Category Archives: Q&A and Contemporary Issues

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

A Traditional Response to Higher Bible Criticism

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In the 19th Century a collection of German scholars promulgated a theory as to the authorship of the Torah- the Documentary Hypothesis. How does it differ from the traditional Jewish perspective and can we reconcile their evidence? In this podcast Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe presents a traditional Jewish response to Bible Criticism.