Believing is Knowing

Knowledge is the building block of Judaism. Love of God is contingent on what one knows about Him. ועל פי הדעה--על פי האהבה--אם מעט מעט, ואם הרבה הרבה I am planning to post from time to time some of the ideas that I develop as I read and think about issues that catch my attention. Usually they relate to Machshava or Halacha especially how they affect our daily life. I am looking forward to learn from all commenters.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

How Mitzvot and the Universe Teach us About God - Professor Don Seeman's article and my thoughts on it.

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Over Rosh Hashanah I read an excellent paper in the current issue of JQR (Volume 3 number 3 Summer 2013) by Professor Don Seeman which open...
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Sunday, September 01, 2013

Interesting Comment of a Medieval Provencal Scholar on the Ra'avad/Ramban - Rambam disagreement on Olam Haba.

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Ramban towards the end of the Sha’ar Hagemul section of his work on Aveilus- Torat HaAdam – summarizes his opinion regarding what occurs af...
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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Does A Non Philosophically Minded Person Partake In Olam Haba?

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Shabbat, I came across by chance on an interesting Teshuvat haRashba (1:423) that opened an interesting train of thought and explained a di...
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Thursday, July 04, 2013

Some Reflections on Rambam's and Ramban's Approaches to Metaphysics.

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In the 10th Perek of Sanhedrin (11 th in our Mishnayot and Gemarot), Perek Chelek , Mishnah 3 there is an argument between Rabbi Nehemiah ...
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Sunday, June 02, 2013

And I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land - Ramban addresses Rambam.

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As I learned Ramban on Sefer Vaykra, it was revealing the way he develops his understanding of Hashgacha and in general his view of the wor...
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Friday, April 05, 2013

Thoughts on Ramban, Aharon, The Golden Calf, Azazel and Rambam.

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As one learns Ramban on Chumash it becomes clear that as he declared in his introduction, he is having a dialogue with his predecessors. H...
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Thursday, November 01, 2012

"Why Does The World Exist?" - Towards a Jewish Answer - Part 2.- Emulating God.

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In the previous post I explained that Rambam sees the God of Judaism as an entity that we know exists but is so outside any category that ...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2012

"Why Does The World Exist?" - Towards a Jewish Answer - Part 1.- Divine "Existence".

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In his book “Why Does the World Exist?”(Which I highly recommend to all those who think about existential issues), Jim Holt interviews a s...
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Sunday, September 16, 2012

"But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion" - Love and Fear in Judaism.

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העובד מאהבה, עוסק בתורה ובמצוות והולך בנתיבות החכמה--לא מפני דבר בעולם, לא מפני יראת הרעה, ולא כדי לירש הטובה:  אלא עושה האמת, מפני שהוא א...
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David Guttmann
I am a businessman living in Brooklyn. I spent time at Slabodka in Bnei Brak and Beth Medrosh Elyon in Monsey during the Sixties. Altough I have to thank the Yeshivos for giving me the basic tools to learn and think, I have found that they have not prepared me to be a thoughtful and practicing Jew once I was confronted with reality. Most of my real learning and personal growth was attained on my own while being active in the real world.
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