RELI 2110 Lecture Notes - Pirkei Avot, Hasidic Judaism, Aggadah
17 Feb 2014
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Obligatory: depending on your age, gender, free/slave, legally competent disabilities observed fully by orthodox jews as binding but religion is practiced in many different ways. And new situations: people who make the decisions are recognized by the community as being pious and learned. Rabbis have their authority because of who they received their training through. Specific, discussed and debated, principle is explained, decision is made from that discussion. Can have different positions in the talmud that come to different conclusions and they are all maintained. We can always go back and have a conversation again. Minion: ten men needed when prayers are said. Origins in preaching introduction to and interpretation of biblical verse before bible reading. A lot of the aggadic material is ethical or moral in its focus. These that we get from the stories are exemplary, informing how halakhic decisions are made. Hassidic jews in particular study it every week.
