Comments by "Sam Aronow" (@SamAronow) on "Mishnaic Rabbis Family Tree" video.

  1. Obligatory comment here. I don't have anything to say about this video except that the Pharisees introduced the concepts of the immortality of the soul and special providence, as opposed to the pre-existing concept of General Providence which is more like Karma in Hinduism and Buddhism and remains the more influential moral concept within Judaism; i.e. that the consequences of our moral actions are visited on the entire world, not merely oneself. Denying the immortality of the soul, however, is ultimately the hill that the Sadducees died on– other than, you know, no longer having a Temple and priestly elite to rally around.
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