THE BATTLE STARTS AT HOME (PODCAST)
Rabbi Dunner delves into the life of Rabbi Yose Hagalili (“the Galilean”), one of the towering rabbinic luminaries of the Talmud. An outsider who became a major player, his views were often at odds with Rabbi Akiva. In Parshat Shoftim, the two rabbis debate the meaning of the final exemption offered to military conscripts. But as Rabbi Dunner explains, their debate may not be a debate after all.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Can a Jew ever be too far gone? In 1917, more than four centuries after Portugal forced its Jews into hiding, Polish Jew Samuel... Read More