From: Jonathan Baker <jjbaker@...> ... Ah, by rejecting the Torah, and putting that rejection into the mouth of Maimonides. yes, the Guide conflicts with...
... I hear where Mr. Baker is coming from, but cannot agree. I began the project of this listserve many years ago from the explicit standpoint that there is...
Scott Alexander
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Oct 31, 2007 7:03 pm
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... explaining why the sacrificial laws fall into the category of khukim, that is, laws which must come from G-d because there is no evident human explanation...
Dear Mr. Baker, The plain text of the Torah and some of the subsequent books obviously assume that there are many gods and that the Jewish god is one of them,...
... Maimonides didn't remove anything. The sacrifices had been suspended for 1100 years by Maimonides' time. The sacrifices are linked to the Temple He may...
Dear Mr. Baker, You and I are not that far apart as might appear on the surface. Maimonides, of course, accepted the precepts and foundations of Judaism...
... No, but I do not have the khutzpah to think that I understand divine rationality. And besides, what's irrational about making men deal with their...
... rationality. And besides, what's irrational about making men deal with their corporeality while they are still corporeal.< ... kind of vegetarian?< Alas,...
Maimonides' attitude toward sacrifices as presented in Guide II:32 is reminiscent of Rabbi Levi's attitude in Lev.R. 22:8: "Because Israel were passionate...
Antti Laato
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Nov 1, 2007 5:35 pm
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From time to time, when I think one of my recently written chapters will be good for the listserve, I post it. Understand that Yahoo strips out a lot of the...
B"H Rabbi Yoseph Qafih, commentating on: Maimonides, Hilkoth Sefer Torah 10:1 Maimonides: "…there are twenty things, any one of which would make a Torah ...
From: Our Learning Company LLC Re: A Dialog between Science and Religion (Modern Cosmology and Judaism) Dear Friends, I am so glad you're reading this,...
The entire Kafih (kafiakh) translation of the Moreh Nevukhim is now digitized and online, in an unusual organization with lots of paragraph breaks and headings...
What I neglected to mention is that it does not appear to come equipped with the marvelous facing column Judeo-Arabic that was in all the early multivolume...
I actually use your resource on a regular basis. Thank you. The superiority of the Kafih version, for us Kaffirs, is that I can sort of read across from the ...
Scott Alexander
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Mar 31, 2008 8:07 pm
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TO OUR DEAR READERS: Since those with whom I have been engaged in this topic of 'whether or not it is a mitzvah to grow out a beard' have complained to me that...
Of course, if one uses a razor, one is liable (Hayyav) for lashes from the Torah. But, if one used a depilatory or some such method, one is exempt (paTur), but...
... Really? I've never seen the category of "patur aval assur" except in issues of shabbat. ... False. Unless you're a chasid - chasidim have mystical...
Shalom; Here is a site with a crash study course that teaches people to read Hebrew in a couple of hours: http://www.InstantHebrew.com It teaches total...
This link may interest some of our readers, as we have tried to show where local tradition often took precedence over halachic rulings of a man greatly loved...
Jon Baker (alias: Joshua), Shalom! It is clear, moreover, that we do not pasken like Jon Baker, or Joshua, or any of his like. We do pasken like Rambam in this...
... Exsqueeze me? My name is not Joshua, nor is it Dr. Falken. My name is what it is. I have a (non-Jewish, unfortunately) nephew named Joshua, though. ... ...
My dear friend Jon, Sorry if I misconstrued your writing style for being that of Joshua's. He's one of my old pals who has been most voiciferous about the...
... And my point is that in fact the Rambam doesn't rule like you want him to have done. Nor do later halachists. ... Duh. It's like "we don't determine the...
My dear Jon, Shalom! I will excuse your rudeness at this time. Did you say that you were not Jewish? Note that the Boraitta quoted by me permits the use of...
... I think we have nothing left to say to one another. You elide explicit Rambams while claiming to follow the Rambam, while accusing me of not being Jewish...
I am sorry to intervene in this so late in the game, but I have been busy with the khametz. We really can't have this level of flaming on the listserve....
My friends, Jonathan and Scott, and all others, Shalom! I'm sorry if I offended anyone on this thread. If you look closely at the discussions we've had on this...
No. Now I am offended. I wrote you a nice note gently warning you not to abuse your privilege of using this listserve. I had previously noticed problems. ...
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