Volume 43: Number 70
Sun, 23 Nov 2025
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From: Joel Rich
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:58:40 +0200
Subject: [Avodah] Belief?
Just listened to an interesting podcast interviewing Charles Murray author of the recently released ? taking religion seriously ?
He is an 83-year-old former agnostic who said that he changed his mind due
to weight of evidence, not that he is convinced but he thinks that God has
a better than 50% chance of being the explanation for our existence.
It?s my understanding that post-modern philosophy does not believe you can
prove with 100% certainty just about anything. When I read modern Jewish
philosophy when it often seems grounded in tradition or personal feeling
which is not easily transferable. Question how would we categorize an
orthodox individual who made the same statement as Dr Murray?
Kt
Joel Rich
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From: Joel Rich
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:55:01 +0200
Subject: [Avodah] Right to haftara
Fascinating (to me) report from R? A Lebowitz concerning R Schacter?s
position that not all the minyanim in a shul should say the haftara from a
claf because people who have yahrtzeit want to say the haftara and they
won?t be able to do it from a claf. R? H Schachter reported that R?YBS held
that a yahrtzeit has a ?right? to say the haftara.
Fascinating interplay of priorities- if saying from a claf is lchatchila, then what is ?the right? being discussed that overpowers it?
Kt
Joel Rich
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