Irrational Rishonim
I was kind of surprised by the reception this answer on Mi Yodeia got; the questioner didn’t even think I answered his query. Here’s the exchange: Eli asked: Are there any Rishonim who believe...
by Micha Berger · Published April 5, 2018 – כ׳ בניסן תשע״ח · Last modified April 5, 2018
I was kind of surprised by the reception this answer on Mi Yodeia got; the questioner didn’t even think I answered his query. Here’s the exchange: Eli asked: Are there any Rishonim who believe...
by Micha Berger · Published January 2, 2014 – א׳ בשבט תשע״ד · Last modified January 2, 2014
Rav Aharon Rakeffet recently noted a contrast in wording between the Rambam and the Rama, and mentioned that someone might find “a whole pilpul” in the difference. (Listen to the shiur on YUTorah.org: Responsa...
Faith and Proof / Fundamentals
by Micha Berger · Published August 2, 2013 – כ״ו באב תשע״ג · Last modified August 2, 2013
If the topic of how far we can stretch Orthodox believes, and whether Dr Farber’s paper violates those limists bore you, you might want to skip ahead to the subtitle “Toward an Orthodox Epistemology“....
by Micha Berger · Published February 27, 2013 – י״ז באדר תשע״ג · Last modified February 27, 2013
(Version 3.) In the previous entry, I wrote: “Rav SR Hirsch argues that the Rambam only failed to find the meaning to the details of the mitzvos because his assumption that mitzvos serve to...
by Micha Berger · Published May 8, 2009 – י״ד באייר תשס״ט · Last modified May 8, 2009
Not my usual speed for a blog entry, but I saw this and was nispael (awed). It’s a video of what does on within a cell. How much Divine Wisdom there is in just...
by Micha Berger · Published April 14, 2008 – ט׳ בניסן תשס״ח · Last modified April 14, 2008
The text of our Haggadah for identifying the third son is somewhat ambiguous. The word “tam” means “simple”. It could refer to someone who is simple minded. And this is the interpretation assumed in...
by Micha Berger · Published April 5, 2007 – י״ז בניסן תשס״ז · Last modified April 5, 2007
חָכָם מָה הוּא אוֹמֵר? מַה הָעֵדוֹת וְהַחֻקִּים וְהַמִשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה’ אֱ-לֹקֵינוּ אֶתְכֶם? וְאַף אַתָּה אֱמָר לוֹ כְּהִלְכוֹת הַפֶּסַח: אֵין מַפְטִירִין אַחַר הַפֶּסַח אֲפִיקוֹמָן. The wise son of the Hagaddah asks, “What are the...
by Micha Berger · Published December 28, 2006 – ז׳ בטבת תשס״ז · Last modified December 28, 2006
President Ford a”h‘s passing brought something into sharp focus for me. Here is how the OU remembers Mr. Gerald R. Ford: The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish...
by Micha Berger · Published February 8, 2005 – כ״ט בשבט תשס״ה · Last modified February 8, 2005
A recent email from Yeshivat Har Etzion of a shiur by Rav Chaim Navon included the following quotes from R’ JB Soloveitchik’s essay “Uvikashtem MiSham“. Notice the poetic treatment of the idea that knowledge...
by Micha Berger · Published December 28, 2004 – ט״ז בטבת תשס״ה · Last modified December 28, 2004
Ver 1.0:Medrash Temurah: “G-d created” (Gen. 1:1): A hereic came to Rabbi Aqiva and asked, “Who made the universe?”. Rabbi Aqiva answered, “Haqadosh barukh Hu“. The heretic said, “Prove it to me.” Rabbi Aqiva...
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