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Avoid Doubt: Is Doubt Good or Bad?

Speaker:: Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Woolf
Date:: March 08 2021

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Halacha:

Sephardi Halacha

Machshava:

Emunah, Pluralism

Mishna:

Avot

Collections: Rabbi Woolf Pirkei Avot

Description

Discussing R. Gamliel's assertion to avoid doubt (Avot 1,16) we discuss Daat Torah, Doubt, Knowledge, and why Sephardic Rabbis thought that disagreements are bad.

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Avoid Doubt: Is Doubt Good or Bad?

Halacha:

Sephardi Halacha

Machshava:

Emunah, Pluralism

Mishna:

Avot

Collections: Rabbi Woolf Pirkei Avot

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Avoid Doubt: Is Doubt Good or Bad?

Halacha: Sephardi Halacha Machshava: Emunah, Pluralism Mishna: Avot

Collections: Rabbi Woolf Pirkei Avot

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Halacha:

Sephardi Halacha

Machshava:

Emunah, Pluralism

Mishna:

Avot