Banned Questions: What You Can’t Ask About Judaism | E 11

Fasten your spiritual seatbelt—it’s a wild ride through ancient texts, modern power plays, and the secret ideas nobody wants you to see.

00:00 – Introduction
04:19 – Who was Adin Steinsaltz, and why did his Talmudic work spark such reaction?
07:06 – Prompting AI: The tension between mysticism and mainstream Jewish thought
08:08 – The Tanya’s “two souls” doctrine—misunderstood mysticism or elitist theology?
12:56 – When radical Judaism meets nationalism: How mysticism shaped political power
16:18 – What is The Tanya, really? Breaking down Chabad’s foundational text
20:41 – Halakha vs. Kabbalah: The rabbinic war over Judaism’s future
22:35 – “Judeo-Christian values”: Myth, marketing, or theological mismatch?
25:22 – Has Hasidic, Orthodox, and Zionist ideology converged?
29:21 – The “2,800 servants” Talmud line—fringe misread or embedded belief?
36:08 – Are radical doctrines really fringe? AI gives a raw, unsanitized analysis
43:58 – Did mystical Jewish elites influence European liberalism?
55:10 – When asking questions is taboo: What does “antisemitic” really mean now?

Link to Chabad episode: 
https://youtu.be/iw3zeYPhM6k?si=BmMdyuai1utPoEV2

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