Sforno on Tehilim 45: Philosophy as the Ticket Out of Galus (Part 3)

Length: 57 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (5/28/25),  in our Wednesday night Tehilim shiur, we concluded our experimental learn-through of Sforno and R' Elia di Nola on our perek. We began by clarifying Sforno’s nuanced take on Torah u’Mada, then explored his view of the role Moshiach will play in educating humanity. We wrapped up with a summary of the perek’s purpose, the flow of the four Bnei Korach maskilim we've studied over the past few months, and an operational definition of what a maskil is. This three-part series may not have been our typical Tehilim fare, but I certainly found it interesting, and I hope you did too!
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מקורות:
תהלים פרק מה
ספורנו
ר' אליה די נולה
שבת דף קמה עמוד ב - קמו עמוד א
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