UNTANGLING THE BACKDROP TO ANIMAL SACRIFICE
Rabbi Dunner discusses the monumental disagreement between Rambam and Ramban over the raison d’être for korbanot. He also looks at the Meshech Chochma who tries to offer a reconciliation between the two opinions.
Towards the end of the shiur Rabbi Dunner briefly discusses the vexed position of Harav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook as to whether animal sacrifice will be reinstated when the Temple of Jerusalem is rebuilt.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In Parshat Vayishlach, Yaakov embraces diplomacy eith Esav while Shimon and Levi choose confrontation with Shechem. What determines the difference? Rabbi Dunner explores the... Read More