Rabbi Aryeh Cohen: The Powerlessness of Power in the Thought of R' Aharon Shmuel Tamares

SOURCE SHEET: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q... Originally recorded on Sunday, May 31, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA Part of "Jewish Reckoning with Power: A Halachic Left Learning Series" About the series: Much of our recent Torah, writing, and teaching has engaged directly with the urgent realities of Israel/Palestine. In this program, we are intentionally stepping back, toward a broader and more abstract question that underlies so many of those conversations: How does Jewish tradition understand, justify, resist, and reckon with power? Each day of learning will feature shiurim from multiple teachers exploring different dimensions of Jewish engagement with power: textual, halachic, historical, and ethical. While the sessions will not all address the same sources or case studies, together they aim to open a shared conversation and provide conceptual tools that can deepen our Torah learning and inform contemporary Jewish moral and political thinking. --- About Halachic Left: https://www.halachicleft.org/about Join our email list: https://halachicleft.substack.com/ Halachic Left Public WhatsApp Announcements: https://chat.whatsapp.com/K2zIPRndJBW... *** We believe in learning Torah from all. Speaking does not imply agreement with Halachic Left's political positions. Institutional affiliations are for identification purposes only.