Rav Hirsch's insights in to Judaism, on the weekly parsha and other Torah based subjects. Short, inspiring and bound to add a depth to your everyday life.
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Rav Hirsch's insights in to Judaism, on the weekly parsha and other Torah based subjects. Short, inspiring and bound to add a depth to your everyday life.
Rav Hirsch, Horeb, Mitzvah 78 – Rabbinic Authority
As we explore in this episode, Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch understood ancient legal authority not as personal influence, but as the outgrowth of a divinely mandated structure a system rooted in Sinai that gives form to our mission in life. Drawing on his analysis, we reflect on the nature of our own rabbinic influences.
I examine its relevance to the idea of a personal rabbi not merely someone wise or kind, but someone embedded in a structure, someone who submits to a higher halachic authority. As Rav Hirsch points out, the Sanhedrin held legitimate power only when seated in the Chamber of Hewn Stone, and the Kohen could serve only while wearing his sacred garments. True Torah leadership is not about charisma, but continuity. Without submission to something beyond the self, we risk mistaking personality for Torah.
Judaism From Within
Rav Hirsch's insights in to Judaism, on the weekly parsha and other Torah based subjects. Short, inspiring and bound to add a depth to your everyday life.
