Jsf 5781 - fstc - lesson 1

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The Bible and Beyond

3. Lesson 1: Bridging the Gap
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Lesson Two
Why Oral?
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Lesson One
Just the Bible?
Lesson Three
1) Received
Lesson Four
2) Derived
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Lesson Six
Can the
Torah
Change?
Lesson Seven
PaRDeS
Lesson Five
3) Legislated
Lesson Eight
Veracity

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‫חלב‬
Lesson One
Just the Bible?
Lesson One

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Overview
A – Introduction
B - Glossary and Historical Overview
C - The Importance of Halachah
D - The Origin of Jewish Law
E – “How Did They Know?”
F - Summary

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The Torah from Sinai

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From Sinai to Cyberspace
Sinai Prophets Mishna Talmud Rambam Karo
2448
(1312 BCE)
5330
(1570)
4895
(1135)
4260
(500)
3948
(188 CE)
2488-3448
(1272-312)
2500 3000 5500
4500
3500 5000
4000
5766
(2006)
Cyberspace

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When did customs begin?
Sinai Prophets Mishna Talmud Rambam Karo
2448
(1312 BCE)
5330
(1570)
4895
(1135)
4260
(500)
3948
(188 CE)
2488-3448
(1272-312)
2500 3000 5500
4500
3500 5000
4000
5766
(2006)
Cyberspace

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3,300 years ago!
 Observing shiva
and making sheva
brachot were
customs established
as rabbinic law by
Moshe

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Overview
A – Introduction
B - Glossary and Historical Overview
C - The Importance of Halachah
D - The Origin of Jewish Law
E – “How Did They Know?”
F - Summary

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What is the point of the mitzvot?
1. For our benefit
2. Connection with G-d
3. Bridge the gap
between body and
soul
4. Bringing Moshiach
5. The Importance of
Details

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Instructions
 G-d who designed and created us, also
provides us with the User's Manual to
ensure that we properly fulfill our function.
 G-d who designed and created us, also
provides us with the User's Manual to
ensure that we properly fulfill our function.

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A Prescription for Life
 The wise doctor
mixes compounds
precisely and
knows exactly
what and how
much to dispense
to each patient.

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A 613-ply cord
 Each mitzvah is a
distinct strand of the
rope connecting us with
G-d. The more mitzvot
we do, the more
powerful and complete
is the bond.

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3. Bridge the gap between body and soul
 Until American Jews
stops thinking in
Christian terms we
will never be able to
meaningfully accept
mitzvot, or Judaism
for that matter.
- from “Think Jewish”
by Rabbi Zalman Posner

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4. Bringing Moshiach
 Mitzvot are the
key to bringing
about the inner
transformation of
the world

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5. The Importance of Details
 The cracked or missing letter of the
tefillin is just like a digit missing from a
phone number or URL.

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Overview
A – Introduction
B - Glossary and Historical Overview
C - The Importance of Halachah
D - The Origin of Jewish Law
E – “How Did They Know?”
F - Summary

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Without a tradition
Rosetta Stone Behistun Rock

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Can I buy a vowel please!?!

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B R D
How many words can you make?

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Fat

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Milk

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“In the beginning G-d created
_____ heaven and _____ earth.”

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A list of possible words
“bard,” bared,” bird,” “braid,”
“broad,” “brood,” board,
”bread,” beard,” buried, ”brad,”
bred,” breed,” bored,
”bride, “ also “aboard,” and
“abroad.”

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Side by Side

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ET HASHAMAYIM  The Heavens
“In the beginning G-d created
the heavens and the earth.”

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OT HASHAMAYIM
The Sign of the Heavens
“In the beginning G-d created
the sign of the heavens and the sign of the earth.”

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Thus the heavens and the earth
were _______

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Vay’chulu Were finished
Thus the heavens and the earth
were finished

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Vayich’lu Were destroyed
Thus the heavens and the earth
were destroyed

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to an idol

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to G-d

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Shivim

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Sh’vuayim

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A woman without her man is nothing.
Punctuation Exercise
A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman! without her, man is nothing.

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who were coming

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who came

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How did they know?
Placoid
Cycloid
Ctenoid
Broadnose
Shark
Bass
Paradise Fish
Ganoid
Florida Gar
Scales

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Summary
For our
benefit
To Connect
Us With G-d
Bridging
the gap
Bringing
Moshiach
Importance
of details
Vowels and
Punctuation
Tradition of
translation
Letters

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