The Ultimate Question: Are We Real? - Rabbi Yehoshua Simons

Follow us: https://www.hidabroot.com https://www.youtube.com/@Hidabrootcom https://www.instagram.com/hidabroot_global https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbCYZjl1CYoa4ulQIK2q Episode 2 out 10 of the “Are We The Metaphor?” series. In this series we explore the deepest sources about what it means for Hashem to love, want, and even what it means that He has a hand. In this episode, we introduce many high calibre, deep sources (as well as sources that give us permission to learn them) that explain that our general understanding of God is backwards. The descriptions in Torah are not mashals, metaphors. They are the Nimshal, the Truth, and WE are the mashal and metaphor. This sets the stage for the rest of the series as we carefully explain this idea in depth, but as always, in a way that hopefully everyone can take something away with. Full lecture in essay form, with all sources: https://bit.ly/HashemHandRSimons (leads to google drive link) Chapters 00:00 – Introduction 00:36 – The Problem: Are Divine Attributes Just Metaphors? 02:29 – The Sources: Rambam, Shaarei Orah, and the Shalah 05:34 – Can We Really Teach This? Gedolim Say Yes 07:17 – Yes, Hashem Truly Loves You 09:43 – Closing For more inspiring content: #TorahPhilosophy #JewishThought #Rambam #Emunah #TorahLearning #JewishTheology #Hashem