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Innovating the Torah Nation: Why Some Changes to Jewish Life and Practice Succeed while Others Fail

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Torah, in its Oral and Written formats, has and always will be the national pastime of the Jewish nation. Traditionally, it has been the yearnings of young Jews and chief determinant of greatness of Jewish Leaders. Over the course of Jewish history there have been several movements that challenged that belief and attempted to alter the traditional view of Torah; or to supplant its primacy in favor of other ideals; or to emphasize certain elements of Jewish living. Some were wild successes that continue to define Jewish life until today and others were disasters that caused needless sectarianism and strife. In this lecture we examine some of the schisms/innovations throughout Jewish history including the Sadducees, Essenes, Karaites, the Shabtai Tzvi debacle, Chassidim and it’s great dynasties, Reform, Chabadism and its Messianic ambitions, disappointments and disillusionments.

The Millions of Eyewitness Testimonies to The Veracity, Accuracy and Historicity of the Torah

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The binary question of the authorship of the Torah is the most critical question that every Jew must encounter in their lives. The answer to that question governs every action and decision that we will be making afterwards. Unfortunately, most people do not ever investigate and ponder that question properly. In Part 3 of our deep dive into this topic we examine and explore some of the classic and incontrovertible evidence that the Torah is indeed what it purports to be – the word of the Living God.

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 14

A Traditional Jewish Response to Higher Bible Criticism Part 2

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We continue in our efforts to expose the fallacies of the claims of the Bible Critics. It indeed is preposterous to be intellectually honest and well informed on the issues and believe that their conclusions hold water.

Part One: http://rabbiwolbe.com/the-torah-as-a-divine-document-an-analysis-of-higher-bible-criticism-and-why-the-authorship-of-the-torah-matters/

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 13

The Torah as a Divine Document: An Analysis of Higher Bible Criticism and why the Authorship of the Torah Matters

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This is the first lecture that revolves around the question of who wrote the Torah and how can we prove our conclusions. In the first session we clarify what the traditional belief is regarding the authorship of the Written and Oral Torah and engage with contemporary critics who question it.

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 12

Creating New Worlds with Torah

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This is the last of 11 lectures on why Jews study Torah.

Part 1: http://rabbiwolbe.com/the-jewish-obsession-with-torah-study/

Part 2: http://rabbiwolbe.com/torah-study-jewish-intimacy/

Part 3: http://rabbiwolbe.com/filling-gaps-in-our-spiritual-avatar-how-torah-study-angelifies-humans/

Part 4: http://rabbiwolbe.com/think-how-torah-study-unleashes-our-most-potent-power/

Part 5: http://rabbiwolbe.com/the-only-antidote-to-the-deadliest-disease-the-battle-of-torah-and-the-yetzer-ra/

Part 6: http://rabbiwolbe.com/reversing-birth-how-torah-enables-us-to-reverse-the-curse-of-life/

Part 7: http://rabbiwolbe.com/the-four-ways-that-torah-connects-us-to-our-creator/

Part 8: http://rabbiwolbe.com/conquering-the-endgame-how-torah-study-engenders-character-change-and-transformation/

Part 9: http://rabbiwolbe.com/humanitys-sole-hope-how-torah-guides-the-world-to-its-destiny-and-saves-it-from-destruction/

Part 10: http://rabbiwolbe.com/for-it-is-our-life-how-torah-sustains-our-better-half/

 

Core Beliefs of Judaism with Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe – Torah Part 11