HeyJaredThe Kuzari - In Defense of the Despised Faith
We study the classic work of Jewish philosophy known as the Kuzari, written by Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi in the early 12th centurty.
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Kuzari Lecture 40 - Fourth Essay Paragraph 3b (opens the original)
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The Chaver continues to explain the meanings of different terms for God.
Kuzari Lecture 39 - Fourth Essay Paragraphs 1-3a (opens the original)
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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.
Kuzari Lecture 38 - Third Essay Paragraphs 66-74 (opens the original)
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The Chaver explains how to understand the parts of the Talmud and the stories that don't seem to make sense.
Kuzari Lecture 37 - Third Essay Paragraphs 64-65 (opens the original)
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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.
Kuzari Lecture 35 - Third Essay Paragraph 49 (opens the original)
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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.
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