Kitab Al Khazari

Welcome to the Blog page for our new class on Kitab Al Khazari, also known as The Kuzari. 

We will post class notes, recordings, and updates here. If you have any questions, please email Yosef Lopez at yoseflopez@cbsaz.org

What is a Haver? 

Exploration of Christian Thought 

We continue to learn about the Christian perspective on law and theology 

The Philosopher reaches his conclusion, and the Kuzari responds to the presentation. 

In this class we discuss the philosopher's understanding of a "complete person" and what the implications are for others

In this class, the Philosopher introduces to us the idea of the stars and constellations asserting force on and influencing our lives. This is part of the Greek cosmology, and part of the idea of fate and destiny. Astrology is discussed in the Gemara, and its influence can be seen in Jewish art, architecture, and mysticism. 

Here you can see an excerpt from the Siddur that describes some of the Jewish approaches to...Read more...

In this installment, we open up the words of the Philosopher and explore his beliefs. 

You can see this section on Sefaria. 

We also opened with C.J. Jung's approach to dreams, their symbology, as well as their meaning. You can see that video on YouTube.

How Does Jung's theory of dreams relate to our King of Kuzar? 

How do the Hakhamim of Israel interpret dreams and their meaning? See this source...Read more...

Class Notes: 

A comprehensive Biography of Ribbi Yehuda HaLevy can be found here; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Halevi

Thales of Miletus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_of_Miletus

Pre-Socratic philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/presocratics/