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"Yet," say the people of this opinion, "we ourselves have seen no such miracles. The stories about the Exodus from Egypt and all of the miracles which took place therein, we heard from our fathers, and our fathers from their fathers, in a long line of tradition. How can we be sure that these claims are accurate? There are plenty of national folk tales that not true, 'mother-goose stories.' How can we be certain that the traditions which have been handed down generation after generation for so many hundreds of years are reliable? How can we be certain that they are founded, and not just the fruit of imagination? How can the wise Rabbi say to the King of Khazar that tradition is, for us, as reliable as if we had witnessed the Exodus from Egypt with our own eyes?
The answer to this question is, that one who is acquainted with the guardians of the tradition, i.e., Torah scholars, true Jewish scholars, and is acquainted with them from up close, personally, not from the media or hearsay; one who is familiar with their qualities, their precision and trustworthiness when it comes to the transmission of Torah; one who knows how careful such sages are not to add to or subtract from the Torah even slightly, and knows how careful these scholars are to say things exactly as they heard them from their own rabbis - one who is aware of all this, understands that the tradition of these people can be trusted without any doubt. The care taken by rabbis not to change, fix, or add to the Torah is evidenced by printed Talmudic literature. One can find, on the side of the page, notes by Torah scholars regarding apparent mistakes in the text of the Talmud, which appear to be clear misprints. Still, no change is made in the actual text of the Talmud, nothing is altered. Only a note is added on the margin of the page. The fact that there is no reliance on reasonable assumption demonstrates the great caution taken to preserve the accuracy of old texts.
Foundations of Faith (51)
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
6 - 6. Gifts From the King of India
7 - 7. The Reliability of Tradition
8 - 8. Rabbinic Discrepancies
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The power of Jewish tradition can be felt when the practices of different Jewish communities are compared, and one sees what similarity and shared foundations exists between all of them. Although they were greatly separated and cut off from one another - as was the case with, for example, Yemenite and the Ashkenazic Jewry - they still share identical foundations.
It is clear, then, that our tradition is a trustworthy account of all of those events which befell our ancestors. It is, for us, indeed comparable to eyewitness testimony - as if we ourselves witnessed the Exodus from Egypt with all of its miracles, the revelation at Mount Sinai, etc. This is the foundation upon which Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi bases Jewish faith in his book, "The Kuzari."
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
