Midrashim - with Dr. Walter Oakley
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Program #15 - The Mishnah - Learning to use the Mishnah

I begin this program by re-introducing the Sederim of the beginning Mishna
(Zeriim and Berachot).

I begin to explain the process of receiving the Written Torah (Torah
M’Sinai) and the Oral Torah (Torah Sh’ bal pey - the Torah of the mouth.)

I discuss the Oral Torah as a means for understanding the laws that apply to
the Talit. Likewise, I discuss the “Statutes” (Chukkim) and the Judgments
(Mishpatim) and the Laws (Toroth) referred to in the Book of Vayikra
(Leviticus) 26: 46.

I also discuss the vitality of the Oral Torah for explaining Laws that seem
to be without explanation.

I discuss D’varim (Deuteronomy) 30:12 and that fact that the explanation we
need are here in the Torah and the Oral Torah not in Heaven or have to be
sought after in some “super spiritual” manner.

I also discuss Yehoshua (Joshua) as a talmid (student) of Moshe (Moses)

 

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