4:50 Getting angry is akin to idolatry
6:00 Why is Judaism's vision so challenging to achieve?
7:00 God's unity is approached through 3 pathways, represented by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
11:00 The problem of evil is the reason that humans can't weave all of being around one good principle
13:10 Isaac represents the problem of evil
15:40 Why would God tell Abraham to slaughter Isaac?
19:30 How can we organize our psyche around one principle given that there is both good and evil?
22:15 The great men who attempted to bring the Messiah – Yehudah and Hezekiah, sons of Rabbi Chiya
26:00 Redemption depends on Abraham, Isaac and Jacob being in harmony
27:45 The book of Malachi and its vision; the role of Elijah the Prophet in effecting a rapprochement among the forefathers
32:00 How to effect that rapprochement and solve the problem of evil
33:15 The problem of evil is based on taking our subjective existence as a source of value
36:00 Thinking of yourself as cause instead of effect
40:00 Sacrificial worship is nihilistic, until Malachi reinterpreted it
47:00 Sh'ma and Hashem as our father
51:15 How we can achieve the Jewish vision
This lecture is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation