Wisdom in SpaceIn the sufferer let me see only the human being.
-- Maimonides (1135-1204)
דער קערפער פֿון השם"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."
Aquinas Borrowed This Jewish Scholar’s Ideas: Who Is He?
(ANALYSIS) You’ve probably heard of Thomas Aquinas, a prominent medieval scholar who combined Christian theology and Greek philosophy. However, you may not be familiar with the renowned Jewish scholar Moses Maimonides, whose ideas significantly influenced Aquinas’s thought.
Return of AadmaaI 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.
Ontic Vagueness: The Argument from Freedom
Abstract Is reality intrinsically vague? If it is, can we set a theoretical limit on the precision with which reality can be described? And if we can, what are the observable, physical implications of that limit? This essay introduces a new philosophical argument for ontic vagueness, the argument from freedom. As it arises in the argument from freedom, ontic vagueness takes the form of the specific claim that perfect self-identity does not exist in the physical world: there does not exist any feature of nature A such that A=A. I call this claim the unreality of logic and interpret it as demarcating a concrete theoretical limit on the precision with which nature can be described, due to intrinsic vagueness.
In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
-- Maimonides (1135-1204)
Peter AdamsonAn 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)
Jüdische Studien#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
MaimonidesIt 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