EPISODE · Aug 27, 2024 · 34 MIN
55. What Happens When Halacha Appears to Get History Wrong? - Feat. Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
from Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later · host Moshe Kurtz
What happens when a posek steps into the realm of history? Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, one of today's leading Jewish scholars, assesses the historical claims advanced in a late responsum of R. Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe, Y.D. 4:57:11) against instituting new fast days. R. Dr. Schacter raises several fundamental questions that arise from R. Feinstein's analysis. Chief among them - what happens when a halacha appears to be predicated on a historical error?
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55. What Happens When Halacha Appears to Get History Wrong? - Feat. Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter
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