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The Evolution of Torah: Establishing Rabbinic Culture

In Season two of The Evolution of Torah, Rabbi Mordecai Schwartz takes usto four regions of the Medieval world to understand the specific Torah cultures that emerged from each place and their approach... Read more

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5. The Talmud after the Talmud

5. The Talmud after the Talmud

How did the Babylonian Talmud become a fixed, closed book, the most influential one in the Jewish world? In this episode... Read more

19 Nov 2019

16mins

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4. Midrash: Making meaning

4. Midrash: Making meaning

The Rabbis were not only interested in compiling and interpreting the Mishnah. In this episode, we look at some examples... Read more

19 Nov 2019

11mins

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3. The Talmud(s): Creating Torah through dispute

3. The Talmud(s): Creating Torah through dispute

Interpreting the Mishnah evolved into a creative process where pairs of Rabbis would argue with each other. In this epis... Read more

19 Nov 2019

9mins

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2. The Mishnah: the earliest voices

2. The Mishnah: the earliest voices

The Mishnah is the foundational rabbinic text. How did it come to be? Who authored it? And what’s in it? In this episode... Read more

19 Nov 2019

16mins

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1. Who Were the Rabbis?

1. Who Were the Rabbis?

What led to the emergence of the group of scholars and teachers we call the Rabbis? What motivated them and what did the... Read more

19 Nov 2019

13mins

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