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The Disputation - Nachmanides Debates Before King James.....
Harzel:
I think today you can't find any great rabbi, at least not a Charedi one, who will openly admit what the Ramban had openly said about what is valid and what is just a parable, what is open to question and what is binding truth.
Tag-MehirTzedek:
Zelhar-
Actually at least I know Rav Bar-Hayim does.
Understanding Aggadoth - the Legends of the Gemarah
Aggadoth are lessons of the Sages that do not pertain to Jewish law. It's not possible to apply one rule to understand every aggadah. Each must be understood in its
machonshilo.org/en/eng/list-audio-shiurim/43-philosophy/506-understanding-aggadoth-the-legends-of-the-gemara
Tag-MehirTzedek:
As does Rabbi Slifkin in his books and in his blogg RationalistJudaism.com (and book "Sacred Monsters")
http://books.google.com/books?id=_1fdxxS26RYC&pg=PA253&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
Harzel:
--- Quote from: Tag-MehirTzedek on October 30, 2012, 01:20:11 PM ---Zelhar-
Actually at least I know Rav Bar-Hayim does.
Understanding Aggadoth - the Legends of the Gemarah
Aggadoth are lessons of the Sages that do not pertain to Jewish law. It's not possible to apply one rule to understand every aggadah. Each must be understood in its
machonshilo.org/en/eng/list-audio-shiurim/43-philosophy/506-understanding-aggadoth-the-legends-of-the-gemara
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I think Rav Bar Haim is a Yemenite rambamist isn't he ? They have very little influence in the Torah world. Quite unfortunately in my opinion but this is how it is. The highest authority lies in the hands of the Charedi liitvak rabbis, and the most prestigious yeshivas are theirs.
Tag-MehirTzedek:
--- Quote from: Zelhar on October 30, 2012, 01:27:29 PM ---I think Rav Bar Haim is a Yemenite rambamist isn't he ? They have very little influence in the Torah world. Quite unfortunately in my opinion but this is how it is. The highest authority lies in the hands of the Charedi liitvak rabbis, and the most prestigious yeshivas are theirs.
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No. Not Yemenite and NOT a "Rambamist".
Influence not sure, not in the traditional sense, but definitely is making some impacts now throughout the Jewish world.
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