Description
Through Part 6 of Jewish Workshop’s Derech Hashem series on Foreknowledge and Free Will, Rabbi Tatz explores:
- Foreknowledge and Free Will – the Greatest Mystery
- The Problem of Evil
- The Rectification of Evil
- And more…
Class schedule:
Class 1: Explore the challenge of reconciling our free will to make moral decisions with G-d’s foreknowledge of all that will happen, various approaches to this question and discover the commonality between all of them.
Class 2: Examine the seeming conflict between G-d’s foreknowledge and our free will, the philosophical debate as to whether it is necessary to have multiple options in order to have true free will and its practical ramification.
Class 3: Consider the origin of evil, the meaning of goodness and evil and how each is manifest in the world.
Class 4: Discover the necessity of evil within our world, its direct correlation to human action. Examine modern times within the panorama of world history and the uniqueness of our generation.
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- Access to 4 Weeks of classes via streaming or download
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About Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz
Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz is a South African born physician, author and lecturer. He studied medicine in Johannesburg with elective work at Washington University in St Louis and graduated with distinction in surgery. He spent a number of years concurrently practicing medicine and engaging in Talmudic study in Israel. His Jerusalem Medical Ethics Forum teaches and promotes knowledge of Jewish medical ethics internationally. He has written a number of books on the subjects of Jewish philosophy and Jewish Medical Ethics: Anatomy of a Search, Living Inspired, Worldmask, The Thinking Jewish Teenager’s Guide to Life, Letters to a Buddhist Jew, Dangerous Disease & Dangerous Therapy in Jewish Medical Ethics, Will, Freedom & Destiny, and As Dawn Ends the Night. These are also available in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian and Portuguese translations. He currently teaches at the Jewish Learning Exchange in London and internationally, and delivers a weekly Webinar on Jewish Thought and Practice, hosted by Jewish Workshops.
Testimonials:
“Rabbi Tatz has so much insight and is a lite for us in this dark world. I can’t tell you in words how much the videos and teachings from Rabbi Tatz has meant to us. Truly a life changing adventure for us. I am not very good with words, but want you all to know you are doing a very special work, that is greatly needed in this dark time of the world. Truly you all are an inspiration. We have started learning Hebrew so we can hopefully understand the Torah and teachings in their true meaning.”
“I just want to let you know that I absolutely love both classes Rabbi Dr Tatz teaches, especially the essence of spirituality he gives me, and the best education I have really had in all my years studying and learning! He is truly an inspiration to me and credibly brilliant and extremely dedicated to learning and teaching.“
“I am having the most wonderful time learning; my neshama feels nourished – thank you for teaching us.“
“We want to thank you for making us love Torah and reaching depth in character development and Torah learning. We are the privileged.“
“I want to spend all my days listening to your teachings. for just this little part i have been listening to i feel like my mind is being cleared, and being cleansed of all the dirt which is been set in there. You are providing me with a clean and health mind. Thank you, thank you.”
“Every word from Rabbi T is a pearl. It is completely humbling to be able to take a shiur like that once a week–how wonderful that your team has made it possible.“
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