty installments, and each one takes a real event in the news and asks the halachic questions it raises. The premise is right there in the name: the headlines of the day, examined through the lens of Torah law.
That format is what gives the program its identity. Rather than surveying a masechta or a parsha in order, it lets current events set the agenda, which keeps the halachic discussion tied to situations people are actually reading and talking about. It is timely by design.
Halacha meets the news
The questions Headlines tackles are as varied as the news itself — issues in technology, medicine, business, and communal life, each carrying halachic implications that are not obvious at first glance. A new medical procedure, a financial arrangement, a question of privacy or safety: all become occasions to ask what the Torah's law actually requires.
Crucially, the program does not answer these questions casually. It brings in rabbanim and poskim to weigh the sources and reason through the issues, so listeners hear serious halachic analysis rather than opinion. That grounding in authority is much of what has earned the program its standing.
Learning to ask the right questions
One of the program's quiet benefits is that it teaches listeners how a she'elah is analyzed. By hearing a real question broken down — what the facts are, which principles apply, where authorities agree and differ — you learn the shape of halachic thinking, not just the bottom line.
Hearing multiple halachic voices on a single issue is also valuable in itself. It shows that responsible psak often involves genuine debate among qualified authorities, and it models the humility of taking hard questions to those equipped to answer them. For an engaged listener, that is an education in how Torah law meets a complicated world.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
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If your family enjoys teachers like Rabbi Dovid Lichtenstein, search FilteredTube for the speakers and topics that matter most to you. With a daf yomi shelf, a weekly parsha shelf, topic shelves, audio-only listening for the car, and a kids mode with a PIN, kosher Jewish video is easy to reach — and the approved catalog keeps growing every day.
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Headlines is a program hosted by Rabbi Dovid Lichtenstein, not an individual named "Headlines."
- Each installment examines the halachic questions raised by a current event.
- The program features discussion with leading rabbanim and poskim.
- Topics span technology, medicine, business, and communal life.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.