Religious certainty: Sources, havruta guide, and more
This special selection of sources and questions for study and research into religious certainty is compiled from Hartman Institute courses and lectures in recent years
November 20, 2008
November 20, 2008
This special selection of sources and questions for study and research into religious certainty is compiled from Hartman Institute courses and lectures in recent years.
Sources
Babylonian Talmud Eruvin 13b
Tosefta, Sotah 7:12
Mishnah Sanhedrin 11:2
Havruta Guide
1. Read Eruvin 13b
What is the role of the “bat kol” in the text?
What does the text suggest about absolute certainty?
What is the reason given for the halakhic supremacy of Beit Hillel?
2. Read the Tosefta Sotah 7:12
According to the Tosefta, what should one do with multiple opinions?
What role does God play in multiple views of the same reality?
What is possible if one has a ‘heart of many rooms’?
3. Mishnah Sanhedrin 11:2
What is a rebellious elder?
What is the significance of the difference between teaching and ruling?
How do you explain the difference between the prohibitions on an elder, as opposed to a student?
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