"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history.

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"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history.

Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!

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"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history.

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"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history.Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠:Please subscribe!This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the Substack newsletter or making a donation via Zelle to [email protected].

This lecture series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation

This lecture series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation

This lecture series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation

00:00 Did Moshe alone perceive Hashem face to face, or did all of Israel perceive Hashem face to face?2:00 Hearing the Voice of Hashem without intermediation of an angel is considered speaking with Him face to face15:00 What is the Voice of Hashem?43:45 We can't know the nature of the Revelation at Sinai nor the nature of Hashem's communication at Mount Sinai46:30 Moshe's request to know the essence of God48:00 The 5 that entered the Pardes: Rabbi Akiva, Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Acher, and Moshe54:00 One can know Hashem's essence, but one cannot know Hashem's essence and live56:00 Moshe asked to die and effectively did59:30 Moshe was pure intellect since his body had no effect on his mind1:03:00 One cannot speak of pure intelligence at all1:05:30 The function and nature of the Voice1:09:30 Moshe knows the nature of the Voice's generation and therefore understands its verbal content

This lecture series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation

0:00 The importance of the Revelation at Mount Sinai

3:00 Chapter 2:32 of the Guide and the requirements for attaining prophecy

6:00 The prediction in Joel of the return of widespread prophecy

8:45 Anyone who can divine hidden things is called a "navi"

10:30 Three problems with interpreting the prediction in the Book of Joel as referring to anything less than the return of pure prophecy

21:45 The miraculous ocular and auditory experiences at the Revelation at Mount Sinai

24:45 It took a miracle to see fire on the mountain and hear thunder and shofar blasts

31:30 Hearing things from Moshe was akin to prophecy, since Moshe spoke directly with God

39:30 Sources that the Revelation at Mount Sinai was in fact a prophecy

45:30 Miraculous ocular and auditory experiences can be called "nevuah" but they aren't true nevuah

50:15 How the Shechinah appears and becomes visible

53:45 Only those people worthy of it can see the Shechinah

56:45 Virtual reality Ma'aseh Merkavah

1:03:30 The great prediction in the Book of Joel about the return of prophecy: All people will be influenced by the true prophet(s) since they are all experiencing dreams and visions, which are not true prophecy

1:07:15 The Book of Joel predicts an event similar to the Revelation at Mount Sinai

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history.

This guest lecture was hosted by Bais Medrash HaGra, Jerusalem