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The Vilna Gaon's Edits & Understanding Midrashim II
In this episode we take a closer look at the Vilna Gaon's editing work. What was his basic methodology of editing? How novel was his work? How would the Vilna Gaon have used the many manuscripts that we have today?
We start looking at the issue of when should one understand a Midrash literally? What is Rashi's approach to this issue? We also discuss the question of did Rashi have Kabbalah.
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