Machloket (Torah Debate)

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Machloket (Torah Debate): (lit. "debate" or "dispute"); in Torah, a dispute between two differing opinions on a legal interpretation

	How Can the Commentaries All Be Right? By Yisroel Cotlar There are so many differences of opinion as to what happened and what it means--how can they all be right? Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » The Torah » How Can the Commentaries All Be Right?
	Unity in Diversity By Tali Loewenthal The Sages tell us that the Giving of the Torah took into account the diversity among those who were receiving it. The Torah was given with the potential to be explained in 600,000 different ways, for each of the 600,000 different souls... Jewish Holidays » Shavuot » Insights » The Desert Mountain » Unity in Diversity
	The Two Talmuds By Eliezer Posner Why are there two Talmuds? And why is the "Babylonian Talmud" concidered more authoritative than the "Jerusalem Talmud"? Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » The Torah » The Two Talmuds
	Why are there so many different customs in Jewish law and tradition? By Eliezer Danzinger Question: Why are there so many different customs regarding the time frame that sefirat haomer mourning customs apply? Why isn't there one standard for all Jews to follow? Answer: You ask a very astute question, one that touches at the heart of the ... Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » The Big Picture » Why are there so many different customs in Jewish law and tradition?
	The Art of Passionate Disagreement By Levi Brackman For truth to be upheld, it is fundamental that human beings do not live in intellectual isolation, only hearing views that reinforce their own... Society & Living » Issues » The Art of Passionate Disagreement
	The Caving Walls of the Study Hall Talmud, Bava Metzia 59a-b Said Rabbi Eliezer: "If the law is as I say, then may the walls of the house of study prove it!" The walls began to fall in. Rabbi Joshua rebuked them. "If Torah scholars are debating a point of Jewish law, what are your qualifications to intervene...?" Library » Stories » From the Midrash » The Caving Walls of the Study Hall

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