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This does not mean that there were no great Kabbalists before him, but only that their works are not easily understood by contemporary students. Today’s popularity and high demand for Kabbalah testify to our generation’s readiness to absorb its universal message, and to comprehend the authentic...
In the mean time Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the labour that hath come upon us: Catholic Public Domain VersionMeanwhile, Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. They said: “Your brother ...
does not mean something hidden or secret, but something that was previously unknown but now revealed by God. We note this by hindsight, how the Scriptures in the Tanakh and the Torah reveal these things to us, but only after having the revelation of God in the NT text do we see a...
From the start to finish of theGuide,Maimonides emphasises time and againthat the true human self is the intellect and that true human perfection is intellectu-al:[The human’s] ultimateperfection isto becomerational in actu,Imean to have an intellect inactu; this would consist in his ...
6whereJospeclaims that Aristotle and Al-Farabi, for all their influence onJewish philosophy,‘have no sharein[it] for the simple reason that they werenot Jews.’No argument is given, but even if oneagreesthataJewish philosopher(meaningsomeonewhoisbothaJew andaphilosopher)must beJewish,it does ...
The written Torah only provides commandments against lighting a fire, cutting down a tree, plowing and harvesting, but does sanctifying the Sabbath mean just refraining from just these things? The oral Torah enjoins us to read the weekly Torah portion, to light Sabbath candles, and to attend ...