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Parshat Vaetchanan, Shabbat Nachamu August 13, 2022 16 Av, 5782
TORAH Rabbi Sacks on Vaetchanan
ARTSCROLL 958 One of the most Khazars were a Turkish of the imagined
HERTZ 755 profound disagreements people who, between the conversation between
in Judaism is the one seventh and eleventh the King and a Rabbi
HAFTORAH between Moses centuries, ruled a that led to the King’s
Maimonides and Judah
considerable area between conversion. In it, Halevi
ARTSCROLL 1196 Halevi on the meaning of the Black Sea and the draws a portrait that is
HERTZ 776 the first of the Ten Caspian Sea, including diametrically opposed
southern Russia, northern to what would later
Commandments.
Caucasus, eastern become Maimonides’
Times For Maimonides (1135- Ukraine, Western account. Judaism, for
1204), the first Kazakhstan, and Halevi, is not
Shabbat 8/13 command is to believe in northwestern Uzbekistan. Aristotelian but counter
God, Creator of Heaven -Aristotelian. The God
Mincha 7:00pm and Earth: The basic Many Jewish traders and of the prophets, says
principle of all basic refugees lived there, and Halevi, is not the God
Candle Lighting 7:39pm principles and the pillar in 838 the Khazar King of the philosophers.
of all sciences is to Bulan converted to The key difference is
Hashkama 8:00am realise that there is a Judaism, after supposedly that whereas the
First Being who brought holding a debate between philosophers found God
Parsha Shiur 8:30am every existing thing into representatives of the in metaphysics, the
being. If it could be Jewish, Christian, and prophets found God in
Main 9:00am supposed that He did not Muslim faiths. The Arabic history.
exist, it would follow that writer Dimashqi writes that
Beit Midrash 9:15am nothing else could the Khazars, having This is how Halevi’s
possibly exist. If however encountered the Jewish Rabbi states his faith:
Gemara Shiur 6:35pm it were supposed that all faith, “found it better than I believe in the God of
other beings were their own and accepted it”. Abraham, Isaac and
Mincha 7:35pm non-existent, He alone Khazaria thus became, Israel, who led the
would still exist . . . To spiritually as well as children of Israel out of
Shabbat Ends 8:45pm acknowledge this truth is geographically, an Egypt with signs and
a positive command, as independent third force miracles; who fed them
it is said: “I am the Lord between the Muslim in the desert and gave
Week of 8/14 your God”. Ex.20:2, Deut Caliphate and the Christian them the land, after
5:7, Yesodei ha-Torah Byzantine Empire. After having brought them
Sunday 7:30/8:30am 1:1-5 their conversion, the through the sea and
Khazar people used Jewish the Jordan in a
Mon. Thurs. 6:35/7:45am Judah Halevi (c. 1080- personal names, spoke miraculous way. Kuzari
Tues. Wed. Fri . 6:45/7:45am c.1145) disagreed. The and wrote in Hebrew, were I:11
Mincha 7:30pm greatest of medieval circumcised, had
Hebrew poets, Halevi synagogues and Rabbis, He goes on to
also wrote one of studied the Torah and emphasise that God’s
Judaism’s philosophical Talmud, and observed the opening words in the
Latest Times for masterpieces, The Jewish festivals. revelation at Mount
Shema/Shemoneh Esrei Kuzari. It is framed as a Sinai were not, “I am

August 20 9:31/10:40am dialogue between a The Kuzari is Judah the Lord your God,
Rabbi and the King of the Halevi’s philosophy of creator of heaven and
August 27 9:34/10:41am Khazars. Historically, the Judaism, cast in the form earth” but “I am the
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