Just wanna say that slifkin managed to completely obfuscate the issue by pretending there is no gemara of magna umatzli (with a possible maharsha) and since torah is clearly not an actual bullet, there's nothing to that claim. But he never even came close to addressing, according to him, how teshuva does in fact work. I mean we know that teshuva is what really saved klal yisroel by the purim story. Would he say that, no, it was Esther's hishtadlus and achashveirosh's crazy mood swings that really did it? Assuming he believes in normative Judaism, how did the teshuva lead to being saved? There was no gallows physically constructed through that self reflection and turning to God, so clearly it was the natural order of events.
"Based on this selection, you might be wondering what the “Motion” is with Torah in Motion. Is it the motion of a drunk trying to stumble to the bathroom? Or the motion of a car driving off a cliff? And where is the Torah, exactly?"
I generally only go the the site to listen to Dr Marc Shapiro's lectures. https://torahinmotion.org/profile/dr-marc-shapiro But my sense is that it's basically like seforim blog. It's less interested in what people believe than what material they have to offer. They don't have a hashkafa to push.
Seems like they have a wonderful selection indeed, including from Rabba Amsalem. Who ever knew she was Rosh Kolel of Drisha? (not to be confused with Dirshu)
Excellent post.
On a more general note, as a stark reminder of the importance of this blog, see here
https://forum.otzar.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=49407&start=160
Just wanna say that slifkin managed to completely obfuscate the issue by pretending there is no gemara of magna umatzli (with a possible maharsha) and since torah is clearly not an actual bullet, there's nothing to that claim. But he never even came close to addressing, according to him, how teshuva does in fact work. I mean we know that teshuva is what really saved klal yisroel by the purim story. Would he say that, no, it was Esther's hishtadlus and achashveirosh's crazy mood swings that really did it? Assuming he believes in normative Judaism, how did the teshuva lead to being saved? There was no gallows physically constructed through that self reflection and turning to God, so clearly it was the natural order of events.
just saying.
(Pretty sure all of the lectures I've heard from Marc Shapiro was on a YouTube channel called torah in motion...)
"Based on this selection, you might be wondering what the “Motion” is with Torah in Motion. Is it the motion of a drunk trying to stumble to the bathroom? Or the motion of a car driving off a cliff? And where is the Torah, exactly?"
I generally only go the the site to listen to Dr Marc Shapiro's lectures. https://torahinmotion.org/profile/dr-marc-shapiro But my sense is that it's basically like seforim blog. It's less interested in what people believe than what material they have to offer. They don't have a hashkafa to push.
Seems like they have a wonderful selection indeed, including from Rabba Amsalem. Who ever knew she was Rosh Kolel of Drisha? (not to be confused with Dirshu)
https://torahinmotion.org/profile/rabba-wendy-amsellem
I should note that YUTorah has a wonderful selection of shiurim. One of many:
https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1076919/From-The-Rabbi's-DeskShailos-of-the-Simchas-Torah-War-5784
Waiting for your next post!