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Is Halacha our Spiritual Floor our Ceiling? Rambam vs. Ramban

Speaker:: Rabbi Sammy Bergman
Date:: January 10 2022

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Machshava:

Rambam, Ramban

Parsha:

Kedoshim, Naso

Collections: R' Bergman Mining Maimonides

Description

Rambam highly discourages extralegal fasting and displays of asceticism. He discourages Nezirut as someone who took an additional restrictions when Halacha itself is sufficient for character formation. We contrast his viewpoint with Ramban and explore whether Rambam truly believes we can receive all the necessary siRamba

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