The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton
by Rabbi Shnayor Burton
July 29, 2025 7:25 am
To help support this podcast, please consider making a tax-deductible donation via Zelle to jacoblightsfoundation@gmail.com. Lecture series in Jewish Philosophy. What was the purpose of Creation? What is man’s place in the world? What are prophecy and prayer about? What is the significance of Shabbos and the Promised Land? Explore these fundamental questions of Judaism from their sources, and become familiar with the systems developed by the great Torah thinkers: R’ Saadiah Gaon, R’ Yehuda HaLevi, R’ Bachya ibn Paquda, Rambam and the school of the Mekubalim.
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