Rabbi Schochet on Religion, Revelation, Basic Principles & Messiah

Three parts from a lecture series by Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet o.b.m. (first overseeing Rabbi of Ask Noah International)

Rabbi J. Immanuel Schochet

Lecture 1: What is religion? In terms of logical foundation, it is the acceptance that there is a Supreme Being (“G-d,” the Creator), Who is involved with mankind and communicates His instructions through revelation.

Lecture 2: What establishes a claimed revelation as true, by which other claims can be judged? The Revelation at Mt. Sinai, in light of the logical law of probability, .

Lecture 3: What basic and universal principles of faith are revealed in the Torah? An introduction to the original, unique and eternal concept and definition of Messiah that G-d revealed in the Torah.