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The Mekor Mayim Hayim podcast מקור מים חיים - ההסכת

originalist & reactionary perspectives on Judaism

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Frequency: 1 episode/43d. Total Eps: 17

Discussing originalist & reactionary perspectives on Jewish Law

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Nuscha'ot tefilah

Friday, July 24, 2026 • Duration 01:24:02

Jochanan, Gavriel and R. Noam Kaplan discuss the history of different wordings of the prayer texts, the the value of liturgical diversity, and the senselessness of the notion that there is an obligation to follow an ‘ancestral’ nusach. R. Noam also says a few words about his siddurim.

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Judaism's autoimmune disease

Friday, June 12, 2026 • Duration 01:03:51

On Zoharism.

This is the midrash Gavriel mentioned: https://www.sefaria.org/Yoma.69b.9

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Of Normies, minhag, and reason

Sunday, May 3, 2026 • Duration 48:48

Friend of the blog Meir (Faithless Flight) joins Jochanan to discuss some of the topics recently covered on his substack, Willful Creation, specifically here, here, and here. Topics include the questionable obligation to follow ancestral minhag, the leadership problem within Judaism, and reasoning from first principles.

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Why you've been reading the Hakdamah wrong: a discussion of the Lorberbaum interview

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 • Duration 01:02:09

Last episode, we interviewed prof. Yair Lorberbaum concerning major hiddushim he introduces in two recent articles of his on the Hakdamah (introduction) and Hilchot Mamrim in the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah. In this episode we summarise his arguments in English and discuss their significance and implications:

* What parts of the Talmud Bavli did the Rambam really say are binding and what is the role of national acceptance?

* How this limits the extent of the problem of the authority of the Babylonian courts

* Why did the Rambam write the Hakdamah in this way?

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פרופ' יאיר לורברבוים: לקרוא את הרמב"ם נכון

Tuesday, January 27, 2026 • Duration 01:13:14

אנו משוחחים עם יאיר לורברבוים, פרופסור מן המניין בפקולטה למשפטים באוניברסיטת בר-אילן. נושא הדיון שלנו הוא שני מאמרים שפרסם לאחרונה ועניינו אותנו מאוד:

* האומנם, לפי הרמב”ם, התלמוד הבבלי הוא ספר החוק (והאם) מפני שהסכימו עליו כל ישראל?

* “פשט הדבר בכל ישראל”: הרמב”ם על אודות הסכמה על גזרות, מנהגות ותקנות

במחקרו עוסק פרופ’ לורברבוים בתחום המשפט העברי, תורת המשפט, הפילוסופיה של ההלכה, ומחשבת ישראל. במוקד מחקריו עומדים התיאוריה המשפטית של ההלכה והקשר בין משפט עברי והלכה לבין פילוסופיה ותאולוגיה בתקופות השונות, במיוחד בתקופות חז”ל והראשונים.

ראשי פרקים

0:57 הקטגוריות ההלכתיות של הרמב”ם

9:19 תפקיד ההסכמה לחקיקת חכמים וההבדל בין הסכמת רוב העם להסכמת כל העם

27:45 האם התלמוד הבבלי הוא ספר החוקים של ההלכה?

42:50 באיזה בית דין מדובר? מהי סמכות חלקי התלמוד שלא מהווים חקיקה?

52:10 האם ההקדמה תואמת את ההיסטוריה?

1:01:08 למה ההקדמה כה עמומה? למה טעו רבים כל כך בפירושה?

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Halacha and Kabbalah (iii)

Thursday, November 27, 2025 • Duration 44:31

Issues discussed here include:

The real factions in medieval Judaism (not just rationalist vs. mystical)

How Kabbalah became legitimised (Ramban/Nachmanides had a lot to do with it)

How the Zohar was a rebellion against Ramban’s elitist legacy

The Spaniard that Gavriel couldn’t remember the name of was Yitzhak ben Moshe haLevi, also known as Profiat Duran, an interesting character in himself.

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What is the Tosefta?

Friday, October 10, 2025 • Duration 56:23

When was the Tosefta composed, and where did it come from? Did Rabbi Yohanan know the Tosefta? Did the Geonim? And, of course, why learn it?Not what I (Johanan) thought. Gavriel explains.

Some things we reference in the podcast:

* Article by ‘YU person’ whose name escaped us (Yaakov Elman)

* The project proposed by Gavriel as a way to better texts of the Oral Torah (aka the ‘Mishna Project’)

* More about the birkat kohanim example we discuss

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Halacha and Kabbalah (ii)

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 • Duration 35:53

This episode was intended to deal with the doctrinal and practical influence of kabbalah up until its culmination in Sabbateanism, including major updates from the current state of the literature. Unfortunately, our new microphones ran out of battery half way through, so only the first part survives. We hope to cover the rest (which really deserves an episode of its own, anyway) in another episode soon.

Issues discussed here include:

* Evolving views on the authorship and composition of the Zohar

* Explaining the mystery of how one man wrote the Zohar (he didn’t).

* How the Zohar came to be considered authoritative among poskim

* How hearsay influenced halachic practice

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R. Noam Kaplan: laws the Gemara forgot to tell us

Monday, July 7, 2025 • Duration 01:10:30

We are joined by Rav Noam Kaplan, שליט”א for a wide-ranging conversation about halachot commonly asserted today which Hazal… seem to have forgotten to tell us about. Topics include eiruvim, the kashrut of steam from food, bitter herbs, and the necessity of maintaining two sets of cutlery.Rav Noam received his ordination from R. Zalman Nechemia Goldberg. He has served as rabbi of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation in New Zealand, is the author/compiler of סידור נועם השם alongside several other siddurim, and an early adopter of tekhelet.

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הרב ד"ר זאב ספראי: משנת ארץ ישראל

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 • Duration 01:35:02

בפרק זה אנו משוחחים עם הרב ד"ר זאב ספראי, שחיבר יחד עם אביו ואחותו את משנת ארץ ישראל, משאב יחיד במינו על המשנה הכולל חומר רב מהירושלמי, תוספתא, ומגוון מקורות אקדמיים יחד עם מקורות חז”ל המוכרים יותר. הפירוש פורץ-דרך בהבאתו את פירות החקר המודרני במתכונת נגישה לקהל הדתי. שיחתנו מתמקדת בדרך הפירוש ובהיסטוריית המשנה והתנאים.

For our English-speaking listeners: while this episode is fully in Hebrew, iy”h there will be many more English-language episodes in future

0:00 דרך משנת א"י: משמעות מקורית ופשט המשנה

18:44 איך נראית תורה שבעל פה לפני המשנה?

26:47 עריכת המשנה ומטרתה

31:34 טקסט בכתב וטקסט בעל פה

41:20 מה היה ביבנה

57:07 בית הלל ובית שמאי

1:10:40 סיפורי עליות הגג

1:18:05 סמכות, מחלוקת והכרעה אצל חז"ל

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