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30 June 2022

Understanding Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes

An in-depth analysis of the three major sects of Judaism at the end of the Second Temple era, and how Judaism as we know it came about. Included is a discussion of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the surprising origins of the Talmudic Sages, with Efraim Palvanov [www.MayimAchronim.com]

For the class on the Essenes, the Hebrew Calendar, and the Book of Jubilees, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Ed8...


Further Reading:


'The Mystery and Mysticism of the Essenes': https://www.mayimachronim.com/the-mys...


On Herod and 'How Esau Became Rome': https://www.mayimachronim.com/how-esa... 


'Who Was the First Rabbi?': https://www.mayimachronim.com/who-was...


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The Midrash about the progression of mitzvot from Noach to Sinai can be found in Midrash Mishlei 31:5, and is also cited by Rabbeinu Bechaye on Exodus 20:17.

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