Basics of Emunah #1 By Is Judaism Afraid of Questions?

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

and Welcome to our new series here on the basics of amuna the fundamentals of Jewish faith we opened the opportunity for people to ask questions so I received over the last uh few days numerous questions I'm going to begin this first lecture by reading to you four questions that I received I chose begin with a logical basis and then it follows with a and trust or no it's flat out aun a flat out faith if it does start with logic where is the line if it's flat out amuno without a logical basis how are we supposed to acquire it if we don't have it what if I don't have this Faith how am I supposed to get it how does my father expect me to follow him blindly if I'm just not feeling like he and how do I know not feeling like he and how do I know I'm not like a Muslim they also scream faith faith faith on the other hand if it does start with logic how can it be required from Layman people great question question number two this is from a young man living in man I am a curious person I'm very inquisitive I always ask questions I always had since I was a child when I became a teenager I started child when I became a teenager I started to ask my father questions about how we know certain things in Judaism are true first he tried answering me but then it seems like he didn't have an answer how do I know at some point when I started to ask my questions he said to me this is aurus this is kir this is heresy I told him TTI maybe it's just you have nothing to answer so you call it heresy he says no no no it's just that these

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1. 0:31and Welcome to our new series here on the basics of amuna the fundamentals of Jewish…
2. 7:20believe by definition means I believe I don't know if I would know I wouldn't have…
3. 13:34the concept of Hashem or generally all of T and all of godliness and Divinity one…
4. 19:19doctor says from my understanding and from my expertise in water this is perfectly fine to…
5. 25:30the author of you have the arel you'll have they emphasize the Mitzvah to no and…
6. 32:16him if you bring him strong proofs that demonstrate to him that his thinking was flawed…
7. 37:56of but there's something else that we now have to understand and it's a critical component…
8. 44:13boy of your little chick who didn't open your eyes yet you say father I may…
9. 49:56called in it he attacks very heavily attacks he takes on very very heavily the ra…
10. 56:14under the you say I'm not sure as my father let's stop this let's go test…

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