Anonymous: Searching for the Beginning [Origins of Judaism 1/6]

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to an anonymous email sender about life upon the bridge between the truth of fact and the truth of feeling.Our anonymous guest sent an email in to 18Forty, which we read previously on the Malka Simkovich episode. In his email, he describes struggling with the Oral Torah and clinging to his faith despite the unknown. - How has practical Jewish religious observance evolved since the canonization of the Oral Torah? - Are the struggles of modern day Jews the same struggles Jews faced in the Second Temple period ? - Where does the divinity of the Jewish People lie?- Is Judaism intended to be a socially arbitrated system? Tune in to hear a conversation on authenticity within spirituality. Interview begins at 16:39References:Torah Musings Blog by Gil Student18Forty - “Malka Simkovich: The Mystery Of The Jewish People”Zakhor: Jewish History And Jewish Memory by Yosef Hayim YerushalmiStories Of Your Life And Others by Ted ChiangExhalation: Stories by Ted ChiangArrival 18Forty - “Moshe And Asher Weinberger: Heart Of The Fire: Together Even With Small Differences”18Forty - “Larry And Tzipora Rothwachs: Here Without You — A Child’s Eating Disorder” 18Forty - “Andrew Solomon: Far From The Tree”“Welcome To Holland” by Emily Perl Kingsley18Forty - “The Legacy Of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks”18Forty - “Chaim Saiman: Is Talmud The Jewish Constitution?” 18Forty - “Ari Bergmann: Talmud As An Agent Of Chaos” 18Forty - “Joshua Berman: What Should We Believe?”“Is It Really the Torah, Or Is It Just the Rabbis?” by Tzvi FreemanJosephus: The Complete Works by Flavius JosephusFrom Text to Tradition, a History of Judaism in Second Temple and Rabbinic Times: A History of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism by Lawrence Schiffman The Rambam’s Introduction to the MishnaIggeres d'Rav Shrira GaonThe Thirteen Principles of Torah Elucidation by Rav YishmaelAce Ventura: Pet DetectiveThe Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Yoseph Karo”Left and Right Brain Judaism” by Rabbi Lord Jonathan SacksCOVID responsa from Rav Herschel SchachterShow & Tale: Pinny StieglitzGame of ThronesThe Matrix18Forty - Intergenerational DivergenceMishna Berurah by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan“Rupture and Reconstruction” by Haym SoloveitchikJudaism Straight Up by Moshe KoppelSin-a-gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought by David BashevkinDiscovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism by Malka Z. Simkovich Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture by Louis H. Feldman