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EPISODE · May 10, 2023 · 3 MIN

#1 - Foundational Existence

from Climb Sinai: The Big Ideas of Judaism · host Rabbi Jack Cohen EdM

Based on Mishnah Torah I: Book of Knowledge, the Laws of Foundations of Torah, Ch. 1, Halacha 1 What is the cornerstone of all Jewish thought and practice? It's not simply that you have to believe in God...and by the way, God created the universe. Judaism is literally built on the notion that we can come to know directly through our own awareness, intellect, and consciousness that our existence exists within an encompassing Existence of a different order, which we can't describe with words other than by saying that our existence emerges from It. "It" is too sterile of a pronoun, so we say "Him" (and sometimes "Her," believe it or not). Rabbi Moshe Gersht, "Does God Exist?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMHTmZaPo9g&t=84s Rabbi David Aaron Videos: The Metaphor of the Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2OccBGn-_w The Metaphor of Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EAnJegnpq4 The Metaphor of Electricity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7jtaLcmD98 Check out my Substack for more: https://www.theexpressionoflife.com/

Based on Mishnah Torah I: Book of Knowledge, the Laws of Foundations of Torah, Ch. 1, Halacha 1 What is the cornerstone of all Jewish thought and practice? It's not simply that you have to believe in God...and by the way, God created the universe. Judaism is literally built on the notion that we can come to know directly through our own awareness, intellect, and consciousness that our existence exists within an encompassing Existence of a different order, which we can't describe with words other than by saying that our existence emerges from It. "It" is too sterile of a pronoun, so we say "Him" (and sometimes "Her," believe it or not). Rabbi Moshe Gersht, "Does God Exist?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMHTmZaPo9g&t=84s Rabbi David Aaron Videos: The Metaphor of the Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2OccBGn-_w The Metaphor of Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EAnJegnpq4 The Metaphor of Electricity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7jtaLcmD98 Check out my Substack for more: https://www.theexpressionoflife.com/

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Based on Mishnah Torah I: Book of Knowledge, the Laws of Foundations of Torah, Ch. 1, Halacha 1 What is the cornerstone of all Jewish thought and practice? It's not simply that you have to believe in God...and by the way, God created the universe....

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