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I've been asked to comment on the presentations of
a Efraim Palvanov which have become quite popular
I understand and someone asked me to uh express
my opinion about these presentations. I've seen
a few of them and uh I've heard a recording of a
conversation that he's had and I highly recommend
that people stay away from his presentations. Uh
first of all he he presents Torah SheBaal Peh as something which is
um up to a person to decide whether he wants to
keep it or not. For example, Tefillin he says are
developed from some ancient custom uh where where
Egyptians used to wear Tefillin on their head.
He shows pictures from Egyptology that they were
or certain women wore these ornaments on their
head. uh they find they find they found remnants
of he says originally were a different form and
slowly developed into and because he doesn't he
he discounts the whole idea of that we we wear
other words he's questioning that's not a Jewish
thing that's against the it's against the of and
someone who wants to be a good Jew not listen
to his presentations. He's a very fascinating
speaker. He he he makes an impression that he's
a very learned person. He brings sources from
all over and goes and quotes. Of course, these
things are really accessible to anyone has a good
computer and they're meaningless. The sources
that he brings are meaningless. But he derives
from these sources by selective uh citations
uh conclusions which are against Halacha. For example,
he has a whole presentation about wasting seed
which he says is mutar because he brings different
sources. He starts with all sources in the
Talmud and and the about about to with Tamar
and everything. But but he he uh he he neglects to
say that Halacha is it is Assur and his sources that he brings
are flimsy worthless don't say anything about
what he concludes that wasting seed is mutar says
it's assur it's assur he's just HaMegaleh Panim B'Torah Shelo C'Halacha he just uses the sources of
the Torah to conclude things which are not Halacha
That's some that we should stay away from is uh
I he one quotation I heard he says that we have
to only keep the Rambam we don't have to keep the Shulchan Aruch
and he says the Mishna Berura is a new religion it's it's
ignorance total ignorance it's not surprising
that it's ignorance because it doesn't he he
never doesn't sound like he ever learned yeshiva
he has no one who taught him he's all self-taught
But why why does h end with the why did he
pick out the what about the what about the
what about all the after and the Shulchan Aruch is nothing but
a compilation of the Rambam and other opinions that
agree with him and other list of disagree with
with these three so so why did he why did he
choose the raam I don't know maybe because
the pictures show the Rambam as a modern
Jew. I don't know where you call the for some
reason the the the reformed Jews picked the as
someone that's that's a modern Jew. But it's not
true. It's not true. And the Shulchan Aruch is is the is the mesores
of the Jewish people. What's the till this day
the Vilna Gaon kept the Shulchan Aruch right and is an evolving thing.
The Teshuvas that are written nowadays apply to shilus
that are current modern problems that come up. all
based on the all based on the sh and the and the
spoke about the why is why is stop with just just
total ignorance I don't know if it's deliberate
ignorance or it's just or it's or it's the bliss
of ignorance but he should not be relied on and uh
he denies to denies the Masores of the Jewish people
For example, this thing I mentioned before
that felin began with the with with the image
of the of the in Egypt of women wearing
something like tefillin on their head. The
Gemara mention doesn't go to Egyptology for
this because the Gemara mentions in Shabas
and a Mishna that there's that there's a thing
called tophos which is a woman's or ornament.
It's the word means an ornament except
our ornament says that we put inside
that ornament parashas of tefillin according
to certain specifications of Torah ShelBaal Peh
so it doesn't it's meaningless showing a
picture is meaningless but very impressive
he's a man who knows Egyptology so again
he's a person that was a lot of fluff
uh very beautiful presentations all in color and
interesting and the topics are very interesting.
They have sometimes pornographic pictures
accompanying his presentations to show to attract
the public. So he's someone who's not an authority
on Judaism and the sources that he brings are
irrelevant to the conclusions that he brings and
the premises that he makes which that there's no
there's no is all false. Therefore, one should
stay one stay away stay away from a Efraim Palvanov.
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