Hi,
"Investigating the fundamentals of Judaism is dangerous. Even if religious viewpoints agree on general themes like the existence of Gd and the phenomenon of reward and punishment, they still differ on specific points…
"It is appropriate to say that…every Jew must believe that everything stated in the Torah is wholly true. Someone who denies a statement which is from the Torah, knowing that it is the Torah’s statement, is called a “Kofer.”…
"But someone who holds to Moses’s Torah and believes its fundamentals, and then is fooled in his examination when he approaches the Torah by examining the verses and using his own mental faculties, such that he says one of the fundamental principles is different…he is not a “Kofer.” He is included among the pious sages of the Jews, even though he errs in his examination. He sins accidentally, and he must atone for it."
(Rav Yosef Albo, Sefer ha'Ikkarim 1:1, 1:2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Mind your bias
Hi,
"Another way in which logical law falls short of the Divine is that logical law cannot distinguish between the appropriate and the inappropriate in all matters; sometimes a thing is pleasant or repellent to us, but it is not inherently pleasant or repellent."
(R' Yosef Albo, Sefer haIkkarim I:8)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
"Another way in which logical law falls short of the Divine is that logical law cannot distinguish between the appropriate and the inappropriate in all matters; sometimes a thing is pleasant or repellent to us, but it is not inherently pleasant or repellent."
(R' Yosef Albo, Sefer haIkkarim I:8)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Faith, Heresy and Mistakes
Hi,
"Every Jew must believe that the contents of the Torah are entirely true; one who denies any of what is found in the Torah, knowing that this is the Torah's opinion, is called a kofer (denier)...
"However, one who holds on to the Torah of Moshe and believes its principles, and is fooled in his analysis when he comes to examine the Torah logically and through his understanding of the text, such that he misstates one of the Torah's principles, or his analysis misleads him to deny that principle altogether... or he thinks that a fundamental principle is not truly fundamental and he thinks it is like other non-essential ideas that appear in the Torah... such a person is not a kofer. He is in the category of Jewish sages and pious people, even if he is mistaken in his analysis. He sins accidentally, and must atone."
(R' Yosef Albo, Sefer haIkkarim I 2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
"Every Jew must believe that the contents of the Torah are entirely true; one who denies any of what is found in the Torah, knowing that this is the Torah's opinion, is called a kofer (denier)...
"However, one who holds on to the Torah of Moshe and believes its principles, and is fooled in his analysis when he comes to examine the Torah logically and through his understanding of the text, such that he misstates one of the Torah's principles, or his analysis misleads him to deny that principle altogether... or he thinks that a fundamental principle is not truly fundamental and he thinks it is like other non-essential ideas that appear in the Torah... such a person is not a kofer. He is in the category of Jewish sages and pious people, even if he is mistaken in his analysis. He sins accidentally, and must atone."
(R' Yosef Albo, Sefer haIkkarim I 2)
Have a great day,
Mordechai
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