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As I have discussed many times, the Torah consists of a Written and Oral element. One is meaningless without the other. I often give the analogy of the relationship between the U.S. Constitution and American law. All U.S. law is based on the...
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RAMBAM (1138-1204) was well aware of the controversy concerning the Aggadic (non halachic, narrative) parts of Talmud. Perhaps the strongest defender of the Oral Torah until his time (Karaite heresy had been around for 400 years, denounced, but...
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In RAMBAM's monumental legal code, the Mishnah Torah, his ideas expressed in his philosophical works come into practical expression. His total rejection of both demons and angels, as conflicting with uncompromising monotheism, is evident in not...
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We have seen how RAMBAM's works were greeted in the Ashkenazi lands of France and Germany with great derision. They were seen as heterodox and dangerous. They were condemned, banned and burned everywhere. With time, however, it began to be...
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Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) was a very deep thinker, who, ironically, instructed his students and followers to be simple and unsophisticated. He taught that simplicity brings happiness, while sophistication only brings suffering. He was...
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