A Rational Mind Is Great. It’s Also Extremely Limiting
Why Logic Alone Is Not Enough
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded live at the Intown Jewish Academy on June 16, 2021)

It’s wonderful, even necessary, to understand and appreciate religion. But just as you don’t love your spouse, your children, or your parents strictly because it makes sense, so it is with G-d: to really enjoy the relationship, your commitment must run faith-deep. Discover this idea in the obscure laws of the red heifer.

Torah Studies 5781 - 33 - Chukat (A Rational Mind Is Great. It’s Also Extremely Limiting)

Resurrection of the Dead
Lesson 1: Flesh Over Spirit
With Rabbi Ari Sollish
(Recorded live in Atlanta on July 1, 2021)

What the Resurrection of the Dead tells us about life -- today.

Resurrection of the Dead - Lesson 1

Dead Sea Scrolls
Dead Sea Sect vs Rabbinic Interpretation

The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered to be the most important archaeological find of the twentieth century. A considerable number of these scrolls are evidently sectarian and they reveal an intense debate from the Second Temple era over aspects of Jewish ritual and philosophy. Who were these sectarians? What were their beliefs? Against whom were they polemicizing? We will learn the underpinnings of this dispute by examining key passages in the scrolls and by searching for contrasts and analogies in rabbinic literature.

Great Debates in Jewish History - Lesson 1

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Torah Studies 5781 - 33 - Chukat (A Rational Mind Is Great. It’s Also Extremely Limiting)

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