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The Kuzari - In Defense of the Despised Faith
By SAUL J WEINREBReligion & Spirituality
The Kuzari - In Defense of the Despised Faith episodes
- Kuzari Lecture 41 - Fourth Essay Paragraph 3cThe Chaver describes the nature of the visions of prophecy.1 hr 4 min
- Kuzari Lecture 40 - Fourth Essay Paragraph 3bThe Chaver continues to explain the meanings of different terms for God.55 min
- Kuzari Lecture 39 - Fourth Essay Paragraphs 1-3a
The Chaver explains the meaning of God's "names", Elokim and YHVH. We discuss the very different understanding of the meaning of YHVH between Maimonides and RYHL.
1 hr 5 min - Kuzari Lecture 38 - Third Essay Paragraphs 66-74
The Chaver explains how to understand the parts of the Talmud and the stories that don't seem to make sense.
1 hr 12 min - Kuzari Lecture 37 - Third Essay Paragraphs 64-65
The Chaver describes the chain of tradition during the period of the Second Temple until the Mishnah. We compare and contrast some of the ideas of R Yehuda HaLevi with Maimonides.
58 min - Kuzari Lecture 35 - Third Essay Paragraph 49
The Chaver describes why we no longer observe the laws of ritual impurity, and why it is important to follow the mitzvot NOT because of the reasons we think that they were given but rather because God said so.
55 min - Kuzari Lecture 36 - Third Essay Paragraphs 50-63
The Chaver and Kuzari discuss the merits of serving God according to His instructions - the Torah and the tradition- as opposed to using our own ideas and intellect.
11 min - Kuzari Lecture 34 - Third Essay Paragraphs 42 - 48
We discuss the Rabbinic debate over the nature of the authority of the rabbinic Court to enact decrees, vis a vis the Torah's prohibition against adding to or subtracting from the Torah. We then discuss how it is better not to get bogged down in "the details".
54 min - Kuzari Lecture 33 - Third Essay Paragraphs 37 - 41
The chaver describes how tradition is necessary to interpret the Torah, as he exposes hypocrisy in the positions of the Karaites. He also discusses why the Rabbis have authority in some cases to add to the mitzvot of the written Torah.
1 hr 5 min - Kuzari Lecture 32 - Third Essay Paragraphs 23b - 36
The Chaver describes how tradition is necessary to understand how to practically interpret and understand how to fulfill the Torah.
1 hr 4 min
About The Kuzari - In Defense of the Despised Faith
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We study the classic work of Jewish philosophy known as the Kuzari, written by Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi in the early 12th centurty.