Chaim Saiman on the Roots and Basis of Jewish Law (Rebroadcast)

Jewish communities have just concluded the celebration of Shavuot, a pilgrimage festival in times of the Temple and the moment when, fifty days after the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt, God revealed the Ten Commandments to Moses. Those commandments form the foundation of the many rules and obligations inflected throughout the Jewish tradition. Indeed, after thousands of years of Jewish history, Jewish lives continue to be structured through something called halakhah, Jewish law.