Does Palestinian Peoplehood Disprove the Kuzari Principle?

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Hi, this is David Olowski with our special question and answer series. I've gotten a lot of feedback from this. People apparently appreciate this short form method of giving short answers to very long and complicated questions, which is one of the things that I used to teach rabbis when I taught in a rabbitical uh course. And of course, there's more to say on all of these subjects, but I want to at least give an answer that's operational for people. Anonymous asks, "How do we reconcile the Anonymous asks, "How do we reconcile the Kuzari principle that surely an entire nation could not simultaneously make up a lie regarding their joint national experience with the false narrative of Palestinian peoplehood? Isn't that a case of an entire nation making up a lie?" So, for those you not familiar with the Kuzari, the Kuzari's argument is the following. No other nation claims that God spoke to their entire nation. Christianity, Christianity, Jesus is uh talking to God. According to some versions, he is God. According to other versions, he's the son of God. Whatever it is, but everybody didn't hear God talk. You heard Jesus. And if that if that was impressive, fine. Muhammad said, "Allah came to me and told me the following." And this is what he said. And uh if you believe Muhammad, fine. If not, you know, hey, there

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1. 0:00Hi, this is David Olowski with our special question and answer series. I've gotten a lot…
2. 0:32Anonymous asks, "How do we reconcile the Kuzari principle that surely an entire nation could not…
3. 1:02Christianity, Jesus is uh talking to God. According to some versions, he is God. According to…
4. 1:32fine. If not, you know, hey, there there's nothing else to go on. Joseph Smith claimed…
5. 2:04revelation and everybody heard God speak. You got to admit that's a very good argument. and…
6. 2:35Dad, did he did God ever speak to you? Nope. Oh, he spoke to your grandfather.…
7. 3:35if uh you know uh the pharaoh says that he's a god and uh you know…
8. 4:06no way says that what the Kuzari is talking about can't happen. This has been David…

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