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#25: The History of Prophecy + FREE TORCH Gift
Season 1
In this sweeping retrospective of prophecy from Adam until the extinction of prophecy at the onset of the Second Temple Era, we address many fundamen…
6 years, 8 months ago
#24: Prophecy: An Introduction
Season 1
Rambam’s Thirteen Principles of Faith can be divided into three general concepts: God, Torah, and Reward and Punishment. The first five principles or…
6 years, 8 months ago
#23: The Parameters of Divine Providence
Season 1
A central tenet of Jewish theology is that the same Creator who created the Heavens and the Earth also supervises His creation on an ongoing basis. M…
6 years, 9 months ago
#22: God Alone is Worthy of Worship
In the fifth of the Thirteen Principles of Faith, Rambam codifies that God alone is worthy of our worship and that we ought not worship anything else…
6 years, 10 months ago
#21: Torah and Science: Can they be Reconciled?
There are many areas where Torah and the consensus of modern scientists seem to irreconcilably differ. The Torah indicates that the first man, Adam, …
6 years, 10 months ago
#20: Creation Ex Nihilo and the Age of the Universe Question
In the Fourth of the Thirteen Principles of Faith, Rambam codifies the distinction between God and everything else and the manner through which God e…
7 years ago
#19: The Incorporeality of God
The Third Principle of the Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith states that God is incorporeal: He has no body, nor does He behave in a bodily way, an…
7 years, 1 month ago
#18: Why Bad Things Happen to Good People: Three Torah Perspectives on this Vexing Problem
The question of theodicy is one that all people of faith grapple with. The Talmud records multiple conversations between Moses and the Almighty on th…
7 years, 1 month ago
#17: Why Bad Things Happen to Good People: An Introduction to Jewish Theodicy
Our nation is no stranger to suffering. Jewish history is a litany of pogroms, holocausts, expulsions, blood libels, and all manners of persecution a…
7 years, 2 months ago
#16: How can Humans have Free Will if God is in Total Control?
In the previous podcast we discussed the Second Principle of the Thirteen Principles of Faith, that God is the sole Singular Power. How can that prec…
7 years, 2 months ago