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1. Pshat and Drash in the Law of Lashes

   Rabbi Amnon Bazak | 12 minutes

   In a number of cases of crime and punishment, the Oral Law seems to contradict the literal, plain meaning of the text. This shiur focuses on three cases dealing with lashes, whose literal law differs from Oral Law. What accounts for the discrepancies? Chazal seek to apply the Torah's law fully while also protecting human dignity.

2. Peshat and Midrash Halakha

   Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin

   תאריך פרסום: תשע"ד | | Hour

   What are students of “pshat” (the “simple” reading of Tanakh) to do when one’s “pshat” reading of the Torah contradicts the “reading” of halakha? With examples from Parashat Emor and elsewhere, we explore the nature of pshat, and truth. We consider the potential for multiple levels of meaning. We find different views of the commentators on these issues, and various attempts of commentators to deal with the problem of halakha contradicting the “pshat.”