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The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton

To help support this podcast, please consider making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to [email protected]. 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.

S1, E35 The Oneness of God, according to R' Bachya ibn Paquda

33 mins; September 05, 2020

S1, E34 The Jewish Credo – Shema and its Translations

34 mins; August 29, 2020

S1, E33 Tzitzis and the Holy Land; Rectifying the Sin of the Spies

59 mins; August 22, 2020

S1, E32 A Nation's Original Sin: Rejecting the Promised Land

33 mins; August 15, 2020

S1, E31 Eretz Yisrael, Land of Holiness, according to the Kuzari

32 mins; August 08, 2020

S1, E30 Man, Center of Reality

33 mins; August 01, 2020

S1, E29 The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Empire, part 2

37 mins; July 25, 2020

S1, E28 The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Empire, part 1

54 mins; July 25, 2020

S1, E27 Negative Theology; from Rabbeinu Sa'adiah Gaon to the Mekubalim

39 mins; July 18, 2020

S1, E26 The Chosen People, according to Kuzari and Shaarei Orah

35 mins; July 11, 2020

S1, E25 Reincarnation of Souls, from Rabbeinu Sa'adiah Gaon to Ramchal

38 mins; July 05, 2020

S1, E24 The Relationship between Man and Woman

32 mins; June 27, 2020

S1, E23 Torah vs Prophets: Knowing God

36 mins; June 20, 2020

S1, E22 Torah vs Prophets: Sacrifices

39 mins; June 13, 2020

S1, E21 One God, Un-gods and Other Gods

38 mins; June 06, 2020

S1, E20 Keeping Time; Sefiras Haomer, Pesach and Shavuos

46 mins; May 23, 2020

S1, E19 Tests and Trials

40 mins; May 16, 2020

S1, E18 The Second Temple, the Greeks, and the Oral Law

35 mins; May 09, 2020

S1, E17 The Tree of Knowledge, according to the Rambam

34 mins; May 02, 2020

S1, E16 The Nature of Evil, according to the Rambam and Avodas Hakodesh

32 mins; April 25, 2020

S1, E15 The Significance of Shabbos

36 mins; April 18, 2020

S1, E14 The Meaning of Matzah

53 mins; April 05, 2020

S1, E13 Resurrection of the Dead, according to the Rambam and Avodas Hakodesh

36 mins; March 28, 2020

S1, E12 Why do the Righteous Suffer?

32 mins; March 22, 2020

S1, E11 Prayer: What and How

33 mins; March 14, 2020

S1, E10 The Holy Tongue, Prayer and Prophecy

40 mins; March 08, 2020

S1, E9 The Interdependence of Prophecy and Idolatry, according to Reb Tzadok

34 mins; February 29, 2020

S1, E8 Understanding the History of Judaism; an alternative to Kuzari

33 mins; February 22, 2020

S1, E7 The Lost Judaism; an introduction to Kuzari

37 mins; February 15, 2020

S1, E6 Man's Divine Image, according to the Shaarei Orah

35 mins; February 08, 2020

S1, E5 Imitatio Dei – Going in Hashem's Ways, according to the Rambam

39 mins; February 01, 2020

S1, E4 The Nature of Shedim, according to the Rambam and the GR"A

33 mins; January 26, 2020

S1, E3 The Purpose of Creation, according to the Ramchal

26 mins; January 18, 2020

S1, E2 The Purpose of Creation, according to the Avodas HaKodesh

24 mins; January 10, 2020

S1, E1 The Purpose of Creation, according to the Rambam

30 mins; January 03, 2020

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