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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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01:02:42

Understanding Truth or Receiving Torah: The Root of...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/10/02

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00:37:28

S7, E20, The Guide of the Perplexed, the Closing...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/08/13

1:00 The parable of the sultan and its two interpretations4:00 The alternative path to God that does not involve studying philosophy nor human perfection8:00 Rambam gives the interpretation of the parable and then declares that it is not a true interpretation10:30 Parables have interpretations that are not completely true12:30 Shlomo went from parable to parable, and likewise the Rambam14:45 The power of a parable lies in its appeal to the imagination and the body, which stands in tension with the

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01:11:36

S7, E19, The Guide of the Perplexed, the Closing...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/08/09

0:00 The parable of the sultan in his palace9:30 The interpretation of the parable: the Torah track to reach knowledge of God12:45 The second meaning of the parable: the scientific track to reach knowledge of God20:25 The second meaning stands in tension with and contradicts the first27:00 Rambam wanted his student to learn things in their proper order31:00 How a person could reach certainty about divine matters without studying the propaedeutic sciences35:45 Some noble souls have God-given

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01:12:26

S7, E18, The Guide of the Perplexed, the Closing...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/07/28

00:45 The turn and the tension in III:51, and its parallel in III:54, about whether the service of God involves turning away from this world or engaging with it4:15 A new reason for all of the mitzvahs that runs counter to the reasons given earlier in the Guide16:15 The contradiction in III:54: Is the true perfection of man intellectual or practical?28:00 Why does Rambam think we cannot be like Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov and Moshe?40:30 Only the founders of the nation can be engaged with this world

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01:16:33

S7, E17, The Guide of the Perplexed, the Closing...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/07/21

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00:51:46

Should Judaism Go Universal?

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/06/29

0:00 Has the time arrived for Judaism to cultivate a stance of ideological expansion?5:00 The divine decree of separation between Israel and the nations8:00 Is the role of Israel to teach other nations or to stand as a model?13:15 Why da'as Hashem includes all the nations17:30 Ideas that are privately held are not fully held19:50 To teach da'as Hashem requires not claiming the status of a teacher of da'as Hashem26:00 AI and globalized da'as31:00 Keeping Torah internal preserves its

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01:08:13

How Shlomo Read the Torah: Good, Evil, and the Heart...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/06/21

Guest shiur delivered at Kollel Bein Hamikraos in Yerushalayim

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01:14:18

The Door Moshe Closed: Nobody Can Be Moshe, Everyone...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/05/28

Torah is a transmission from someone who went where no one else could go and came back to tell us not to.Moshe entered the source of all being and returned with a single mitzvah: stay outside. Everything else is commentary.

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01:01:30

The Three Oaths; guest shiur at Beis Medrash Meshivas...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/05/27

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00:35:19

Rambam's Secret Interpretation of "An Eye for an Eye"

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/02/11

Rambam writes in the Guide, 3:41:The punishment meted out to anyone who has done wrong tosomebody else consists in general in his being given exactly the same treatment that he has given to somebody else. If he has injured the latter’s body, he shall be injured in his body… And he who has deprived someone of a member, shall be deprived of a similar member: “As he hath maimed a man, so shall it be rendered unto him” (Leviticus 24:20). You should not engage in cogitation concerning the fact that in

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00:00:18

S5, E63 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Final Audio...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/02/09

Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!

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00:08:32

S5, E62 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 5, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/01/26

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!This series is made possible by the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing foundation initiatives, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the Substack newsletter or making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.

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01:54:28

S10, E9 In Pursuit of Knowing Hashem: Why We Need the...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/01/22

0:00 What is Judaism all about?2:00 Did the forefathers know the Name of Hashem or not?4:00 Exodus initiated two seemingly different things: knowledge of Hashem and freedom from bondage5:55 Where does the Torah fit into Exodus?9:00 "Nobody is free but for he who studies Torah" – how does the Torah make a person free?13:15 The prophets' opposition to sacrifices, in contradiction to the Torah18:45 Midrash is the insistence to read verses closely and exactly21:30 The focus of the prophets

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00:07:44

S5, E61 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 5, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/01/12

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!This series is made possible by the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing foundation initiatives, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the Substack newsletter or making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.

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01:08:15

How to Become a King: On Parables and Dominion

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/01/09

A shiur on Mishlei as royal education: parable as a technology of rule; Shlomo and the language of animals; the snake as political challenger; and the stabilizing role of the god-fearing woman. How to govern without being governed by one’s own symbols.

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01:11:08

S10, E8 In Pursuit of Knowing Hashem: Why Do We Need...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2026/01/06

In this conversation, Zev and I discuss what role the Torah plays in the pursuit of knowing Hashem00:30 Why do we require the Torah for the pursuit of da'as Hashem?9:00 Can a person achieve da'as Hashem without the Torah?16:30 Is the Torah the exclusive method that brings to da'as Hashem?18:00 What is the Torah and to what genre does it belong?21:45 It is impossible to disentangle Jewish values from the Torah30:30 The Torah's words, narratives and practices anchor a person in

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00:08:45

S5, E60 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 5, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2025/12/29

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!This series is made possible by the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing foundation initiatives, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the Substack newsletter or making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.

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01:09:03

How to Wage War for Peace: Mashiach and the Divine...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2025/12/19

0:00 How to wage war for Hashem1:45 Rambam's treatment of the laws of Chanukah – a celebration of military victory – ends with the teaching that peace is the purpose of the whole Torah4:45 Why Jews can't be inspired to wage war8:15 The motivations of war11:45 People who believe in fighting tend to fight more effectively; why polytheists are the better warriors15:30 A person who believes that war will never be completely eradicated from the world will wage war with more conviction18:30 King

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00:06:29

S5, E59 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 5, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2025/12/15

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!This series is made possible by the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing foundation initiatives, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the Substack newsletter or making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.

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00:08:49

S5, E58 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 5, Chapter...

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton ·

2025/12/01

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!This series is made possible by the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing foundation initiatives, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the Substack newsletter or making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.

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