Judaism Unbound Episode 557: The Great Jewish Anti-Debate - Halacha
Does Judaism need Halacha?** This question is one that Jews across many geographic contexts and denominational affiliations (or lack thereof) have debated for centuries -- and Lex and Rena Yehuda think that it's a conversation worth continuing! In this conversation, your two Judaism Unbound co-hosts take on a format called the "anti-debate," as implemented by Stephanie Lepp (who will join the podcast as a guest in a couple weeks, to discuss further).
** Halacha is sometimes translated "Jewish law," and also sometimes translated "a Jewish path/way-of-walking in the world." It typically refers to traditions of rabbinic Jewish interpretation, as debated and applied over the past ~1800 years.
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[2] Learn more about the anti-debate as a project and format by heading to Anti-Debate.org. And stay tuned for Stephanie Lepp, who leads that project, joining Judaism Unbound as a guest in two weeks.
[3] For a recent Judaism Unbound conversation related to this one, see Episode 530: Halacha in Helsinki - Sofia Freudenstein.
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