Decoding Judaism’s “Black Boxes”
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The statement was made that a woman doesn’t spiritually need to wear Talifin . However, if a woman wishes to put on Taflin it should be a good thing.
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Decoding Judaism’s “Black Boxes”
I thoroughly enjoyed the journey you took me on throughout this class. Not only did it increase my awareness of the beautiful mitzvah of tefillin, but it also provided many positive insights and strategies to improve my middos.
As a professional, I don't think that the specific metaphor of individuals with autism is fully accurate – but as an imperfect parable, it can perhaps serve a purpose.
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Question from "Decoding Jewish Black Boxes" Thank you for making this wonderful series so accessible. In the "Decoding Jewish Black Boxes" segment, you mentioned that the same scripture that is in the hand tefillin, is in 4 separate boxes within the head tefillin. What is the reason for this? Reply
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An excellent, interactive, and comical class. Chimpanzees, orangutans, hot dogs; seriously Rabbi Kaplan!!?😄
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Awesome lecture Rabbi Kaplan. But I am still confused as to whether head and hand are two mitzvot or just one? There is no separate blessing for the head tfillin but is it it a separate mitzvah that simply needs to be there? So if you do one without the other is it simply half a mitzvah you have done or you have fulfilled one mitzvah and not the second? Many thanks in advance! Zai Gezundt.
TY for your kind words. The Rambam clearly states that they are two unique and separate Mitzvot