Listen 1. Maimonides’ PositionIn his Guide for the Perplexed (3:30, 3:32), Maimonides explains that the Torah’s main objective is to eradicate the viewpoint of paganism. Thus, to truly understand the Torah’s original intent, one must be familiar with the philosophies ...
Listen The Bible simply says that Adam and Eve ate the “fruit,” not an “apple.” The belief that the forbidden fruit was an apple seems to derive from the fact that the Latin words for apple and evil ( malum ...
Listen ABDUCTION (or Manstealing; genevat nefesh), stealing of a human being for capital gain. According to the Bible, abduction is a capital offense. “He who kidnaps a man – whether he has sold him or is still holding him – ...
Listen Rabbi Yitzchak BreitowitzThe seforim say, that this is the homiletical meaning [of] ‘you shall not burn fire on the day of Shabbes’ because fire is a metaphoric designation for machlokes, fighting, anger, fire! And Hashem says, do not bring ...
Listen Karaism is the original form of Judaism commanded by God to the Jewish people in the Torah. Karaites accept the Tanakh (Jewish Bible) as the word of God and as the sole religious authority. At the same time, Karaites ...
Listen In dealing with Bible problems of any kind, whether in factual or in doctrinal matters, it is well to follow appropriate guidelines in determining the solution. This is most easily done by those who have carefully and prayerfully studied ...
