The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a pai...

This shiur was generously sponsored by an anonymous donor for the merit of the speedy, safe and healthy return of the Hostages. The source sheet for this shiur is available ⁠here⁠ Highlights: Why doesn't Maimonides include a good imagination among the human virtues? What the imagination does and what makes it good The definition of prophecy, the human being's highest perfection Prophets ne...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid...

This shiur was generously sponsored by an anonymous donor for the merit of the speedy, safe and healthy return of the Hostages. The source sheet for this shiur is available here . Highlights: Overview of chapter 2 of the Shemona Perakim The definition of "virtue" – human excellence Which parts of the soul can the Torah mold? Why the imaginative faculty can't be obedient or disobedien...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid su...

This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. 0:00 The importance of the Golden Mean in Maimonides' thought 4:15 What makes the Torah divine? 7:45 Is it possible for a person to be absolutely perfect? 10:00 Maimonides considers a perfect human being to be not a human being but rather an angel 14:00 How a person can become an angel 17:45 How the perfect...

This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. 0:00 The Structure of Chapters 1-5 of the Shemona Perakim 2:45 The essence of man and the aim of man is reason, and the ultimate reason is God 9:00 Doing everything for the sake of heaven isn't a religious exercise, but is rather a selfish exercise 15:30 A person should do everything for the sake of heaven...

This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. Highlights: Themistius' Law: Reality doesn't follow opinion; rather, correct opinions follow from reality The universe comports with how humans think The centrality of humans to the universe is based on the fact that humans can understand the universe On Kabbalah and philosophy According to Maimonides,...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subs...

Highlights: Maimonides' definition of scientific knowledge Science and permanent, unchanging rules Science, reason and the eternity of the universe The definition of scientific knowledge according to Aristotle, and the eternity of the universe a parte ante and a parte post Maimonides believes that the universe will always exist in the future The duality of God's wisdom and His will; how cr...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: ⁠⁠⁠https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption ⁠⁠⁠ Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscr...

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This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. Highlights: Summary of chapter 1 of SP: What is a human being? The definition of "soul" Hylomorphism Do humans have 1 or 3 souls? The significance of humans having 1 soul Second-level human beings Human beings can be animals or something more sublime Why a person become a different entity when he gain...

This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. Highlights: The tension at the heart of being a human The divine intellect The honor of one's Maker is his own intellect Who can bend the Law The laws of Chazal are also from God and become part and parcel of the divine Torah When Maimonides himself bent the Law, and how he viewed himself as a divine legisl...

The video shiur is here Highlights: How does the study of ethics lead to prophecy? The end of all human activity and the primacy of reason The Golden Mean and the rule of reason The spiritual level of prophets The Holy Spirit and prophecy What kind of divine spirit rests on a person who transcends his habits? Through transcending the bodily urges and habits a person becomes connected with the divi...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: ⁠⁠https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption ⁠⁠ Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscrib...

The video shiur is here Highlights: Rambam begins by referencing the author of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehudah the Prince Why should we heed Chazal's laws? Rambam is hinting to us to think of Avos as the teaching for political leaders and prophets The differences between Rambam's list of the chain of tradition and the chain given in Avos The veracity and reliability of the Torah's tradition...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: ⁠https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption ⁠ Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to...

"Exodus, Exile and Redemption" is a study of the profound significance of Judaism's history. Written essays are published bi-weekly here: https://shnayor.substack.com/s/from-exodus-to-exile-to-redemption Please subscribe! This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation. To support this and other ongoing projects of the foundation, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to...