Hebrew Voices #223 – Halakhic Purist Rabbi: Part 3

August 27, 2025

In this episode of Hebrew Voices #223 - Halakhic Purist Rabbi: Part 3, Nehemia brings back Rabbi Asher Meza to discuss proselytizing in 2nd Temple Judaism, how the conversion process has become dramatically more burdensome over time, and where believers in Yeshua fit in according to the Sanhedrin’s halakhic decrees.

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Related Verses

Matthew 23:15
Mishneh Torah, Forbidden Intercourse 14
Hoshea 11:4
Talmud Yevamot 47a
Sefer HaMitzvot, Positive Commandments 3
Tanya, Likkutei Amarim 1-2
Genesis 1:26-17
Talmud Avodah Zarah 26a-b
Sanhedrin 10:1
Sefer HaIkkarim, Maamar 1
Maimonides, Introduction to Perek Helek
Deuteronomy 17
Mishnah Sanhedrin 10:1
Deuteronomy 17:8-13
Isaiah 58:13-14
Jerusalem Talmud Peah 2:4:9; Chagigah 1:8:11
Ecclesiastes 1:10
Talmud Menachot 29b
Leviticus 23:9-14
Isaiah 29:13

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