Machshava:

Chinuch 

Parsha:

Shoftim 

Collections: R' Goldin Parenting from the Parsha

Description

While many men and women are able to accept the existence of G-d and the veracity of the Torah, they have trouble with the wide-ranging authority given to the Rabbis, and with the many Rabbinic expansions of Jewish law. Many get the sense that the Rabbis have over-extended the law through their various rules, causing Yahadut to feel very constricting. Who are the “Rabbis”, and what gives them the authority to establish these rules and laws? What are the foundational points of Rabbinic Authority that we must understand and pass down to our children?