Anthropocentricity: What Makes Us Special?

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February 04 2021
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51min 48s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:
Shavuot 
Parsha:
Bereishit,  Va'etchanan,  Yitro 

References: Shabbat: 88B ,  Shabbat: 89A ,  Sanhedrin: 38A  

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Two different midrashim about the battle between Moshe and the malachim (angels) for the Torah. Why did the malachim oppose sharing the Torah with us? What does "having the Torah" mean? And why do these midrashim give different justifications for our receipt of the Torah?

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