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Counting a Golem for a Minyan: Two Responsa from a Father and Son
Counting a Golem for a Minyan: Two Responsa from a Father and Son
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Hakham Zvi #93 and She'elat Yaavetz 2:82 address the question of whether a golem - an artificial human, a manmade man - may be counted for a minyan. This seems like a really strange question, but it actually gets to some of the major philosophical issues of the 18th century. If God is compared to a Divine Clockmaker, does that mean that humans are really sophisticated clocks? Can the process of creating humans be duplicated? What are the basic building blocks of creation? These questions and more underlie a superficially bizarre and arcane halakhic question.
Released:
Jan 29, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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