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Rejecting Determinism: How Free Is Our Will?

Speaker:: Rabbi Sammy Bergman
Date:: February 28 2022

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Machshava:

Rambam

Collections: R' Bergman Mining Maimonides

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Shemoneh Perakim Chapter 8: Rambam argues that we have the ultimate control of our decisions? But aren't we each subject to biological, and societal constraints?

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