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The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton

The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton

By: Rabbi Shnayor Burton
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 To help support this podcast, please consider making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com. Lecture series in Jewish Philosophy. What was the purpose of Creation? What is man's place in the world? What are prophecy and prayer about? What is the significance of Shabbos and the Promised Land? Explore these fundamental questions of Judaism from their sources, and become familiar with the systems developed by the great Torah thinkers: R' Saadiah Gaon, R' Yehuda HaLevi, R' Bachya ibn Paquda, Rambam and the school of the Mekubalim.Rabbi Shnayor Burton Judaism Spirituality
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  • S10, E3 In Pursuit of Knowing Hashem: Psychology or Metaphysics?

    S10, E3 In Pursuit of Knowing Hashem: Psychology or Metaphysics?
    Jul 1 2025
    conversation # 3 of the seriesIn this conversation, Zev and I share a list of questions related to Knowing Hashem, and discuss whether it involves psychological transformation or mastery of metaphysical knowledge. Links: https://open.substack.com/pub/shnayor...https://open.substack.com/pub/shnayor...https://open.substack.com/pub/shnayor...https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0727TH8X80:00 A list of questions and issues that relate to the project of knowing Hashem 2:30 What's the difference between talking about Hashem and talking about knowing Hashem?7:30 Do the right words for the discipline of knowing Hashem exist yet?23:15 Is knowledge of Hashem actually achievable or is it an ideal toward which we strive?34:00 Where do animals fit in to knowing Hashem?41:15 The difference between the message of the Prophets and the message of the Rambam and Kabbalists: Psychology or Metaphysics? 1:10:00 The prophets’ four-step training in Da’as Hashem1:19:00 Testing thought across all of space and time1:23:30 Universal thinking leads to good character traits 1:25:15 People of good character believe in goodness1:29:30 When those people then find the goodness in which they believe – that is Da’as Hashem1:38:00 Knowing Hashem as a kind of action, not a belief1:44:30 Why the prophets and the Rambam/Kabbalists took different approaches to knowing Hashem1:47:30 How it becomes easier to know everything
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • S5, E49 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 4, Chapter 3: A Heretical Torah Discourse

    S5, E49 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 4, Chapter 3: A Heretical Torah Discourse
    Jun 30 2025

    "Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history.

    Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!

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    6 mins
  • S5, E48 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 4, Chapter 2: Other Gods

    S5, E48 Exodus, Exile and Redemption, Sec. 4, Chapter 2: Other Gods
    Jun 16 2025

    "Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history.

    Written essays are published bi-weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please subscribe!

    This series is made possible by the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing foundation initiatives, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the Substack newsletter or making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com.
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    6 mins
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