Hebrew Voices #219 – Halakhic Purist Rabbi: Part 1
In this episode of Hebrew Voices #219 - Halakhic Purist Rabbi: Part 1, Nehemia brings on “Halakhic purist” Rabbi Asher Meza to discuss the distinction between Jewish law and traditional folklore and how true Rabbinic ordination ended in the Mishnaic period, in some respect making all modern Rabbis “fake.”
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Related Verses
- Deuteronomy 4:2, 12:32
- Exodus 12:38
- Compare Midrash Shemot Rabbah 18-19 to Midrash Shemot Rabbah 42; Midrash Sifrei Bamidbar 87
- Babylonian Talmud Beitzah 32b; Zohar 2.191a; Rashi on
- Exodus 32:9
- See Midrash Tanchuma, Nitzavim 3; Akeidat Yitzchak 99:1
- Talmud Sanhedrin 41a; Avodah Zarah 8b
- Mishnah Pirkei Avot 1:1
- Talmud Sanhedrin 14a-b
- Mishneh Torah, The Sanhedrin and the Penalties within Their Jurisdiction 4:11
- Mishnah Eduyot 1:5
- Talmud Pesachim 87b
- Talmud Berakhot 57b:20
Other Links
Books Mentioned
- Mishneh Torah (1180) by Maimonides
- Shulchan Aruch (1563) by Rabbi Joseph Karo
- Tanya (1796) by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi
- Mitpachat Sefarim (1767) by Rabbi Yaakov Emden
- Sefer HaIkkarim (1425) by Rabbi Joseph Albo
- The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides' Thirteen Principles Reappraised by Marc B. Shapiro
- Medical Aphorisms Treatises 1-5 by Moses Maimonides, Gerrit Bos
- Medical Aphorisms Treatises 6-9 by Moses Maimonides, Gerrit Bos
- Medical Aphorisms Treatises 10-15 by Moses Maimonides, Gerrit Bos
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Part 1
Hebrew Voices #219 – Halakhic Purist Rabbi: Part 1
Part 2 · Partner Studies
Support Team Study – Halakhic Purist Rabbi: Part 2
Part 3 · Scholar Club
Hebrew Voices #223 – Halakhic Purist Rabbi: Part 3
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Comments
I don’t think you should have been called a heretic for saying that you didn’t think your soul was at Sinai. However, when you were covering the topic in this episode, (Jeremiah 1:5,Psalm 139:13-18) came into my thoughts. To me, they suggest that maybe your soul could have been there, because they indicate that the soul exists at least prior to conception, though how long prior isn’t really clear. (Genesis 35:11) suggests to me that the souls of Abraham’s sons were already created then, so that too seems to allow for them to be at Sinai and by extension you too as one of his sons.
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