Scriptures and Talmud – What is Reality and What is Parable?

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Yaron Yadan 09/29/2006

Scriptures and Talmud – What is Reality and What is Parable?

The method of allegorical interpretation is not consistent and the reader cannot tell when something is parable and when it is not.

What is an etrog, what is a hadas?

The etrog used in our days is not the 'fruit of a goodly tree' mentioned in the Torah. The hadas used in our days is not the Biblical 'twigs of a plaited tree'.

Halachic Times

With the development of astronomy, the Halachic determination of times has become ridiculous and erroneous.

Scriptures and Talmud – What is Reality and What is Parable?

The method of allegorical interpretation is not consistent and the reader cannot tell when something is parable and when it is not.

Each generation and its own Holy Writ

The Holy Writ was finalized in the first centuries CE according to arbitrary decisions by the Sages.

The Sages’ Knowledge on Matters of Dreams

Chazal made up interpretations of dreams, with no logic or clarity: sometimes a dream has meaning and sometimes is nonsense; sometimes dreams are from G-d and sometimes from the devil.