S6, E1 Shemona Perakim; Avos as Training to be a Divine Legislator

The video shiur is here Highlights: Rambam begins by referencing the author of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehudah the Prince Why should we heed Chazal's laws? Rambam is hinting to us to think of Avos as the teaching for political leaders and prophets The differences between Rambam's list of the chain of tradition and the chain given in Avos The veracity and reliability of the Torah's tradition What does it take to be a Tanna? Avos as Rabbi Yehudah the Prince's introduction to Mishnah Rambam and al-Farabi's "Aphorisms of the Statesman" Rambam talks about the wise man where al-Farabi talks about the king or statesman Once we have the Torah, we have no need for the science of legislation Do we need to study ethics if we have halacha? Legislators are the ones who really need to have ethical wisdom Q & A This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation.This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David.