How the (Seemingly) Outdated Elements of Torah Are Evidence of Its Perfection (REDUX)

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Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Synopsis: This morning's YBT Sunday shiur (5/12/24) pertains to a critical intersection between hashkafah and pedagogy. As a high school teacher in 2024, I get a LOT of questions about the mitzvos, prohibitions, and institutions in Torah which seem outdated or which students find objectionable because they run contrary to modern Western values. Over time, I've developed an eight-pronged framework (or "suite of tools") for responding to such questions. In this shiur, I share these eight principles and lead a discussion about how they can be applied to address these important and difficult questions.
Note: This is a slightly updated version of a shiur I gave at Lomdeha in March 2021.
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מקורות:
דברים ד:ה-ו
רמב"ם - הקדמה לפרק חלק
ספר החינוך - מצוה תנד
ירושלמי פאה א:א
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:לא,לד
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-time_nuclear_waste_warning_messages
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, מצות עשה קעב
רלב"ג – דברים פרקים יח-יט, התועלת הששי
רמב"ם – משנה תורה, ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים א:א; ב:ד
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:לב,מט
דברים לב:מז
תלמוד ירושלמי פאה א:א
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