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Offline edu

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Re: Why Rabbi Bar Hayim is wrong about the so-called "Rambamistim"
« Reply #50 on: June 06, 2012, 05:05:19 AM »
I would like to pose a question to the pure Rambamists.
Rambam's son, Rabbi Avraham, in his introduction to the Agadot, printed in Ein Yaakov, that if modern scientist prove beyond a doubt that our previous understandings on science were wrong, the halacha must conform to the modern scientists.
Rambam's Hilchot Yesodei Hatora, chapters 3 and 4, contains many scientific ideas that have been proven wrong by modern scientists.
So what do you do? Follow Rambam even in these cases or allow for other viewpoints?

Offline Kahane-Was-Right BT

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Re: Why Rabbi Bar Hayim is wrong about the so-called "Rambamistim"
« Reply #51 on: June 09, 2012, 10:50:15 PM »
I understand what you are saying.

But personally I like Rabbi Lazer Brodys approach which attempts to see the good in all Jews, and trying to bring them back to more mitzvah observance. I realize that Rabbi Bar Chayim has a different approach.


Huh?  Rav bar hayim doesn't disagree with bringing Jews back to mitzvah observance!

In fact when he warns Jews against falling for charlatans or heresies about messiah, he is trying to make sure these everyday Jews stay on the right pasth observing the mitzvahs.