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BY 807 B
If using one's brain is the focal point of being Jewish, why do we need all the commandments and all their details? Can't we just work out the right thing to do by using our head? A related question is how to understand Maimonides' statement that 'actions are a reflection of the intellect?' In the second installment of this 20 session philosophy series, Rav Berkovits, a world renowned scholar and extremely clear speaker, explains the vital role that thinking plays in attaining a balanced life.
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How come non-Jews are not bound by the same spiritual laws as Jews - laws which may be a lot tougher to keep, but whose spiritual forces were designed to enrich the soul and encourage a closer relationship with God? Also discussed is how do the soul and body work out decisions that need to be made?
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BY 807 R
When we read midrashim, sometimes we wonder if they are accurate or not.
Rabbi Berkovits explains how we should view midrashim and scientific facts
in the Gemara, as well as the laws in the Torah for which the reasons aren't
given.
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BY 807 S
Before the destruction of the First Temple, there were no disputes as to the correct transmission of the Oral Law. We have to have a love of truth to correctly interpret the Torah and recognize the boundaries of interpretation and maintain its integrity. Listen to this eye-opening talk on truth.
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Why does your soul need you to listen to the laws that the rabbis instituted? What is the nature of rabbinical law and exactly who are the rabbis in question? Rabbi Berkovits goes into this topic to clear up a lot of preconceived notions.
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BY 807 U
In a tragic chapter of our history close to the destruction of the Holy Temple, terrible infighting among the Jews living in Jerusalem existed. The zealots were bent on defending their city from the Roman onslaught and the sages were begging to surrender and live under Roman law. Rav Yochanan managed to save Yavneh and the sages, but Jerusalem was crushed by the Roman war machine. What unfortunate incident blackened the reputation of the Sages - causing the Romans to harbor an everlasting hatred toward the rabbis?
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As the Jews began to branch out into various countries, the chain of Torah was stretched to the utmost. How was it possible to maintain the integrity of the Oral Law as new generations left for new lands? Rabbi Berkovits focuses on Egypt, and how the famed Miamonides received his untainted Oral Tradition, and passed it on.
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Egypt was far from the only community that received a strong Oral Tradition. France became a center of Torah where Rashi and his grandchildren, the Tosafists became another branch of Torah as it was passed from father to son. Rabbi Berkovits examines the differences between Sefardic law according to the Shulchan Aruch, and Ashkenazic law according to the Ramah, and how it was possible to have diverse halachic opinions if all were tracing themselves directly back to the original Oral Law.
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Rav Yosef Karo's masterful work of halacha, Jewish law was based on the majority decisions of the great Rishonim. However, there was another view on how to arrive at the correct conclusions that was quite the opposite. Why did R' Karo's view carry the day? And in a more general sense, what is rabbinic law, and how is it decided that something must be added to the existing legal structure?
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Rabbi Berkovits continues to delve into rabbinic law by examining its origins in the Sanhedrin, the Jewish Supreme Court, that sat in the holy Temple. Those judges were the elite, with an incredible amount of prerequisites that had to be met before they were promoted to their position. Each one, such as the necessity to speak all 70 languages of the world, made sure that they would fully understand all people that came to settle their cases. However, the rabbis of today don't quite match up to those larger than life judges of yore. So why should we be expected to listen to their halachic rulings?
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