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From the Mountain ... to Machalokes: Did Moshe Rabbeinu Learn Gemara??

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: December 30 2018

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Series: Kollel Yom Rishon

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Menachot

Machshava:

Rambam, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

Yerushalmi:

Peah

References: Menachot: 29b , Berachot: 5a , Avoda Zara: 19a , Kiddushin: 32a , Kiddushin: 32b , Talmud Yerushalmi: Peah 2:4

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An exploration of the history of Torah she-be-al Peh and the origins of machalokes. Exactly what did Hashem teach Moshe? What caused machlokes in Shas? What does "eilu va-eilu" mean?

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From the Mountain ... to Machalokes: Did Moshe Rabbeinu Learn Gemara??

Series: Kollel Yom Rishon

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara:

Menachot

Machshava:

Rambam, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

Yerushalmi:

Peah

References: Menachot: 29b , Berachot: 5a , Avoda Zara: 19a , Kiddushin: 32a , Kiddushin: 32b , Talmud Yerushalmi: Peah 2:4

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From the Mountain ... to Machalokes: Did Moshe Rabbeinu Learn Gemara??

Series: Kollel Yom Rishon

Venue: YU Wilf Campus YU Wilf Campus

Gemara: Menachot Machshava: Rambam, Torah She-Ba'al Peh Yerushalmi: Peah

References: Menachot: 29b , Berachot: 5a , Avoda Zara: 19a , Kiddushin: 32a , Kiddushin: 32b , Talmud Yerushalmi: Peah 2:4

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Gemara:

Menachot

Machshava:

Rambam, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

Yerushalmi:

Peah