Rabbi David Wilpy: "I don't believe at all that everything happens for a reason" He says the Mishneh Torah was an aggregation of Jewish law with footnotes. The Hasidim needed to reinvigorate the Jewish tradition in a sense, he says. rabbi also believes God gives you power to make something out of what has been given to you.
Named one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of our time, Rabbi David Wolpe joins Tyler in a conversation on flawed leaders, Jewish identity in the modern world, the many portrayals of David, what’s missing in rabbinical training, playing chess on the Sabbath, Srugim, Hasidic philosophy, living in Israel and of course, the durability of creation.
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