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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Greek? Our Antipathy for Chochmat Yevanit

Speaker:: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
Date:: December 22 2022

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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:

Chanukah

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Why did Chazal prohibit studying chochmas yevanis, while apparently permitting similar studies/practices from other cultures? The proximity of Hellenism to Judaism.

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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Greek? Our Antipathy for Chochmat Yevanit

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