In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
-- Maimonides (1135-1204)
#Maimonides
"Growing up in #Fez, #Morocco, #YonaElfassi was always aware of the history of the city, which has been a center of culture, learning and spirituality since the ninth century. Home to great minds such as the 12th-century philosopher and jurist #IbnRushd and his contemporary, the physician and codifier of #Jewish law #Maimonides, the city was shaped by Jewish, #Arab, #Amazigh, #Spanish and #French cultures.
These influences left a deep imprint on Elfassi, 37. “In my family there were (many) different languages — #Moroccan #Arabic, French, #Hebrew at the #synagogue, and my dad also speaks Amazigh, #Berber,” said Elfassi.
Music, too, was a constant presence[...]
“We weren’t a family of professional musicians, but we were a family that lived with music.”
As a Jewish resident of Morocco, Elfassi belongs to a tiny demographic, as 99% of #Jews of Moroccan heritage today live elsewhere."
"The man behind the desk hesitated when he reached the line that listed her #religion. He looked from her ID back to her face as if the two did not belong to the same person.
#MagdaHaroun recalls the encounter with a tired smile. It happens often. “They look at my ID and they look at me and say, ‘Is it true?’ I stand up and tell them: look, two arms, two legs, no tail. My nose isn’t that bad. I am a human being like you.”
In today’s #Egypt, she is often the first #Jew that people have ever encountered, but #Cairo was once a #Jewish hub, a community that included Moses #Maimonides and the #SaadiaGaon, and, more recently, actress #LeilaMourad and pioneering animators Herschel, Shlomo, and David #Frenkel.
Today Haroun cares for a community that exists more in memory than in life."
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/preserving-egypt-jewish-heritage
"You’ve probably heard of #ThomasAquinas, a prominent #medieval #scholar who combined #Christian #theology and #Greek #philosophy.
However, you may not be familiar with the renowned #Jewish scholar #MosesMaimonides, whose ideas significantly influenced Aquinas’s thought.
In the new #book, “Moses #Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction,” #RossBrann, a #professor of Jewish Studies at #Cornell #University, introduces Maimonides to a new generation.
Maimonides, also known as #Rambam, was a Jewish philosopher, #rabbinic scholar and renowned physician in the medieval #Islamic kingdoms, which are now part of modern-day #Spain. His life was marked by rigorous education, #persecution, #exile, and a commitment to serving both kings and the people.
Maimonides played a crucial role in helping his Jewish #diasporic community survive the hardships of the #Almohad #Caliphate, which forced Jews to choose between #converting to #Islam, relocating, or death."
I lost my chat with one of you noting the parallels between the negative epistemology we get from my ontic vagueness bit (https://zenodo.org/records/14674036) and Maimonides's apophatic theology. I had not realized how nice of a parallel there is here.
Speak up if it was you? My posts autodelete if I don't bookmark them and I have forgotten who flagged it; I'd like to thank you again.
In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
-- Maimonides (1135-1204)
An article of mine has just appeared in the @lrb.co.uk on Maimonides! Pretty excited about this since I subscribe to the paper.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#philsky #maimonides #rambam
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Keep far from me the delusion that I can accomplish all things.
-- Maimonides (1135-1204)
#CfP | EAJS invites propasals for the EAJS Virtual 2025: Translating Maimonides in late autumn | Details: https://www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachrichten/eajs-virtual-2025-translating-maimonides/
#JewishStudies #Translation #workshops #Maimonides
Deadline for abstracts: September 18, 2025
It is a positive commandment of the Torah to relate the miracles and wonders wrought for our ancestors in Egypt on the night of the 15th of Nissan, as it is written (Exodus 13:3): "Remember this day when you left Egypt," similar to the obligation (Exodus 20:8): "Remember the Sabbath day."
How do we know this is on the night of the 15th? This is taught by the words (Exodus 13:8): "And you shall tell your child on that day, saying: 'It is because of this..." which indicate it is to be done at the time when matzah and marror are placed before you.
This mitzvah applies even when one does not have a child to tell. Even wise sages who know it well are obligated to tell about the Exodus from Egypt. Whoever elaborates upon the events which transpired is worthy of praise.
(Mishneh Torah, Chametz and Matzah 7:1)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Passover #Pesach #Exodus #Seder #Haggadah
It is a postiive commandment of the Torah to eat matzah on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan, as it is written (Exodus 12:18): "In the evening, you shall eat matzot." This applies in every place and time. ...
The early sages would starve themselves on the day before Passover in order to eat the matzah with an appetite and make the mitzvot precious.
(Mishneh Torah, Chametz and Matzah 6:1-12)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Passover #Pesach #Matzah
Although memories of the suffering endured by our people will one day be nullified, as Isaiah (65:16) prophesied: "For the former suffering will be forgotten and for they will be hidden from My eye," the celebration of Purim will never be nullified, as it is written (Esther 9:28): "And these days of Purim will not pass from among the Jews, nor will their remembrance cease from their descendants."
(Mishneh Torah, Megillah and Chanukah 2:17)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Purim
It is better to increase in gifts to the poor than to increase the size of the Purim feast or food portions sent to friends. For there is no greater and more splendid joy than to gladden the hearts of the poor, the orphans, the widows, and the converts. One who gladdens the hearts of the downtrodden resembles the Divine Presence, which Isaiah (57:15) describes as always there "to revive the spirit of the lowly and the broken hearted."
(Mishneh Torah, Megillah and Chanukah 2:17)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Purim #charity
Die Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu #Kiel macht eine Ringvorlesung, die ganz interessant werden könnte: „Die deutsch-#jüdische Moderne“, jeweils dienstags, 18.15–19.30 Uhr, und zwar auch als Livestream.
https://www.litwiss-online.uni-kiel.de/juedische-moderne/
#CAU #HeinrichHeine #KarlKraus #ErnstLubitsch #ElseLaskerSchüler #PaulCelan #LeoStrauss #Maimonides #FranzKafka #RichardBeerHofmann #WalterBenjamin #FranzRosenzweig #Wolfgang Hildesheimer #JüdischeLyrikerinnen
Moses Maimonides. Photogravure. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain.
#Maimonides and the Rise and Fall of the #Sabians - Explaining Mosaic Laws and the Limits of Scholarship
https://www.academia.edu/7155172/Maimonides_and_the_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Sabians_Explaining_Mosaic_Laws_and_the_Limits_of_Scholarship
#Wikipedia / Controversy over "Redemption of Captives" Entry on Wikipedia Amid Efforts to Sway Public Opinion
The demand for the return of the Israeli captives held by Hamas for 150 days has led to an embarrassing war around the value of "redemption of captives" (Hebrew: פידיון שבויים) on the Wikipedia. Until recently, the entry dealing with the commandment of returning captives focused on #Maimonides' interpretation that "there is no greater commandment than the redemption of captives." However, observant surfers noticed that since October 26th, the entry has been changed several times, and qualifications to the commandment were introduced - in what appears to be an attempt to sway public opinion.
#N12 [Hebrew] https://www.mako.co.il/news-money/tech12/Article-3c80120a88a0e81026.htm
... further questions to @yuvalne 😃
@israel
#IsraelHamasWar
#Judaism
#CognitiveWarfare
#SocialMedia
" The Guide for the Perplexed" sits as yet unread on my bookshelf. I'll get round to it at some point, I hope.
Alberto Manguel's "Maimonides: Faith in Reason" uses this Cordoban statue for an illustration and notes it was erected in 1964.
I'd like to know more about the decision to commemorate the great Jewish philosopher in the city of his birth. At the time of the Civil War, Francoist rhetoric had an ugly antisemitic streak. What had changed by the sixties? Was it a purely local initiative?
#Maimonides #Judaism #Cordoba #Spain #SpanishHistory #Philosophy
Maimónides | Turismo de Córdoba
@ebhh_hochschule Danke, da frage ich gerne nach! Mir ist #Bildung in der deutschsprachigen #Mystik seit #MeisterEckhart bekannt, der sich wiederum vielfach auf „Rabbi Moyses“ - #Maimonides - bezog. Gibt es ältere Fundstellen? 🤔📚🙏
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