Podcasts about Halakha

In his book 'Maimondes' Confrontation with Mysticism', Professor Menachem Kellner presents the vision and values that Maimonides promoted in his understanding of Judaism, as well as the proto-Kabbalistic cultural climate he campaigned against and tried to uproot. Additionally, no area in Judaism is as fundamental or more essential than Halakha. Kellner provides the framework for Maimonides' characterization of the institutional value and purpose of Halakha. This is crucial to understanding the larger context of Rambam's conception of Jewish ideals. Another important topic is Holiness, which has become a buzzword in Judaism today. We use this word loosely and without much thought going into its actual meaning. Nowadays we attach it to people, places and objects with a sort of assumed “intrinsic” quality. In the time of the Rambam this mistranslation of Kedusha as "holiness" was a widespread phenomenon, an idea Rambam tried to refine. We discuss what holiness meant in the Rambam's time, and how he polemicized against these sorts of misconceptions. Similarly, the Hebrew language has long been thought of as the “holy tongue,” to the point that there is a belief that certain words have power (amulets, etc.). What was the Rambam's understanding of the Hebrew language against the cultural backdrop of his time, and how does that jive with today's mystical obsession with letters and words? Also, Angelology is probably the most challenging concept to comprehend. The idea creates problems in various ways from biblical anthropomorphism, intermediaries, independence of a spiritual entity, and so on. How did the Rambam reshape the concept of angels in light of the dearth of seemingly mixed messages about angels that pre-existed the Rambam's time? Lastly, some scholars and laymen who have read Kellner's book have come away with the impression that his portrayal of Maimonides depicts him as the “anti-mystic” philosopher. Said differently, Kellner's focus on Maimonides' polemics against mysticism implies he did not believe in mysticism in any capacity. Is this characterization true? Does Kellner really believe that the Rambam completely rejected mysticism in every sense or that there's a dichotomy of Rambam the philosopher and Rambam the mystic? We discuss Hakham Jose Faur's phenomenal book Homo Mysticus, which leaves no doubt that Rambam was both a philosopher and mystic, as it showcases Rambam as carrier of the Maaseh Merkaba tradition.

Come behind the scenes with Zevi as he tries to figure out what is going on in Maimonides' Guide with the help of a new friend, the young and brilliant scholar David Fried. David Fried teaches Talmud, Halakha, and Jewish Thought at the Ramaz Upper School in New York City. He is also an editor and frequent contributor at thelehrhaus.com David's articles can be found here: https://thelehrhaus.com/author/davidfried/ These are David's two articles referenced in the conversation: https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/mysticism-and-its-alternatives-rethinking-maimonides/ https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/revisiting-maimonidess-merkavah-chapters/ Full “Maimonides and Mysticism” Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9 00:00 Excerpts 01:38 About David and how he got into Maimonides and Mysticism 04:41 Synthesizing Maimonides and Mysticism 06:32 The Article and Beyond 08:00 David's New Thinking - Negative Theology 09:00 Maimonides shift away from Aristotelianism 10:38 Why Negative Theology? 12:46 Away from Aristotle 14:55 The Goal of Prophecy 17:26 Questioning Motivations 19:24 What's Maimonides moving towards? 23:09 Into the Contradictions 25:52 David's take on Hakham Jose Faur 27:48 What about Emanationism? 28:53 Some other Scholars 30:26 Mysticism and (Muslim) Philosophy 32:37 Maimonides 33:29 Critical Feedback on the Series 34:54 Was Maimonides a Pantheist? 39:49 Maimonides' Two Gods 43:28 Does Union ever happen with God? 47:23 The Theological Irony of it All 49:49 Whom does Maimonides speak of in 3.51? 52:57 An Orthodox Façade? 54:11 Can the Human Experience God? 1:02:33 Feel like I'm missing something… 1:04:04 Etcetera 1:05:21 Guide ‘for' the Perplexed or ‘of' the Perplexed? 1:07:42 Again, the Irony 1:09:20 Towards a Phenomenology of Maimonides Mysticism 1:13:04 Ethics of Imitating God. The End of the Guide 1:16:18 Who was the Real Maimonides? Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Support us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

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Judaism's greatest philosopher, Moses Maimonides, believed that Judaism's ancient mystery tradition with all her secrets, had been lost to sands of time, and took it upon himself to reconstruct them, on his own, from scratch, with the tools of philosophy and rationality. Maimonides is known as the great Jewish rationalist of the Middle Ages, but his rationalism, goes deeper than most might suspect. Maimonides was a rationalist who believed that through the very tools of philosophy, with a perfect synthesis of mysticism and rationalism, he could re-discover the lost secret traditions of ancient Jewish mysticism, and uncover the true meaning of the bible. Join us in this final episode, where we hope to, for once and for all, answer the question of whether Maimonides was a rationalist or a mystic and find out he was really up to in his Guide for the Perplexed. Watch the rest of the Maimonides and Mysticism series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ZgHJxQQVo&list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9 00:00 Maimonides Rationalism 13:13 Maimonides Mysticism 28:42 Lost Traditions 31:47 Prophecy and Reason 48:09 Telling Secrets 53:41 Maimonides today Thank you to Elisha Pearl, David Fried, Jeffery Radon and Levi Morrow for their thoughtful feedback and suggestions on this episode. Sources and Further Reading: • J. Heschel, “Did Maimonides Believe That He Had Attained the Rank of Prophet,” in Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets, 1996 • Alexander Altmann, “Maimonides' Attitude Toward Jewish Mysticism,” in Alfred Jospe, ed., Studies in Jewish Thought: An Anthology of German Jewish Scholarship (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1981), 200-219 • Diana Lobel, “Silence Is Praise to You” Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 76, no. 1, 2002, pp. 35-6 • Elliot R Wolfson, Abraham Abulafia, Kabbalist and Prophet Hermeneutics, Theosophy, and Theurgy, 2000, pp. 9-93 • Elliot Wolfson “Via Negativa in Maimonides and Its Impact on Thirteenth- Century Kabbalah.” In Maimonidean Studies 5, 2008 • Gideon Freudenthal, The Philosophical Mysticism of Maimonides and Maimon • Ithamar Gruenwald, “Maimonides' Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy,” in Perspectives, ed. J. L. Kraemer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996) • José Faur, Homo Mysticus: A Guide to Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed, 1998 • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide Of The Perplexed, An Abridged Edition, East And West Library New York, 1947 • Louis Jacobs, Attitudes of the Kabbalists and Hasidim towards Maimonides, in The Solomon Goldman Lectures, vol. v, ed. Byron L. Sherwin and Michael Carasik (Chicago Spertus College of Judaica Press, 1990, pp. 45-55) • Moshe Halbertal, “The History of Halakhah, Views from Within: Three Medieval Approaches to Tradition and Controversy,” in Harvard Law School Gruss Lectures (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law School, 1994), 1-19 • Moshe Idel, “Maimonides and Kabbalah,” in Studies In Maimonides, Isadore Twersky (ed.), Harvard University Press, 1990 • The Cultures of Maimonideanism, by James T. Robinson (ed.) 2009, p. xi • W. Z. Harvey, "The Return to Maimonideanism," Journal of Jewish Studies 42 (1980) 263, n. 1 • Yamin Levy, “How I was Taught to Read the Guide” in Principles, Essays on Halakha, Maḥshaba and History, Journal of the Ḥabura, January 2022, Edition 4 Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Support us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

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Un testament doit-il être conforme à la Halakha ?

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Study Guide Nedarim 37 Today's daf is sponsored by the Hadran Zoom group in honor of Shira Farber 's army service and with gratitude to your parents for raising you with such strong values. "As Shira Farber drafts to צה"ל, defending the Jewish people and ensuring our security, we are reminded of what we learned with her mother in Masechet Berachot: "Rav Zutra bar Toviya said that Rav said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “He has made everything beautiful in its time?" This teaches that each and every individual, God has made their work (umanut) pleasant for them in their own eyes." Shira, we wish you years of meaningful and impactful service, and that your umanut will bring you great satisfaction." Today's daf is dedicated to Mimi and Rafi Schachat on the birth of a baby boy last night!  Why did the Mishnah differentiate and say that it is possible to teach Midrash, Halakha and Aggada from one who is prohibited to benefit from them, but not Torah? Shmuel establishes the Mishna in the case that a fee is charged for studying the Torah and not for studying Midrash. As a difficulty is raised, the Gemara explains that the Mishna comes to teach us that it is forbidden to charge a fee for learning Midrash, but it is permitted for studying Torah. However, why should it be permitted to charge for teaching Torah if the reason that it is forbidden to receive a salary for studying Midrash is learned from several verses from Moshe Rabbeinu - as he didn't charge money, we shouldn't either? Rav and Rabbi Yochanan give two different explanations - it is possible to charge a fee for watching (babysitting) the children or for learning the punctuation of the text with the ta'amim (cantillation). The Gemara brings two difficulties about Rav's explanation (babysitting) - one from our Mishna and one from a braita. To resolve the difficulty from the Mishna, they suggest that the Mishna is referring only to minors and add words to make the Mishna work with that explanation. To resolve the difficulty from the braita, they explain the braita two other possible ways. Why didn't Rav hold like Rabbi Yochanan and why didn't Rabbi Yochanan hold like Rav?