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Halacha and Kabbalah (part 1)
What is halacha and where does it come from? The canonical halachic texts, psak from previous generations, and Minhag Yisrael
What is kabbalah and where does it come from?
How did the Ashkenazic and Sephardic poskim react to the discovery of the Zohar? Is the Zohar fully authentic? Do we change halacha or minhag based on it?
Examples: Tefillin on Chol HaMoed, sitting while putting on the Tefillin shel yad, women attending funerals.
Delivered at the OU Israel Center, May 29th, 2019, 24 Iyar 5779