1:15 "הא לחמא עניא": our conversation centers around the meal; the 4 questions are all about food5:00 "עבדים היינו": the answer to the son's question; the son's question is that the events of the past are not current events, so why is the night of Pesach treated as a unique time10:00 The significance of the fact that it is the son who asks the question: the next generation doesn't understand why the past is relevant to it13:30 "ואילו לא הוציא הקב"ה את אבותינו ממצרים הרי אנו ובנינו ובני בנינו...

"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...

"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 [email protected].

This shiur was generously sponsored by Mr. Ari Schwartz. This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. Highlights: 0:00 Abraham's project to strip away divinity from the universe and its association with Creation ex Nihilo 7:00 Divine bodies 11:00 Overview of the Guide 2:25 17:00 Maimonides' seven questions on the Torah 23:30 The middle question suggests that mitzvahs have no reason, contrary to Maimonides' opinion 29:00 That God has an unfathomable intent is the foundation...

"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 [email protected].

This shiur was generously sponsored by Mr. Ari Schwartz. This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. 2:00 Passages in the Guide that indicate that Creation ex Nihilo is known through revelatory prophecy 8:15 How Abraham reached knowledge of God through contemplating the heavens 19:30 Was Abraham an Aristotelian philosopher? 25:00 Prophecy revealed the truth that Creation ex Nihilo is the proper belief, not that Creation ex Nihilo is a scientific, cosmological fact 44:45...

"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 [email protected].

This shiur was generously sponsored by Mr. Ari Schwartz. This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. 6:00 What are the possible reasons one would accept Creation ex Nihilo? 8:00 Avraham and Moshe as authorities and leaders who we follow and from whom we accept the doctrine of Creation ex Nihilo 18:00 Jews are the community of followers of Avraham, their forefather, and Moshe, their prophet 21:45 What a person should do when facing an issue that isn't conclusively...

"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 [email protected].

This shiur was generously sponsored by Mr. Ari Schwartz. This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. 0:00 The Mutakallimun approach to creation and Maimonides' rejection thereof 9:00 The three opinions about how the world follows from God: that of the Torah of Moshe; that of Plato; and that of Aristotle 26:00 The goal of those who follow the Torah of Moshe and Abraham 29:00 The metric to determine what is possible and what is impossible, and how to apply this to creation ex...

This shiur was generously sponsored by an anonymous donor for the merit of the speedy, safe and healthy return of the Hostages. The source sheet for this shiur is available here. Highlights 0:30 The 2 divergent Torahs and 2 divergent purposes of mitzvahs: one for the masses, the other for the elite individuals 9:30 Maimonides explicitly contradicts himself regarding whether a person should be moderately humble or practice extreme self-abasement 22:00 Maimoinides' own personal change of...

This shiur was generously sponsored by an anonymous donor for the merit of the speedy, safe and healthy return of the Hostages. The source sheet for this shiur is available here. Highlights 0:30 Overview of chapters 3-4 of Shemona Perakim 9:00 Contradictions in Maimonides' view regarding extremism 15:00 The view of R' Avraham son of Maimonides on the virtue of ascetism and extremism 17:30 Why law is necessary; man is a political animal 24:30 Extreme cruelty is not inherently wrong for an...

"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 [email protected].

This shiur was generously sponsored by an anonymous donor for the merit of the speedy, safe and healthy return of the Hostages. The source sheet for this shiur is available ⁠here⁠ Highlights: Why doesn't Maimonides include a good imagination among the human virtues? What the imagination does and what makes it good The definition of prophecy, the human being's highest perfection Prophets need to have a good imagination Animals also have an imaginative faculty on a par with humans What...

"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 [email protected].

This shiur was generously sponsored by an anonymous donor for the merit of the speedy, safe and healthy return of the Hostages. The source sheet for this shiur is available here. Highlights: Overview of chapter 2 of the Shemona Perakim The definition of "virtue" – human excellence Which parts of the soul can the Torah mold? Why the imaginative faculty can't be obedient or disobedient Which parts of the human being participate in reason, which is the essence of the human being Desire can...

"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 [email protected].

This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. 0:00 The importance of the Golden Mean in Maimonides' thought 4:15 What makes the Torah divine? 7:45 Is it possible for a person to be absolutely perfect? 10:00 Maimonides considers a perfect human being to be not a human being but rather an angel 14:00 How a person can become an angel 17:45 How the perfect person can transfer himself from the angelic realm back to the human realm 22:00 People who have no...

This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. 0:00 The Structure of Chapters 1-5 of the Shemona Perakim 2:45 The essence of man and the aim of man is reason, and the ultimate reason is God 9:00 Doing everything for the sake of heaven isn't a religious exercise, but is rather a selfish exercise 15:30 A person should do everything for the sake of heaven in order to be a true human being 23:45 Knowing Hashem is knowing truth 28:00 The divinity of...

This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. Highlights: Themistius' Law: Reality doesn't follow opinion; rather, correct opinions follow from reality The universe comports with how humans think The centrality of humans to the universe is based on the fact that humans can understand the universe On Kabbalah and philosophy According to Maimonides, explanatory power reflects truth, but there are also things that are inexplicable; according to...

"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 [email protected].

Highlights: Maimonides' definition of scientific knowledge Science and permanent, unchanging rules Science, reason and the eternity of the universe The definition of scientific knowledge according to Aristotle, and the eternity of the universe a parte ante and a parte post Maimonides believes that the universe will always exist in the future The duality of God's wisdom and His will; how creation is His will that there be wisdom The world, created ex nihilo, was created as something that must...

"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 [email protected].

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