Should birthdays be celebrated? Is having a birthday cake and candles a problem of Chukos Hagoyim? Can they be blown out? - Halacha Headlines
07/31/21 - SHIUR 332

Should birthdays be celebrated? Is having a birthday cake and candles a problem of Chukos Hagoyim? Can they be blown out?

Guest host: RabbiAri Wasserman, Author "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim
Speakers: RabbiAharon Lopiansky, RabbiAvi Weisenfeld, Rabbi Dr.Zvi Rohn, RabbiSimon Jacobson, RabbiManis Friedman
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Is a birthday a day to celebrate? If so, how?
Are there more significant birthdays, like the 70th?
How should Jonathan Rosenblum celebrate his 70th this week?
Have the gedolim historically celebrated their own birthdays?
Is there a problem of Chukas Hagoyim to have a birthday cake? To have candles on it? To blow out the candles? To make a wish?

Shiur Details

(8:25)

Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky, Rosh HaYeshiva Lev Aryeh, Yerushalayim
(23:18)

Rabbi Avi Weisenfeld, Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Dovid and posek of Kav Halacha Beis Hora'ah
(49:37)

Rabbi Dr. Zvi Rohn, Popular lecturer and maggid shiur at a number of yeshivos
(1:19:46)

Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Chozer of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Founder of The Meaningful Life Center, publisher of Algemeiner Journal
(1:33:23)

Rabbi Manis Friedman, Author, Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore? Reclaiming Modesty, Intimacy and Sexuality

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Should birthdays be celebrated? Is having a birthday cake and candles a problem of Chukos Hagoyim? Can they be blown out?
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Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky, Rabbi Avi Weisenfeld, Rabbi Dr. Zvi Rohn, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Rabbi Manis Friedman
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