#96: Origins of Oral Torah

TORAH 101 - By Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe by TORCH

Jun 8, 202547:39Religion & Spirituality

The Torah was given to us by God with absolute perfection. A unique feature of that is the dual formats of Torah: written and oral. In this interesting and informative podcast, we begin the study of Maimonides’ magisteri...

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