Halacha and morality
You must hear this (link removed) before forming your position on the relationship between law and morality.
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First, before I got settled, it was too late to hear this. I’m already pretty settled.
But I listened to the first few minutes, and from the description he gives at the beginning of Leibowitz’s theory, many of its flaws emerge (in my opinion too), and I assume that’s what he’ll say later. Leibowitz didn’t understand Kant, and in my opinion, he didn’t understand himself either (I wrote about this in my book). He has a positivist limitation, and this prevents him from understanding the picture correctly.
Anyway, thanks for the link, maybe I’ll give it a listen when I get back.
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Asks:
You see the essence of Judaism in Halacha, not in opinions, over which there are disputes and which also do not really make practical sense (the permanence of the soul, redemption, the Messiah, etc.).
After all, the building of the Temple is part of Jewish law, so what is your position regarding its construction?
Do you believe that sacrifices will be offered in it (a temple as it was in the past?)
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Rabbi:
There is a mitzvah to build a temple and offer sacrifices, and therefore halakhically we are supposed to try and do so. What will happen in the future? I don’t know. Rabbi Kook claims that they will offer sacrifices from plants, and I hope he is right. But this is a prophecy and not a halakhic interpretation. As mentioned, halakhically there is a mitzvah and it is obligatory. In the meantime, God is not realistic.
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