Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb Q&A - Unanswerable Questions, Proselytization, and Chasidism
.Considering the Noma principle by Stephen J. Gould, is science how heavens go and religion tells us how to go to heaven?
3:00 Can the Rav recommend a method to learn the structure of hebrew?
6:00. How can I deal with my impulse to ask unanswerable questions?
9:30. What resources did people have in the past to communicate?
12:00 Why the Jewish people don't proselytize to become Jews?
16:00 How to deal with people that'd criticize the foundations of the Oral tradition and the Arizal's Kabbalah?
24:30. What attracted the Rav to Chasidism? What's the distinguished genius of the Chasidic Torah literature?
30:30. Did Jacob found out what his sons did to Joseph?
33:30. What's the jewish answer to the trolly problem?
39:30. What does it mean the kiss of Jacob to Rachel when he meets her?
42:30. How can I get pure motivations?
47:30. What's the purpose of the ten pronouncements?
51:00 Should Emuna pshuta should be one's motivation?
Having received his Ph.D. in mathematical logic at Brandeis University, Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb went on to become Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Today he is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An accomplished author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb has electrified audiences with his stimulating and energetic presentations on ethical and philosophical issues.
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