In this installment of Current Jewish Questions, Rabbi Yuter explores the conflicting concerns and parameters of when and how a Jew should offer religious rebuke or criticism.
Current Jewish Questions 25 – Tochacha and Rebuke Sources (PDF)
Current Jewish Questions 25 – Tochacha and Rebuke
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In light of recent rabbinic scandals, Rabbi Yuter discusses rabbinic ethics with the intent of sparking a discussion on this unfortunately overlooked and understudied component of Torah.
Current Jewish Questions – Introduction to Rabbinic Ethics Sources (PDF)
Current Jewish Questions – Introduction to Rabbinic Ethics
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My apologies for the poor audio quality; the batteries in my recorder ran out so I used my cell phone to record. However, today’s installment of Halakhic Process focuses on the halakhic methodology of the Ba’alei Tosafot, in particular their conflicting opinions on the relationship between law and custom.
Halakhic Process 19 – Early Ashkenaz Sources (PDF)
Halakhic Process 19 – Early Ashkenaz Law vs. Custom
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Rabbi Yuter’s series on the Halakhic Process concludes the section on Maimonides with a discussion on the Zakein Mamre / Rebellious Elder.
Halakhic Process – Rambam Mamrim 3 (Zakein Mamre / Rebellious Elder) Sources (PDF)
Halakhic Process – Rambam Mamrim 3 (Zakein Mamre / Rebellious Elder)
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In this important installment of Current Jewish Questions, Rabbi Josh Yuter tackles the controversial topic of Biblical Criticism and Orthodox Judaism.
Biblical Criticism and Orthodox Judaism Sources (PDF)
Biblical Criticism and Orthodox Judaism
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In his 100th podcast Rabbi Yuter discusses the controversial group “Women of the Wall” and its implications for Halakhah and Israeli society.
Current Jewish Questions – Women of the Wall Sources (PDF)
Current Jewish Questions – Women of the Wall
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In this Very Special Episode of Current Jewish Questions, Rabbi Yuter moderates a conversation with Maharat students Ruth Balinsky Friedman, Rori Picker Neiss, and Alissa Thomas.
Current Jewish Questions – Maharat
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Rabbi Yuter’s Halakhic Process continues with the second chapter of Rambam’s Hilkhot Mamrim, further exploring the scope of a court’s halakhic authority.
Halakhic Process 17 – Rambam Mamrim 2 Sources (PDF)
Halakhic Process 17 – Rambam Mamrim 2 Sources
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After technical difficulties in recording the public class, Rabbi Yuter returns to his “studio” to explore halakhic approaches to Abortion.
Current Jewish Questions – Abortion Sources (PDF)
Current Jewish Questions – Abortion
Update 10/08/2017: Revised source sheet is available here
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Rabbi Josh Yuter’s class on the Halakhic Process returns towards examining Maimonides’ approach to rabbinic authority in greater detail.
Rambam’s Rules for Rabbinic Judaism
Laws of Mamrim (Rebels) Chapter 1
Halakhic Process 16 – Rambam and Rabbinic Authority / Mamrim 1
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