The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton

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

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...

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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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...

"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.

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...

"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.

"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.

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

"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.