In this episode of Hebrew Voices #155, Meet the Samaritans!, Nehemia sits down with a real-life Samaritan scholar to discuss the origins of this ancient community, the religious significance of Mount Gerizim, and how an emergency Samaritan Torah crisis required the intervention of the Kingdom of Jordan and the President of Israel.

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VIDEO CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

01:27 What is a Samaritan?

02:42 Mt. Gerizim and Jerusalem

08:27 The priesthood

10:56 Halakhic decision on incubators and circumcision

18:43 Tzit Tzit and tefillin

20:22 Milk and meat

21:51 What’s in a name?

22:35 Temple or no temple?

27:27 Sacrifice

28:28 Avisha scroll

29:44 Samaritan messiah?

31:55 Outro

VERSES MENTIONED

Deuteronomy 27:4-6

Genesis 14

2 Samuel 5

Deuteronomy 17:8-13

Exodus 13:9, 16

Exodus 23:19

Exodus 34:26

Deuteronomy 14:21

Leviticus 11

Deuteronomy 14

Deuteronomy 18:18

Numbers 6:22-27

BOOKS MENTIONED

A Complete Commentary on the Torah by Benyamim Tsedaka

The Wars of the Jews by Flavius JosephusAntiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

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