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Q&A: A Question Many Are Afraid to Ask - Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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  1. 0:00Obviously, the Holocaust would be an outstanding example. I mean, there were >> [snorts] >> hundreds…
  2. 0:30who are cremated, you know, we don't sit shiva, we don't mourn. I mean, obviously, that…
  3. 1:01Baruch Hu. So, this in turn opens up a huge question whether Holocaust victims are classified…
  4. 1:31And I'm willing to say I am willing to die before I give up my worship…
  5. 2:01So what? That was not relevant. In fact, there were nebach Jews who converted to Christianity…
  6. 2:33killed her because she was Jewish. Uh so, so there were Jews who were religious, of…
  7. 3:04So, there's a big shaila here. There is lashon ice >> [snorts] >> in a letter…
  8. 3:35killed in Pittsburgh, remember uh what what happened there. So, some people were saying, "Oh, you…
  9. 4:06By the way, this issue that that the neshama feels pain when the guf is mishandled…
  10. 4:36body from Chutz La'aretz to Eretz Yisrael? Some will allow it. Rav Moshe was not in…

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