num_pages: 221
description: A new book defending the Jewish oral tradition! The Rabbis' Advocate Chacham David Nieto and the Second Kuzari by R. David Nieto, translated by R. Meir Levin. Matteh Dan, or Kuzari Hasheini, is a defense of the Jewish oral tradition against attacks by Karaites and skeptics. Rabbi David Nieto, Chacham of the Sephardic congregation in London in the early eighteenth century, responded to criticisms of the rabbinic tradition by writing this wide-ranging defense of the Talmud and the Oral Law. Matteh Dan is widely considered a classic of Jewish apologetics in the best sense of the term and is still widely studied and quoted, even into our day. Although the field of heresy has unfortunately undergone much growth and development since R. Nieto’s time, his contribution remains important, and his arguments continue to ring true today. Rabbi Meir Levin has translated this important work into a readable English and added explanatory footnotes to make the book even more accessible. The book co
title: The Rabbis' Advocate
titlecomplete: The Rabbis' Advocate
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