Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Avodah Zarah,  Kiddush Hashem 

History:

10 - 15th Centuries CE 

Personalities:

Rambam 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Responsa that changed Jewish History

Description

Part 4 of this series on Responsa that Changed Jewish History looks at the message and impact of Rambam's influential Iggeret haShmad, the letter he wrote to a demoralized Moroccan Jewish community when they faced Almohad demands that they declare loyalty to Islam.