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Tag Archives: mishneh torah
What If The Sages Are Wrong About Scientific Facts?
Dr. Marc B. Shapiro writes: Neusatz is also explicit that very few aggadot are actually the result of the Sages’ ruah ha-kodesh (p. 32a). He states that Maimonides’ astronomical views in the Mishneh Torah do not come from a holy … Continue reading
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Accused Brooklyn Murderer Levi Aron
Rabbi Rabbs writes: Judaism says there are categories of Jews that are exempt from the entire Torah. The cheresh, shoteh, and katan. The deaf, fool, and minor. Although the minor (under 12 for females/under 13 for males) knows the difference … Continue reading
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David Klinghoffer Blogs For Beliefnet
Here is his new blog and here is an excerpt of a recent posting: Notice that the content of Jewish teaching is supposed to be ethical (God’s "demands") but also broadly philosophical ("the relationship of Man to God"). The latter … Continue reading
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Filtering Torah Through Our Own Beliefs
Steven writes Seforim: "The second essay in Marc Shapiro’s new book is even more… mind-blowing. He shows how the Rambam systematically excluded from the Mishneh Torah almost all of the Talmudic halachot that were derived from premises which the Rambam … Continue reading
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New Torah
Rabbi Gil Students writes: Meorot Journal 7:1, September 2008/Tishrei 5769 (link) Introduction to the Tishrei 5769 Edition by Dr. Eugene Korn "Dat Ha-Emet" in Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah by R. Chaim Rapoport Maimonides’ "True Religion": For Jews or All Humanity? A … Continue reading
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Tagged chaim rapoport, marc angel, mishneh torah, orthodox judaism, shlomo riskin, yom tov
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