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Our people's over obsession with mysticism and pilpul have so mystified Torah that it has made Torah inacce...
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Our people's over obsession with mysticism and pilpul have so mystified Torah that it has made Torah inaccessible to the masses. How can the Jewish People as a WHOLE return to Torah, and EN MASSE, if even the average yeshiva bachur who, despite learning in yeshiva most of his life, is more skilled in casting uncertainty on any halakhic opinion than skilled in a comprehensive view of the entirely of practical Talmudic law.
In his article titled "Law and Hermeneutics in Rabbinic Jurisprudence," Daiyyan wa'Hakham Jose Faur describes the uniqueness of Maimonides' work compared to that of other rabbis in medieval times. Hakham Faur writes:
"Rabbinic literature, in general, and the Talmud, in particular, have been interpreted by various authorities during medieval times. Yet this author chooses to base this study on Maimonidean tradition for three reasons. First, historically, Maimonides' understanding of rabbinic jurisprudence is closely associated with the intellectual tradition of the Geonim. The academies of the Geonim were organically connected with the actual schools in which the original Talmudic literature was compiled and taught. Second, structurally, Maimonides' Mishne Torah is the only code ever produced comprising the entire rabbinic legal system. Therefore, through Maimonides' work, a particular legal theory can be tested against all other elements of the system. Finally, conceptually, Maimonides' legal system affords a comprehensive view of the rabbinic legal system according to juridical (jeridikal) rather than theological or metaphysical principles."
The ONLY way the masses can be restored to a holistic knowledge of Torah is by focusing on the written Torah and learning the clarifications of its commandments through Mishne Torah.
There is simply no other systematic codification of the entire spectrum of Talmudic law. And those other INCOMPLETE codifications that do exist are based on conflicting approaches to Talmudic law, as well as on various sources that are sometimes even contrary to Talmudic law.
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FOLLOWING IS FROM:
http://parsha.blogspot.com/2008/03/au...
Shu"t Chasam Sofer, volume 6, siman 59.
In plain text:
ומ"ש שהרב אמר משם אמ"ו זצ"ל לא שמעתי מפיו ואולי התיר הרב לעצמו ע"ד שאמרו חז"ל רצית להחנק תתלה באילן גדול ואל תאשימהו עבור זה הנה נמצא בשכונתך ס' מטפחת ספרים למהריעב"ץ תמצא שם כי דבר גדול דבר הנביא ז"ל בענין זה הלא ישתוממו רואיו וד"ל.
"And that which you wrote, that the rav said in the name Adoni, Mori v'Rabbi {=my teacher} zatzal, I did not hear this from his mouth. And perhaps this rav permitted for himself based on that which Chazal said {Pesachim 112a} 'If you wish to be strangled, be hanged on a large tree'. And don't condemn him for this. Behold, the sefer Mitpachat Sefarim is found in your neighborhood, from Moreinu HaRav Yaakov ben Tzvi {=the Yaavetz, Rav Yaakov Emden}, and you will find there that the prophet za"l said a great thing in this matter, which will cause astonishment in those who see it, and it is sufficient to the wise [ודי לחכימא / ודי לחכימא ברמיזא]."
To make this a bit more explicit, Rav Yaakov Emden's sefer, Mitpachat Sefarim, is about how the Zohar is a forgery, written by an author much later than Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. (If I recall the specifics, that the vast majority of Zohar are later, and that the Raya Mehamna and Tikkunim of the Zohar is an absolute forgery.) The Chasam Sofer is telling his correspondent that just as this rav falsely attributed the position he wanted to the rebbe of the Chasam Sofer, so too a kabbalist (Rav Moshe de Leon, or perhaps many kabbalists and copyist adding their thoughts?), who wanted his ideas to gain greater weight falsely attributed his ideas to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, or else to the various Tannaim and Amoraim who appear in the Zohar. And at the very least, he is endorsing the conclusions of Rav Yaakov Emden, as he states: דבר גדול דבר הנביא ז"ל בענין זה.
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Examining Exodus 3:13-15 from an Ancient Hebrew perspective. Within this passage is the phrase אהיה אשר אהיה (ehyeh asher ehyeh - I am who I am) an...
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Examining Exodus 3:13-15 from an Ancient Hebrew perspective. Within this passage is the phrase אהיה אשר אהיה (ehyeh asher ehyeh - I am who I am) and the two names Elohiym gives Mosheh (Moses), אהיה (ehyeh) and יהוה (yhwh). These two names, related to the phrase אהיה אשר אהיה, have a meaning and pronunciation that is often overlooked.
One thing that I did not point out in the video that I should have, is that the pronunciations I provide for Hebrew and the name YHWH are based on the traditional pronunciation of Hebrew. While it is impossible to prove the modern pronunciation of Hebrew is the original pronunciation, we still cannot know for certainty how the name was pronounced. But, as I point out in the video, the actual pronunciation is not what the Bible teaches is important, but what the character of the name is.
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