Halachah Meets Modernity: Techelet

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January 09 2017
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59min 58s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
Rules of Psak,  Tzitzis 

Collections: R' Torczyner Halachah Meets Modernity

References: Shabbat: 75a ,  Menachot: 38a ,  Menachot: 44a  

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A run through four models for approaching a modern discovery: (1) arguing the merits; (2) rejecting the discovery as an unneeded intrusion on the status quo; (3) rejecting the discovery because masorah trumps all; (4) requiring a level of proof which exceeds that of the scientific method.

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