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A Tradition of Machloket: Great Debates in Jewish History and Thought. In this #23 of the series, Rabbi Eitan Ben David reviews the thoughts of Rabbi Spinoza and the cherem by which the rabbinic court of Amsterdam excommunicated him. Another reference is an article by Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo from a 2015 symposium on Spinoza at this link: www.cardozoacademy.org/thoughtstoponder/spinoza-it-is-time-to-lift-the-ban