In this installment of his exploration into Mei Hashiloach, Rav Herzl Hefter explores the concepts of "Torah sh'bktav" (the written Torah), and "Torah sh'baal peh" (the oral Torah). In an inversion of the conventional wisdom, we come to see how oral transmission is actually more authoritative, but it may not be quite what you think it is...
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Rav Herzl Hefter
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Rav Herzl Hefter teaches at Yeshivat Bat Ayin. He studied under Rav Yeruham Gorelik, zt"l, Rav Yosef Soloveitchik zt"l and Rav Aharon Lichtenstein. He taught the semicha shiur at Gruss Kollel for 17 years. and is currently Director of the Bruriah Scholars Program for Women at Midreshet Lindenbaum, in Jerusalem. |