Reclaiming Redemption: Deciphering the Maze of Jewish History - Rabbi Moshe Taragin

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Welcome to Sparks of History, where Jewish history and world history meet. We are very pleased and very honored that with us today Rabbi Moshe Taragin. Rabbi Taragin is a noted author, popular lecturer, and accomplished educator. Rabbi Taragin earned a BA in computer science from Yeshiva College and an MA in English literature from City University. Additionally, Rabbi Taragin received rabbinic ordination Smicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary RIETS. An alumnus of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rabbi Moshe Taragin has been teaching at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1994. Previously, Rabbi Taragin taught Talmud at Columbia University, lectured in Talmud and Bible at the IBC and JSS divisions of Yeshiva University, and served as assistant rabbi at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue. And today, we will be discussing Rabbi Taragin's fascinating work, Reclaiming Redemption, Deciphering the Maze of Jewish history. And urge all our viewers and listeners to go online and purchase the book. Every chapter is is just absolutely fascinating and it's another gem in the Mosaic Alliance lineup of elegance, meaningful, and bold works. Uh thank you, Rabbi Taragin, for being with us. We appreciate it very much. Thank you for having me. It's nice to meet you. And as uh today one Jew greets another Jew, and one Israeli greets another Israeli very differently than we used to. So, it's nice to be here, and Hashem should give us besuros tovos, and should watch all of our chayalim, and heal all the broken hearts. It was a bit difficult day the last 48 hours. I don't know when this will be posted, but we're suffering a lot, and Yes. Hashem should be rofe l'shvurei lev b'zrat Hashem. Amen. Amen. Uh to get started, uh how, Rabbi Targon, would you define Jewish redemption?

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1. 0:00Welcome to Sparks of History, where Jewish history and world history meet. We are very pleased…
2. 5:12But it's not just a departure from halakhic fidelity, it's also the suspension of reason. Because…
3. 10:53rapid shifts, we have the opportunity to impact the process. So, at least understanding it as…
4. 16:42same reason, that's when evangelical support for the Jewish people began. You could agree with it…
5. 22:23they're still in 1945 talking to Ben Gurion instead of realizing that they're in 2024 and…
6. 28:15How long are the tzitzit? How black is the trillin? How much matzah? It's quantified, it's…
7. 33:29where essentially Judaism shrunk into the base madras into halacha. Um, and Yom Kippur and the…
8. 39:16towards monotheism and morality. And under ideal conditions, we perform that task by building a model…
9. 45:03halachos, it's Am Yisrael. It's the kedusha of being part of the people that were chosen…
10. 50:49Yisrael to Eretz sorry, to Eretz Yisrael that would be necessary in theory for Torah, which…

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