Lecture series in Jewish Philosophy. What was the purpose of Creation? What is man's place in the world? What are prophecy and prayer about? What is the significance of Shabbos and the Promised Land? Explore these fundamental questions of Judaism from their sources, and become familiar with the systems developed by the great Torah thinkers: R' Saadiah Gaon, R' Yehuda HaLevi, R' Bachya ibn Paquda, Rambam and the school of the Mekubalim. Opportunities for sponsorship of podcasts are available. Rabbi Burton can be reached at: oros.yaakov@gmail.com
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This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger.
0:00 Man is both a composite of body and soul, and pure soul
2:30 The question of the eternity or createdness of the world underpins the two different ways of viewing human beings
7:00 Seth was similar to Adam, who was the only man created ex nihilo and therefore uniquely spiritual
11:00 Why bodily affairs matter
Episode 8 • 7 August 2024 • 18m and 42s
This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger.
00:30 Moses perceived the whole of the universe, which is "all of God's goodness"
2:15 In order to understand the true nature of reality, one has to transcend the body
10:00 Was Moses' great perception the whole of the created universe or God's transcendence?
14:00 One cannot understand God's transcendence without understanding the whole of the created universe; and one cannot understand the whole of the created universe without understanding God's transcendence
21:00 What is actually meant by "God saw that it...
Episode 8 • 7 August 2024 • 54m and 28s
This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger.
Highlights: 00:00 The meaning of "good" according to Crescas; Plato and Aristotle on the meaning of "good"; Maimonides' strange silence on the issue
18:30 Maimonides shifts theodicy from ethics to metaphysics
20:00 Privation as a principle of reality
31:00 The dynamic interplay between being and non-being
37:00 Understanding the nature of being is how beings learn to appreciate being
50:30 Why do all humans think there is evil if there really isn't any?
54:00 Knowledge and the forms are eternal
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Episode 7 • 31 July 2024 • 1h, 6m and 32s
This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger. Highlights:
1:00 Goodness is what is real, and evil is privation
3:20 The goodness of the universe is the foundational notion of the whole Torah
9:00 Are the masses of today similar to the masses in the past?
11:30 Existence is good as judged by all existents
14:45 Creation ex Nihilo and evil as privation
16:45 Non-existence is evil only relative to existence
28:30 Confronting evil is confronting the nothingness that preceded Creation, and induces fear of God due to its absurdit...
Episode 6 • 23 July 2024 • 59m and 44s
"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-e... 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 jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.
Episode 26 • 15 July 2024 • 6m and 56s
This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger.
Highlights: 2:30 The problem of evil 5:30 The foundation of the Torah is that the universe is good 8:30 All evils are privations, made by God only indirectly 17:20 What does it contribute to a theodicy to say that God makes evils only indirectly? 21:00 What determines that existence is good? 23:00 What does "good" mean? 26:00 "Good" is a value-judgment of approval 31:30 A person can't take a position of disapproval on existence 39:00 Judging reality is participating in reality and thus involves taking a position on the value of reality 44:30 God's viewing of the...
Episode 5 • 10 July 2024 • 1h, 9m and 14s
"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-e... 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 jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.
Episode 25 • 1 July 2024 • 4m and 16s
"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption 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 jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.
Episode 24 • 1 July 2024 • 3m and 15s
What is the nature of the relationship between Yisrael and the nations?
What does the Torah expect from the other nations?
Is conversion a positive or a negative?
What is the function of conversion to Judaism in the Torah's plan and in the destiny of Yisrael?
Guest Shiur in Kodesh, North Woodmere
Episode • 11 June 2024 • 1h, 3m and 53s
"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption 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 jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.
Episode 23 • 3 June 2024 • 5m and 46s
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