Machshava:

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Collections: R' Bendavid Tradition of Machloket

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A Tradition of Machloket: Great Debates in Jewish History and Thought. Jews love many things, but nothing more than a good argument. Unlike any other faith, our Halakhic tradition is a compilation not just of laws, but of debates and machlokot. Why is machloket such an integral part of the Jewish tradition? What are the boundaries of Orthodox thinking? Who is in and who is out? Who is right and who is wrong? Rabbi Eitan Ben David explores our tradition of machloket from Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Yishmael, to the Rambam and Spinoza, from Satmar Chassidus and Religious Zionism to Rav Ovadia Yosef and Aharon Barak.