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Maimonides vs. Abarbanel on the necessary Propaedeutics for Prophecy
Is the course of Propaedeutics for the purpose of intellectual comprehension? Or is it to elicit the proper emotional response?
4 months, 1 week ago
הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת נָשׂוֹא תשפ"ו - מָנוֹחַ וְהַמַּלְאָךְ - שִׁיטַת הַמּוֹרֶה נְבוֹכִים
Did Manoah and is wife encounter an angel, or was it a (prophetic) dream? If a dream, who had the dream, Manoah or his wife?
4 months, 1 week ago
פָּרָשַׁת נָשֹׂא תשפ"ו - Does Judaism have "Trial by Ordeal?"
A tricky person can manipulate the Sotah rules...
4 months, 1 week ago
Some thoughts on the current situation in the Middle-East
Keep an eye on the following two relationships: a.) Syria-China b.) Syria-Hezbollah
4 months, 1 week ago
שָׁבוּעוֹת תשפ"ו - מַתַּן תּוֹרָה: עַבְדוּת? אוֹ נִשּׂוּאִין?
Two trends in Jewish Memory - The Reception-History of The giving of the Torah in Jewish Mesorah.
4 months, 2 weeks ago
King David and the "Moabitess Issue." Even after he became king?
Was David worried that the halachic שְׁאֵלָה of מוֹאָבִי וְלֹא מוֹאָבִית would be raised against him in future generations, who might choose to paske…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
More on Rambam and נְבוּאָה: The "physical process"
The רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם sends a message from the Active Intellect to the rational faculty (hopefully to filter out error) and from thereto the ima…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Milchigs on Shavuos - Historical background
Was this a reaction to the concentrated Christian theological attack on Judaism and its nomianism that reached its peak in the 13th century?
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Controversy over the Rambam's Real Opinion of נְבוּאָה
The Left-Wingers vs. the (non extreme) Right Wingers among the "מְפָרְשֵׁי הַ"מוֹרֵה נְבוֹכִים
4 months, 3 weeks ago
From the Memoirs of מֵאִיר בַּר אִילָן: A visit to "The Frum German shul" in Baltimore in 1913
The Rabbi preaches about Zionism but the (anti-Zionist) בַּעֲלֵי בַּתִּים hear what they want to hear
4 months, 3 weeks ago