Do You Have to Believe Every Story You Hear?

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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 Devin Olvsky with our question and answer series, where in a few minutes we try to answer listeners' questions. William Blachowitz, if I'm pronouncing that correctly. As you read this Torah's de facto and iker of emunah, especially regarding the legends of the shtetl about kids who knew Shas Baal Peh and Hasidic Rebbes who performed miracles and witnessed Eliyahu Hanavi, do they have a status of being part of the mesorah such that anyone who doubts them is in the category of an apikorus? So, the Ksav says that that's the reason the Rambam put together the Yud Gimel Ikrim, the 13 Ani Ma'amin. I have to believe there's a God. I have to believe that he gave the Torah. I have to believe in the rabbinic tradition. I have to believe in techiyas hameisim. I have to believe in olam haba. I have to believe All those things that he writes there. That's it. Those are the only things that are red lines that you absolutely have to believe. And if you don't believe in that, you can. But, when you ask me about yeridas hadoros, whether or not you have to believe in it, you don't have to. But, the concept of yeridas hadoros is the following, and very important to understand. Rebbi Akiva Eiger was on a plane sitting next to a professor from Hebrew University. And Rebbi Akiva Eiger's grandson kept coming over to check if he was okay, if he needed anything.

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Devin Olvsky with our question and answer series, where in a few minutes…
2. 0:32So, the Ksav says that that's the reason the Rambam put together the Yud Gimel Ikrim,…
3. 1:02And if you don't believe in that, you can. But, when you ask me about yeridas…
4. 1:33And finally the professor said, "If my grandson was on this plane, he would not want…
5. 2:03And so, obviously the further away we move from Har Sinai, the weaker we become. Now,…
6. 2:33yeridas hadoros being an absolute is clearly not an absolute. But, uh logically, does it make…
7. 3:03And so, that's the concept of it. But, if you don't want to believe in it,…
8. 3:33uh met this fellow who told him a vort, and he told it to the Gra,…

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