The Kotzk Podcast
Kotzk Podcast 036: How the rabbis used interpretive tools like Kal vaChomer to assert their independence and unseat the Second Temple sects
This episode examines the methodology and the moment in history when the rabbinic class (Pharisees) unseated the priestly class (Sadducees) who had previously dominated the Temple for a thousand years. It examines the eye of the revolutionary storm as Hil