Horeb: A Philosophy of Jewish Law

Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch 
Mitzvah #13 Craving Is The Root Of All Suffering

Rav Shamson Rephel Hirsch  Horeb
Mitzvah #12 Grounding Humility & What Pride is Not
 

Mitzvah #11 Training though Suffering - To Justify the Pain
 
Rav Hirsch On The Mitzvot Commandments 

Mitzvah #10 Emunah Faith? Trust? - It's Not About What You Say
 
1 - what do we mean by this term Emunah
2- How is it different form other conceptions 
3 - How is it Practically Trasfomative 
 
Rav Hirsch On The Mitzvot Commandments 

In this weeks episode, we look at the concept of love. Love applied to people is easy to understand but how do we focus this love on something completely intangible and unknowable like God? Join us as we understand how this concept is transformative to how we act in the world and the relevance Judaism gives our lives.
 
Rav Hirsch On The Mitzvot Commandments 

Rav Hirsch HOREB - Mitzvah #8 Fear Of God To The Thinking Man & Woman
what do we mean by fear of God?
1) Defining our terms
2) it's Application To a Jewish Theology
3) how it manifests in lived life 
 
Rav Hirsch On The Mitzvot Commandments 
 
 

Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch HOREB -  Mitzvah #7 Revelation - Treat It Like a Fact זכירת מעמד הר סיני
What is the Mitzva? and how does it affect how we act in the world?
Summary
1 - why call it a fact?
2 - The manner of Revelation and why it's meaning full 
3 - Prophecy & its role 
 
Rav Hirsch On The Mitzvot Commandments 

Rav Shimshon Rephel Hirsch HOREB
Reasons From Sinai - Mitzvah #6 Outlook On Life - Responsibility Not Necromancy תָּמִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה עִ֖ם ה
what is the outlook on life that the Torah calls on us to have?
What is the image of a complete person and what is its breakdown
What has Necromancy and supersition got to do with it? 
Summary 
1 - Three parts of the person
2 - The breakdown of the person
3 - Correlation Implies Causation fallacy
 
Rav Hirsch On The Mitzvot Commandments 

Reasons From Sinai - Mitzvah #5 Self Appraisal - Immunization Of The Soul
 
וְאֶתְכֶם֙ לָקַ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה וַיּוֹצִ֥א אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִכּ֥וּר הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם לִהְי֥וֹת ל֛וֹ לְעַ֥ם נַחֲלָ֖ה כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
but you the LORD took and brought out of Egypt, that iron blast furnace, to be His very own people, as is now the case.
Summary points
What is the moral content of Philosophical Imunatioan
How does Self Appraisal bolster your will for life
How does the Moon fortify free will
Rav Hirsch On The Mitzvot Commandments 

Reasons From Sinai - Mitzvah #4 The World You See & Where It Might Lead...
וְלֹא־תָתֻרוּ אַחֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם וְאַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם
Summary points
Value Systems we come into the world with
The slippery slope by our Sages
Misconceptions of God to Moral depravity to Idolatry
Rav Hirsch On The Mitzvot Commandments