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#15: The Singularity of God
The Second Principle of Jewish Faith declares that God is One. But not like one of a pair; and not like one of a group; and not like one person that …
7 years, 3 months ago
#14: Faith vs. Emunah: Understanding the Difference between Intellectual and Instinctual Belief in God
The Thirteen Principles of Faith are the foundations of our religion. Just as the foundation of a structure is indispensable for ensuring the integri…
7 years, 3 months ago
#13: Does God’s Creation of the Universe Conflict with the Principle of God’s Perfection?
This podcast attempts to reconcile a knotty philosophical dilemma: The First Principle of the Thirteen Principles of Faith teaches us that God, Creat…
7 years, 4 months ago
#12: The Thirteen Principles of Jewish Faith: God as Creator and Sustainer
The clearest, most universally accepted articulation of the Principles of Jewish Belief are the Rambam’s Thirteen Principles of Faith. This list of T…
7 years, 4 months ago
#11: Lost in Transmission: What Happens When Errors Occur in Oral Torah
The Jewish nation is entrusted with the task of preserving and perpetuating the Torah mistake-free. We have previously seen the vast ordinances in pl…
9 years, 7 months ago
#10: Codifying the Oral Torah
At the end of the second century of the common era a fateful decision was made to commit the Jewish Law, known as Mishna, to writing. What prompted t…
9 years, 7 months ago
#9: Clear and Convincing Evidence to the Error-Free Transmission of the Oral Torah
The integrity of Jewish law, and by extension the dream of a great Jewish destiny, hinged upon the accurate transmission of an enormous body of law o…
9 years, 7 months ago
#8: Why Moses Didn’t Simply Write Down the Oral Torah?
For nearly a millennia and a half, the entire corpus of Oral Torah was transmitted orally from generation to generation; parents to their children an…
9 years, 7 months ago
#7: Introduction to Oral Torah
What are the four components of Oral Torah? What are the four elements of the Oral Torah that are not sourced in the Written Torah? What are some of …
9 years, 8 months ago
#6: Incontrovertible Evidence to the Divinity of the Torah
We explore the intricate interrelationship between written and oral Torah and determine that the creation of such a labyrinthine tapestry is beyond t…
9 years, 8 months ago