S6, E3 Shemona Perakim; How to Properly Change the Torah and how Maimonides Once Did so Himself

This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David. Highlights: The tension at the heart of being a human The divine intellect The honor of one's Maker is his own intellect Who can bend the Law The laws of Chazal are also from God and become part and parcel of the divine Torah When Maimonides himself bent the Law, and how he viewed himself as a divine legislator Maimonides bent the Law so that he shouldn't develop bad character traits The one who can say what the Torah is all about is the one who can adjust the Torah Why Rabbinical mitzvahs and enactments are not considered an addition to the Torah Accept the truth from whoever said it The argument against accepting the truth from whoever said it This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation.