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Podcast: The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton
Episode: S6, E4 Shemona Perakim; What is a Human?
Description: This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David.
Highlights:
Summary of chapter 1 of SP: What is a human being?
The definition of "soul"
Hylomorphism
Do humans have 1 or 3 souls?
The significance of humans having 1 soul
Second-level human beings
Human beings can be animals or something more sublime
Why a person become a different entity when he gains intelligence
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