A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY (PODCAST)
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How do we know if a “cohen” is actually a “cohen”? The answer is we can’t know and we don’t know. And yet, if someone self-identifies as a “cohen” we accept him as one. Rabbi Dunner charts a course through this fascinating halakhic topic, using Parshat Emor as his starting point, while shedding light on a variety of related issues.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Aristotle noted that “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” But who nowadays has the time for that? Introspection is so sedentary –... Read More