The Shema Podcast for the Perplexed

In this episode I take my cherished friend and teacher, Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe, to task through a barrage of questions challenging him on Torah beliefs and philosophy. With his titan intellect, that was forged through a life dedicated to Torah study, he swatted away my arguments with eloquence, wisdom and humor, leaving me and the listener with a deeper appreciation and understanding of our Torah and heritage.

Prior to the Children of Israel receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai they had one miraculous experience after another.   From the 10 plagues to the splitting of the Red Sea, they saw, they heard, and they felt the knowledge that all there is, is G-d and that nature is simply His creation that allows Him to conceal Himself.   But what about us, who have never had experiences like this?   Are we also to be held to the same responsibility of fulfilling the Torah, as well?    Why doesn’t G-d just have a National Revelation every generation?   If He made His point 3300 years ago, wouldn’t it be even more powerful, if repeated for every generation to hear.