I found this Channel very recently, and what a discovery! I absolute love all your work, finding it to be very hopeful. Greetings from a Tibetan Buddhist.
Man... Maimonides is one of those figures who seriously raised the bar for what a human being is capable of accomplishing in one lifetime. It's truly mind-blowing to think about. Can't wait for the next video and the collab videos from two of my other favorite content creators!
Densely informative, academically excellent and presented with real sincerity, as usual Zevi! I get the feeling however that Maimonides is particularly close to your heart. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Thank you Jason. He certainly is. We were raised on his words. We’re looking forward as well. Thank you for joining us and for your kind feedback. It means a lot. Love, Zevi
Thank you for this video. I look forward to the next one. The "many Maimonides" and "Maimonides and Mysticism" I am always saying how every corner of Judaism cites Maimonides to support their way of life...
Those men are the pioneers of peace. He was the doctor of Saladin. He was humble and not arrogant at all. This was the philosopher. Mercy on Their souls. Mosa was a man of truth not the vulgarity of today...
I am currently engaging in Maimonides' thought on Agent Intellect and Propphecy in the Guide (particularly 2.32 and 2.36) for a paper on the Agent Intellect. In particular, I am addressing how Maimonides revolutionizes both Aristotelian and Jewish thought in this text, for he is addressing a pagan subject through the lens of one who believes in life eternal, and a Jewish subject through the lens of one who may or may not consider the active intellect separate from the soul. Going through these videos and learning more about the context of Maimonides' life is extremely helpful, as I must do well on this assignment, for my professor is himself a Jew and devout student of Maimonides.
Thank you very much for this video!!! Would you maybe be interested in making more videos about jewish thinkers/teachers? I would be very interested. I tried to learn about them myself, but find it quite difficult: there is much information about them from an outside view, but it's pretty hard to learn about what they taught. E.g. chassidic teachers --- there are a lot of chassidic stories or brief histories of dynasties. But it seems really hard to find out what people like the Maggid of Mezrich, the Kotzker Rebbe or the Seer of Lublin taught. A lot of the books are available only in hebrew and even if there is a translation, the terminology is not that easy to understand. Eg. I read a translation of the book Tanya (from the first Lubavitcher Rebbe). I understood enough to find it really interesting, but had no clue about a lot of the terminology he uses ...
Hey friend. You're most welcome. We make a three-part introduction to Chasidic thought: ua-cam.com/video/juGZfcDie3A/v-deo.html and are looking forward to doing more content on individual thinkers as well :)
@@SeekersofUnity it's not just the thinkers themself that I am interested in. It seems that their ideas are relevent way beyond the jewish world. I watched some of your videos about Spinoza and was especially fascinated by the one about his "fifth chapter". Without relating it to Maimonides and jewish philosophy it doesn't make sense. But with that background it starts to make sense. ----- I think there are more topics like that, e.g. 1. how are Freud's concept's of libido and death drive related to jewish concepts, e.g. the death drive with the yetzer hara? 2. modern psychotherapy seems to lack a good way to treat any problems related to "personality". On the other hand jewish concepts about body and soul and how to work on character traits seem to make more sense to me. 3. I am also quite fascinated by some stories written by chassidic writers about the Nazi-time. E.g. I read a book "Nor the moon by night" which tells the story of the Bobov dynasty during that time. What I find so fascinating is that it doesn't portray the family as victims but as actors of their own story. ---- It seems that jewish ideas answer some very important questions, but they are not widely known and it's not that easy for people like me to learn about them ...
@@barbelgeomuc1349 That first part is the same thing I went through when I researched Maimonides for my video about him. Spinoza's philosophy (and that of Uriel da Costa before him) very much struck me as what would happen to someone whose primary introduction to Judaism had been Maimonides and who had missed the previous couple centuries of development due to persecution in Portugal. Maimonides, René Descartes, and Thomas Hobbes are generally regarded as Spinoza's three main influences.
He is smart because he mixed ideas from Jews' far-off Biblical past in with recent Sufi conceptions to develop a hybrid vision of this crucial role. he based his usage of Sufi ideas on reading them backward into Jews' Biblical past - finding "precedent" for the Sufi inspiration in passages from the Jewish Bible! In his introduction to the second part of the Guide for the Perplexed, Maimonides claimed that he had "rediscovered" esoteric doctrines of ancient Israel, which he was then imparting to a new generation of Jews. Of course, he was really injecting Jewish lore with the innovations of the Islamic mystics. Maimonides also gently turned ideas of Jewish prayer away from his contemporary Jewish practice and towards the Sufi ideals. He raised silence in importance in the pantheon of Jewish meditation methods, based on this Sufi mystical ideal. I would call him a SUFI JEW.
What a wonderful synchronicity. I just started reading the Guide for the Perplexed last night. Is there a good English translation of the Commentary on the Mishna so that I can try to tackle that too one day?
At 11:38, the picture of the Dominican friar is actually that of 19th century French Jean-Baptiste Lacordaire, notable for his defense of liberalism. At 11:58, this is a late 15th century painting of Saint Dominic engaging in trial by fire, placing Catholic books and books of the Albigensian heretics in the flames to see which would survive, which would have been set in the year 1207. Neither of these images have anything to do with Jews.
the messiah came to earth last century. he came, was recognized, lived a beautiful life of service, left a really good book among other writings and then left. the book 'god speaks', his name 'meher baba'.
@@SeekersofUnity I came here from Esoterica. This kind of study is right up my street, I must take time to watch some of your older videos. Keep up the good work, and thanks again, Daniel.
@@SeekersofUnity Oh I'm loving it! Recently been delving into Kabbalah/jewish mysticism, so just my thing! Not sure where it'll take my life but im excited to find out!
Mori Yosef Qafeh is a Yemeni jew that dedicated his life to publish Authentic writings of Ramban, from many old hand scripts scavenged from all over the planet with an accurate transmission that is attached to the Arabic source. Once you read Qafeh books, you get a clear picture of who and what Ramban is all about.
The many different conceptions of God, and competing claims as to God's characteristics, aims, and actions, have led to the development of ideas of omnitheism, pandeism, or a perennial philosophy, which postulates that there is one underlying theological truth, of which all religions express a partial understanding, and as to which: "The devout in the various great world religions are in fact worshipping that one God, but through different, overlapping concepts or mental images of Him."
From the perspective of the emanated created realms, Creation takes place "Yesh me-Ayin" ("Something from Nothing"). From the Divine perspective, Creation takes place "Ayin me-Yesh" ("Nothing from Something"), as only God has absolute existence; Creation is dependent on the continuous flow of Divine lifeforce, without which it would revert to nothingness. Since the 13th century, Ayin has been one of the most important words used in kabbalistic texts. The symbolism associated with the word Ayin was greatly emphasized by Moses de León (c. 1250 - 1305), a Spanish rabbi and kabbalist, through the Zohar, the foundational work of Kabbalah. In Hasidism Ayin relates to the internal psychological experience of Deveikut ("cleaving" to God amidst physicality), and the contemplative perception of paradoxical Yesh-Ayin Divine Panentheism, "There is no place empty of Him".
Ayin (Hebrew: אַיִן, meaning "nothingness", related to Ein-"not") is an important concept in Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy. It is contrasted with the term Yesh (Hebrew: יֵשׁ ("something/exist/being/is")). According to kabbalistic teachings, before the universe was created there was only Ayin, and the first manifest Sephirah (Divine emanation), Chochmah (Wisdom), "comes into being out of Ayin." In this context, the sephirah Keter, the Divine will, is the intermediary between the Divine Infinity (Ein Sof) and Chochmah. Because Keter is a supreme revelation of the Ohr Ein Sof (Infinite Light), transcending the manifest sephirot, it is sometimes excluded from them. Ayin is closely associated with the Ein Sof (Hebrew אין סוף, meaning "no end", "without an end" ), which is understood as the Deity prior to His self-manifestation in the creation of the spiritual and physical realms, single Infinite unity beyond any description or limitation.
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Moses Maimonides was a racist. In his book "A Guide for the Perplexed" he says people of the steppes(Turks) and black people are neither fully human nor fully animal, but in between. He also says that a female slave can be raped. ( Exodus 21:7-11 says man can sell daughter.) Further he says "if a non-jewish child needs medicine that you have, you should deny her the medicine".
Yesh, more commonly known as God, or simply Existence, among thousands of other names scattered throughout Creation, is the Monotheistic God of the three great Abrahamic religions known as Christianity, Judaism and Islam. He is both the creator and the ruler of the Omniverse, Megaverse, Heaven and Humanity along with being the 'Father' of Jesus Christ and the angels. God is the all-powerful entity of all Creation, being one of the greatest primordials and existing One with all existence, remaining immersed in His creation, being known by different names and titles, with all the other gods and deities of other religions spread across the Earth being just shadows of His unfathomable and ineffable self, with His most common name being The God of The Bible or Abrahamic God. Though a deity of sheer power and known to all mankind, God is largely unknown in a personal way, with very little known about Him and His family, with all accounts of His appearances to Biblical and Talmudic figures actually being manifestations of His shards and avatars, the most famous of which being Yehoshu'a Hamashia, the Anointed One. He is also the brother of The Darkness and Ayin (nothingness).
stop showing this picture. its not harambam. its not eve jewish. no rabi shaves his peot. he also not ashkenazi looking. there is a statue in kordova spain thats look more realistic.
I find it very hard to accept that large groups of holy Rabbis would burn the books of the Rambam without legitimate grounds for such behaviour. The most logical conclusion is that the Rambam failed to do a thorough job of writing his books in a clear way that would not bring suspicion upon himself. Not only did he not bring sources for his halachic rulings, but he chose minority positions on various issues without explaining his position carefully. In the same vein, the Jewish people had no need for a Moreh Nevuchim if they had the Talmud. He created more doubt in Jewish minds through the questions he raised, than he resolved by his answers. People usually take the Rambam's side in this debate, but there were "Chashuv" Rabbanim in Provence and other areas that rejected his works, so I feel that it is more appropriate to take their side.
Part 2: How Many Maimonides are there?
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I found this Channel very recently, and what a discovery! I absolute love all your work, finding it to be very hopeful.
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Ah, delightful. I'm glad you found us and are enjoying. There is hope indeed.
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Man... Maimonides is one of those figures who seriously raised the bar for what a human being is capable of accomplishing in one lifetime. It's truly mind-blowing to think about. Can't wait for the next video and the collab videos from two of my other favorite content creators!
Ya, it's truly astounding. Thank you Justin, we're looking forward as well :)
Densely informative, academically excellent and presented with real sincerity, as usual Zevi! I get the feeling however that Maimonides is particularly close to your heart. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Thank you Jason. He certainly is. We were raised on his words. We’re looking forward as well. Thank you for joining us and for your kind feedback. It means a lot.
Love,
Zevi
Caught this one early! Excited to watch, as always 😎
Good to have you here brother. I hope you enjoyed it :)
Thank you for this video. I look forward to the next one. The "many Maimonides" and "Maimonides and Mysticism"
I am always saying how every corner of Judaism cites Maimonides to support their way of life...
You’re most welcome. We’re excited (and terrified) to be presenting such a massive figure. Hope to do a drop of justice. With love.
Those men are the pioneers of peace. He was the doctor of Saladin. He was humble and not arrogant at all. This was the philosopher. Mercy on Their souls. Mosa was a man of truth not the vulgarity of today...
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As always Zevi thank you for continuing to share your knowledge and history of your faith.
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You’re most welcome William. Thank you for joining us to learn and seek together.
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I am currently engaging in Maimonides' thought on Agent Intellect and Propphecy in the Guide (particularly 2.32 and 2.36) for a paper on the Agent Intellect. In particular, I am addressing how Maimonides revolutionizes both Aristotelian and Jewish thought in this text, for he is addressing a pagan subject through the lens of one who believes in life eternal, and a Jewish subject through the lens of one who may or may not consider the active intellect separate from the soul. Going through these videos and learning more about the context of Maimonides' life is extremely helpful, as I must do well on this assignment, for my professor is himself a Jew and devout student of Maimonides.
Thank you very much for this video!!! Would you maybe be interested in making more videos about jewish thinkers/teachers? I would be very interested. I tried to learn about them myself, but find it quite difficult: there is much information about them from an outside view, but it's pretty hard to learn about what they taught. E.g. chassidic teachers --- there are a lot of chassidic stories or brief histories of dynasties. But it seems really hard to find out what people like the Maggid of Mezrich, the Kotzker Rebbe or the Seer of Lublin taught. A lot of the books are available only in hebrew and even if there is a translation, the terminology is not that easy to understand. Eg. I read a translation of the book Tanya (from the first Lubavitcher Rebbe). I understood enough to find it really interesting, but had no clue about a lot of the terminology he uses ...
Hey friend. You're most welcome. We make a three-part introduction to Chasidic thought: ua-cam.com/video/juGZfcDie3A/v-deo.html and are looking forward to doing more content on individual thinkers as well :)
@@SeekersofUnity it's not just the thinkers themself that I am interested in. It seems that their ideas are relevent way beyond the jewish world. I watched some of your videos about Spinoza and was especially fascinated by the one about his "fifth chapter". Without relating it to Maimonides and jewish philosophy it doesn't make sense. But with that background it starts to make sense. ----- I think there are more topics like that, e.g. 1. how are Freud's concept's of libido and death drive related to jewish concepts, e.g. the death drive with the yetzer hara? 2. modern psychotherapy seems to lack a good way to treat any problems related to "personality". On the other hand jewish concepts about body and soul and how to work on character traits seem to make more sense to me. 3. I am also quite fascinated by some stories written by chassidic writers about the Nazi-time. E.g. I read a book "Nor the moon by night" which tells the story of the Bobov dynasty during that time. What I find so fascinating is that it doesn't portray the family as victims but as actors of their own story. ---- It seems that jewish ideas answer some very important questions, but they are not widely known and it's not that easy for people like me to learn about them ...
@@barbelgeomuc1349 Word
@@barbelgeomuc1349 That first part is the same thing I went through when I researched Maimonides for my video about him. Spinoza's philosophy (and that of Uriel da Costa before him) very much struck me as what would happen to someone whose primary introduction to Judaism had been Maimonides and who had missed the previous couple centuries of development due to persecution in Portugal. Maimonides, René Descartes, and Thomas Hobbes are generally regarded as Spinoza's three main influences.
Inspired by your video I started reading about Maimonides. Thank you SoU 🙏❤ Loved that you give the names in Arabic too Zevi
Yay for learning. “According to the knowledge, so it the love.” - Maimonides ;)
Of course ;)
Great video, thank you so much for your dedication. Lyndon S.
You’re most welcome. Thank you Lyndon.
He is smart because he mixed ideas from Jews' far-off Biblical past in with recent Sufi conceptions to develop a hybrid vision of this crucial role.
he based his usage of Sufi ideas on reading them backward into Jews' Biblical past - finding "precedent" for the Sufi inspiration in passages from the Jewish Bible! In his introduction to the second part of the Guide for the Perplexed, Maimonides claimed that he had "rediscovered" esoteric doctrines of ancient Israel, which he was then imparting to a new generation of Jews. Of course, he was really injecting Jewish lore with the innovations of the Islamic mystics. Maimonides also gently turned ideas of Jewish prayer away from his contemporary Jewish practice and towards the Sufi ideals. He raised silence in importance in the pantheon of Jewish meditation methods, based on this Sufi mystical ideal. I would call him a SUFI JEW.
Can you recommend for a novice an English translation of Guide to the Perplexed?
I’d recommend Shlomo Pines’ translation :)
Enjoyed this video a lot. Succinct and entertaining summary!
Thank you friend 🙏🏼
Yay my favorite Mekubal! ;)
Hehe. We'll see about that in the upcoming episodes ;)
The Epistle to Yemen is actually quite funny, so add "insult comic" to the résumé.
Word. I just got a chance to watch your excellent vid on Musa. Loved it. Although we may disagree on the Maimonides and mysticism side of things ;)
Great stuff
What a wonderful synchronicity. I just started reading the Guide for the Perplexed last night.
Is there a good English translation of the Commentary on the Mishna so that I can try to tackle that too one day?
Nice :) I'm glad our timing was synced. There's a recent translation available on Sefaria: www.sefaria.org/Rambam_Introduction_to_the_Mishnah
At 11:38, the picture of the Dominican friar is actually that of 19th century French Jean-Baptiste Lacordaire, notable for his defense of liberalism. At 11:58, this is a late 15th century painting of Saint Dominic engaging in trial by fire, placing Catholic books and books of the Albigensian heretics in the flames to see which would survive, which would have been set in the year 1207. Neither of these images have anything to do with Jews.
Thank you :)
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was that spinozas image that popped up when you mentioned all of judaism? He'd probably been offended.
😉
the messiah came to earth last century. he came, was recognized, lived a beautiful life of service, left a really good book among other writings and then left. the book 'god speaks', his name 'meher baba'.
That’s really sweet. Thank you Proza 😊
What does that actually mean?
Halachic debates in 2100 " I disagree ,youtube video of great reb Zevi says othervise."
Many thanks for this, very interesting!
You’re most welcome.
@@SeekersofUnity I came here from Esoterica. This kind of study is right up my street, I must take time to watch some of your older videos. Keep up the good work, and thanks again, Daniel.
Good on Dr. Sledge. Thanks for coming over. I hope you enjoy what you find.
@@SeekersofUnity Oh I'm loving it! Recently been delving into Kabbalah/jewish mysticism, so just my thing! Not sure where it'll take my life but im excited to find out!
Oh good to know. I’m glad. Haha. Neither do we. I’ll be here if you have any questions. Thanks for coming by.
Mori Yosef Qafeh is a Yemeni jew that dedicated his life to publish Authentic writings of Ramban, from many old hand scripts scavenged from all over the planet with an accurate transmission that is attached to the Arabic source. Once you read Qafeh books, you get a clear picture of who and what Ramban is all about.
The many different conceptions of God, and competing claims as to God's characteristics, aims, and actions, have led to the development of ideas of omnitheism, pandeism, or a perennial philosophy, which postulates that there is one underlying theological truth, of which all religions express a partial understanding, and as to which: "The devout in the various great world religions are in fact worshipping that one God, but through different, overlapping concepts or mental images of Him."
From the perspective of the emanated created realms, Creation takes place "Yesh me-Ayin" ("Something from Nothing"). From the Divine perspective, Creation takes place "Ayin me-Yesh" ("Nothing from Something"), as only God has absolute existence; Creation is dependent on the continuous flow of Divine lifeforce, without which it would revert to nothingness. Since the 13th century, Ayin has been one of the most important words used in kabbalistic texts. The symbolism associated with the word Ayin was greatly emphasized by Moses de León (c. 1250 - 1305), a Spanish rabbi and kabbalist, through the Zohar, the foundational work of Kabbalah. In Hasidism Ayin relates to the internal psychological experience of Deveikut ("cleaving" to God amidst physicality), and the contemplative perception of paradoxical Yesh-Ayin Divine Panentheism, "There is no place empty of Him".
Wait.... is he your monides, or my monides? I'm, confused....
Our monides.
Ayin (Hebrew: אַיִן, meaning "nothingness", related to Ein-"not") is an important concept in Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy. It is contrasted with the term Yesh (Hebrew: יֵשׁ ("something/exist/being/is")). According to kabbalistic teachings, before the universe was created there was only Ayin, and the first manifest Sephirah (Divine emanation), Chochmah (Wisdom), "comes into being out of Ayin." In this context, the sephirah Keter, the Divine will, is the intermediary between the Divine Infinity (Ein Sof) and Chochmah. Because Keter is a supreme revelation of the Ohr Ein Sof (Infinite Light), transcending the manifest sephirot, it is sometimes excluded from them.
Ayin is closely associated with the Ein Sof (Hebrew אין סוף, meaning "no end", "without an end" ), which is understood as the Deity prior to His self-manifestation in the creation of the spiritual and physical realms, single Infinite unity beyond any description or limitation.
Thank you , but some terms in Hebrew are not easy for those how don't speak it , so please try to put Hebrew terms and expressions written on screen..
why dont you do anything about Christianity
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I think Jews should wear Turbans in his honor
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Moses Maimonides was a racist.
In his book "A Guide for the Perplexed" he says people of the steppes(Turks) and
black people are neither fully human nor fully animal, but in between.
He also says that a female slave can be raped. ( Exodus 21:7-11 says man can sell daughter.)
Further he says "if a non-jewish child needs medicine that you have, you should deny her the medicine".
Yesh, more commonly known as God, or simply Existence, among thousands of other names scattered throughout Creation, is the Monotheistic God of the three great Abrahamic religions known as Christianity, Judaism and Islam. He is both the creator and the ruler of the Omniverse, Megaverse, Heaven and Humanity along with being the 'Father' of Jesus Christ and the angels.
God is the all-powerful entity of all Creation, being one of the greatest primordials and existing One with all existence, remaining immersed in His creation, being known by different names and titles, with all the other gods and deities of other religions spread across the Earth being just shadows of His unfathomable and ineffable self, with His most common name being The God of The Bible or Abrahamic God.
Though a deity of sheer power and known to all mankind, God is largely unknown in a personal way, with very little known about Him and His family, with all accounts of His appearances to Biblical and Talmudic figures actually being manifestations of His shards and avatars, the most famous of which being Yehoshu'a Hamashia, the Anointed One. He is also the brother of The Darkness and Ayin (nothingness).
stop showing this picture. its not harambam. its not eve jewish. no rabi shaves his peot. he also not ashkenazi looking. there is a statue in kordova spain thats look more realistic.
Maimonides wasn't Ashkenazi.
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 I know, I meant "even not Ashkenazi looking" (forgot the even), so not from any Jewish community.
I find it very hard to accept that large groups of holy Rabbis would burn the books of the Rambam without legitimate grounds for such behaviour.
The most logical conclusion is that the Rambam failed to do a thorough job of writing his books in a clear way that would not bring suspicion upon himself. Not only did he not bring sources for his halachic rulings, but he chose minority positions on various issues without explaining his position carefully.
In the same vein, the Jewish people had no need for a Moreh Nevuchim if they had the Talmud. He created more doubt in Jewish minds through the questions he raised, than he resolved by his answers.
People usually take the Rambam's side in this debate, but there were "Chashuv" Rabbanim in Provence and other areas that rejected his works, so I feel that it is more appropriate to take their side.