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Kahane-Was-Right BT:
--- Quote from: Dan Ben Noah on April 08, 2012, 10:27:30 AM ---I know, but he's right on the Rambamist issue just like he's right on his videos which disprove Christianity and Islam. The problem is Jews are so messed up at this point in history that most of them are not as accurate as they could be politically (aka not Kahanists) as well as religiously (aka not Rambamists). He's apparently some form of Rambamist, but not a Kahanist just like there are Kahanists who are not Rambamists.
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To be a "rambamist" (knowing what that word actually means and assuming you meant it that way) is not "religiously accurate" it's stupid and bound to be inaccurate. Slavishly devoting oneself to every single ruling of one rabbi and convincing oneself that they were always right about everything is wrong, no matter which rabbi. It is a slaughtering of a person's daas and a surrender to irrationality.
I say this as someone who feels the Rambam should be relied upon in the vast majority of cases and should have much more weight than shulchan aruch for example. But the Rambam himself would not have wanted a person to defend a point of view of the rambam if the person thinks that one view is completely wrong and can be proven so, just because of some misplaced "loyalty" to his fame or stature. Goes against all that he taught. But that's how "rambamists" are.
edu:
Dan, you might appreciate Rambam's views when it comes to mysticism, but if you look at other issues, you will probably appreciate other viewpoints that argue with Rambam.
Take for example, Bilaam's talk with his donkey or Yaakov's (Jacob's) wrestling with an angel.
Rambam views these incidents as prophetic dreams while I believe most Rabbis believe that they literally took place. If you are a strict Rambam person down the line, you might find yourself, stuck with several opinions that you might not hold to be the truth.
Tag-MehirTzedek:
"the pagan innovations made by the mystic movements and the Zohar (aka the Book of Mormon of Judaism). "
Please dont make such rediculous comparisons. Anyway the Zohar is rejected, but not entirely. Its a complicated subject and not black and white.
muman613:
--- Quote from: Dan Ben Noah on April 09, 2012, 12:24:09 PM ---A Rambamist is someone who follows the Mishneh Torah as their halachic guide as opposed to the Shulchan Aruch. It's not someone who holds every opinion the Rambam ever held, just like followers of the Shulchan Aruch in practice don't hold every opinion that its author Rabbi Yosef Karo ever held. Another word for Rambamist is "talmid haRambam" (student of the Rambam). The only major ethnic Jewish group that holds by the Mishneh Torah over the Shulchan Aruch is the Yemenites. This group is the most rational group and has not only a purer religious tradition but a purer form of Hebrew. They did not experience the schisms that took place in Europe (Reform, Conservative and the Orthodox reaction) or the pagan innovations made by the mystic movements and the Zohar (aka the Book of Mormon of Judaism). The terms "Talmidei HaRambam" and "Rambamists" can be used to denote Jews who have attached themselves to Mishneh Torah observance even though they are not of Yemenite descent. There are Yemenite rabbis such as Rabbi Yihiye Kafach who have written against the Zohar. Since one rabbi doesn't trump plain reason, it should be clear to anyone (not just Rambamists) who can read that the above verses don't speak about gilgul, and if you want support for gilgul I'd say consult Hindu texts.
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Is it not funny that a non-Jew is telling Jews what is more Jewish? I find it ironic..
Have you ever heard of Chutzpah? Ever learn what Lashon Hara is?
Im just waiting for the esteemed Dan to start attacking the Talmud as satanic...
Zelhar:
Rabbi Yihiye Kafach was in fact the founder of the dardaim. It was a reactionary halachic school to the increasing influence of kabbalah on the mainstream Yemenite Jewish community.
I don't think it's fair to dub the Zohar "the book of mormon of judaism". It is definitely a valid argument to say the zohar isn't suppose to be given such high rank and even though it isn't a rational book and isn't a halachic book but a mysticism book (or books to be more accurate).
The fact that the zohar or kabbalah are supposedly the foundation to heretic religions like that of the cult of kabbalah by "rabbi" shraga berg doesn't mean the zohar itself is heretic.
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