How (and Why) Do Rabbis Make Rules?

Update: 2025-11-05

Description

From blessings to Shabbat laws, rabbinic decrees guide how Jews live and practice every day. What gives these rabbinic laws their power? And how can differences in rabbinic rulings shape entire communities?

Let’s find out in today’s episode of the Jewish Perspective podcast.
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Chapters

(00:00:00 ) - Rabbinic Legislation and Rabbinic Rulings
(00:09:16 ) - Ashkenazic vs Sephardic rabbinic rulings on lung

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