Documents tagged with Maimonides

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Teimanim Jews

Temanim or Yemenite Jews are those Jews and their ancestors who lived in Yemen on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Nearly the entire Jewish population emigrated from Yemen between June ...
  • rachel39686316 published this 11 / 29 / 2009
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Welcome to 10 Minute Topics This Week’s Topic is: Prophecy

A prophet (נְבִיא - Navi) is a spokesman for Hashem, a person chosen by Hashem to speak to people on Hashem 's behalf and convey a message or teaching.1 The meaning of navi is perhaps described in ...
  • rachel39686316 published this 10 / 12 / 2009
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Rabbi Marc Angel on Rational Judaism, a Lesson for the Thinking Jew: An Interpretation of a Great Le

Introduction: The following text is not a transcript of a lecture. This is just one man's write up, an interpretation if you will, about an extraordinary lecture, given by Rabbi Dr. Mark [sic: Marc...
  • mikewinddale published this 10 / 07 / 2009
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Ger Toshav

A ger toshav was a resident alien given permission to live in land controlled by Jews if he or she did not worship other gods or engage in idolatry of any kind or blaspheme God. The ger toshav agre...
  • rachel39686316 published this 08 / 22 / 2009
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The Kuzari as Contrasted With Rabbi S. R. Hirsch's Conception of Tiqun Olam - The Place of Universal

How Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's humanistic this-worldly philosophy of the mitzvot contrasts with that of both the mystical school (Kuzari, Mesilat Yesharim) and the rationalist school (Rambam). A...
  • mikewinddale published this 08 / 16 / 2009
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Rambam on Conduct of Combatants During Conflict[1]

Rambam does not talk about civilian casualties, but he waxes eloquently regarding a soldier's responsibility to his comrades and his mission. Check out scorchintorah.blogspot.co m for pithy comm...
  • Avi.Weinstein published this 04 / 01 / 2009
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Why Are You Jews So Smart

Rambam's attitudes toward communal institutions demonstrates real compatibility with President Obama's priorities in education. Check out scorchintorah.blogspot.co m for pithy commenary on all thi...
  • Avi.Weinstein published this 03 / 13 / 2009
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Laws of fiscal responsbility Rambam Hilchot de'ot v--11 & 12

Rambam give timeless wisdom on the relationship between your property, your home, your business and discretionary income. For more commentary on connections between the age old wisdom of our sag...
  • Avi.Weinstein published this 02 / 24 / 2009
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613 Mitzvot

What are the Laws of given in the Torah? What did Moses teach the people? Learn about the 613 Mitzvot (commandments) given in the Torah as codified by Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon).
  • rachel39686316 published this 02 / 15 / 2009
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Maimonides Regimen of Health

Maimonides Regimen of Health
  • enneagon published this 06 / 17 / 2008
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I Believe - Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon),pdf

ANI MAAMIN I believe... Moses ben Maimon Maimonides Maimonides, in his commentary on the Mishnah, compiles what he refers to as the Shloshah-Asar Ikkarim, the Thirteen Articles of Faith, compile...
  • teotonio published this 05 / 15 / 2008
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