From The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton by R Shnayor Burton.
- Published: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:26:02 GMT
- Duration: 01:11:08
- Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/fb5467c/podcast/play/113580050/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-6%2F415597912-44100-2-227d67ed557f.mp3
- Page: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shnayor-burton/episodes/S10--E8-In-Pursuit-of-Knowing-Hashem-Why-Do-We-Need-the-Torah-e3d8mii
- TorahApp: https://torahapp.org/share/p/3P_r_shnayor_burton_great_sources/e/69fcf339-adc9-43d4-a34f-f086ffdbc994
00:30 Why do we require the Torah for the pursuit of da'as Hashem?
9:00 Can a person achieve da'as Hashem without the Torah?
16:30 Is the Torah the exclusive method that brings to da'as Hashem?
18:00 What is the Torah and to what genre does it belong?
21:45 It is impossible to disentangle Jewish values from the Torah
30:30 The Torah's words, narratives and practices anchor a person in da'as Hashem
40:00 Does all da'as Hashem trace its roots to the Torah?
51:00 Torah as Law and its difference from the Prophets: https://www.ebay.com/itm/364132946794...
https://open.substack.com/pub/shnayor/p/ee-and-r-3_1-between-the-torah-and?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
52:00 Da'as Hashem is absent from the Torah; Moshe is higher than the prophets by virtue of his recognition that Hashem is actually unknowable
53:30 The Law as guardrails against absolute freedom of thought
54:45 We cannot and will not contemplate infinity, and therefore we need the finitude of the Law
56:00 Paradoxically, restrictions allow for freedom of thought
1:00:00 The Jewish People is the greatest mitzvah
1:05:00 Summary of how the Torah serves da'as Hashem
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