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The Torah Never Changes= Really?

Speaker:: Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
Date:: December 26 2019

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Halacha:

Chanukah, Purim

Machshava:

Chanukah, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

References: Megilla: 14a , Shabbat: 23a , Kiddushin: 30b

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We were all taught at a rather young age that the Torah never changes. But wasn't Purim and Chanukah added later, not to mention biblical laws that are NO LONGER practiced, as well as those that have ...CHANGED?

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The Torah Never Changes= Really?

Halacha:

Chanukah, Purim

Machshava:

Chanukah, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

References: Megilla: 14a , Shabbat: 23a , Kiddushin: 30b

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The Torah Never Changes= Really?

Halacha: Chanukah, Purim Machshava: Chanukah, Torah She-Ba'al Peh

References: Megilla: 14a , Shabbat: 23a , Kiddushin: 30b

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Halacha:

Chanukah, Purim

Machshava:

Chanukah, Torah She-Ba'al Peh