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The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton

Rabbi Shnayor Burton

To help support this podcast, please consider making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com. 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,

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01:05:05

The Three Oaths; Young Israel of Cedarhurst Lawrence

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/11/01

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00:03:48

S5, E32 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 3, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/10/28

"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.

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00:05:42

S5, E31 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 3, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/10/28

"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.

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01:05:03

S9 E3, King Manasseh vs. the Prophet Isaiah: A Debate...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/10/09

This lecture series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation.

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01:15:39

Teshuvah: The Need for Repentance and its True Method

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/10/01

This lecture is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation

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00:07:16

S5, E30 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 3, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/09/23

"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.

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00:39:58

S9 E2, King Manasseh vs. the Prophet Isaiah: A Debate...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/09/19

Highlights: 4:00 Knowing Hashem and seeing Hashem 7:15 Moshe sought moral knowledge of God's ways, not metaphysical knowledge of God's nature 10:30 Moshe sought to understand why some righteous people suffer, and other righteous people prosper; why some evildoers suffer, and other evildoers prosper 16:30 Moshe couldn't understand the goodness of God as it is manifest in the universe; the prophets could understand it 18:15 Completely righteous people don't suffer, whereas

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00:56:50

S9 E1, King Manasseh vs. the Prophet Isaiah: A Debate...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/09/11

Highlights: 0:00 The position of our Rebbe, the wicked King Manasseh, that idolatry is appropriate 5:00 Manasseh's case against the Isaiah in which he charged the prophet with heresy and executed him for that crime 8:45 Can Hashem be seen or not? Moshe's stance and the prophets' stance 12:00 Can Hashem be known or not? Moshe's stance and the prophets' stance 20:30 Moshe uses words differently than all the prophets do, and is therefore termed "not a man of words" 24:15

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00:06:07

S5, E29 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 3, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/09/09

"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.

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00:54:59

S8, E2 Jerusalem and Athens: God-Centered vs....

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/09/03

This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel WerzbergerHighlights: 2:15 What is achieved by humans thinking in non-human terms? 4:15 Humans are the most important aspect of reality; viewing the world from God's perspective involves viewing humanity accurately 8:30 The actions are God can be understood only by understanding humans 12:00 God is good only if humans are good 16:00 By bringing things back to God's perspective, we simultaneously

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00:11:00

S5, E28 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 3, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/08/26

"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.

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00:50:02

S8, E1 Jerusalem and Athens: God-Centered vs....

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/08/23

This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger00:20 How to achieve the ideal society is the most burning practical question of humanity and is also the fundamental subject of the Torah 3:00 One who cannot reason political questions from first principles cannot understand the Torah 4:15 To agree with the Torah is to understand the Torah 7:00 Judaism begins with the divine command to Abraham to establish the good society along with

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00:04:17

S5, E27 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 3, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/08/22

"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.

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00:34:10

Why and When is Discouraging Gerus Justified

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/08/15

בעניין קשים גרים כספחת; לא הגלה הקב"ה את ישראל לבין האומות אלא כדי שיתוספו עליהם גרים; גרים מעכבים את המשיח; האם יש גרים שיש לקבלם ולא לדחות אותם.

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00:18:42

S7 E8.2 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/08/07

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

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00:54:28

S7, E8.1 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/08/07

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

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01:06:32

S7, E7 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/07/31

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

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00:59:44

S7, E6 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/07/23

This lecture series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation and was 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

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00:06:56

S5, E26 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 3, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/07/15

"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.

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01:09:14

S7, E5 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2024/07/10

This lecture series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation and was 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

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