Questions

Understanding Beith David

In-depth answers on the vocation of Beith David, the model of the Great Sanhedrin, the sources of Israel, Jerusalem, social justice and the word addressed to the nations.

Part 1

The identity of Beith David

Part 2

The Great Sanhedrin and its sources

Part 3

Israel today

Part 4

Jerusalem and the nations

Part 5

Faith, reason and the deep sources

Part 6

Understanding Beith David

The identity of Beith David

01What is Beith David?

02Is Beith David a political project?

03Does Beith David claim any religious or institutional authority?

The Great Sanhedrin and its sources

04Does Beith David claim to restore the Great Sanhedrin on its own?

05Why speak of the Great Sanhedrin today?

06What does the Great Sanhedrin represent in the tradition of Israel?

07What are the traditional sources on the Sanhedrin?

08What does the Rambam say about the Sanhedrin?

09Have there been historical attempts to restore the Sanhedrin?

10Why did the previous attempts to restore the Sanhedrin fail?

11Is Beith David compatible with democracy?

Israel today

12What link with the social challenges of Israel today?

13Why speak of justice, poverty and dignity?

14What place for religious and non-religious Jews?

Jerusalem and the nations

15Why is Jerusalem central?

16Why does Beith David also address the nations?

17What does “a light unto the nations” mean today?

18How does Beith David address Christians?

19How does Beith David address Muslims?

20What place for non-believers or those distant from religion?

Faith, reason and the deep sources

21Is the faith of Israel compatible with reason, science and history?

22Can the Sanhedrin be understood as a universal bridge according to the deep sources of Israel?

Study, diffusion and support

23Do the teachings, translations and summaries replace the study of original sources?

24How does Beith David use translations and digital tools?

25How can one support Beith David?

26What is the deeper aim of Beith David?