Who Was Moses Maimonides? The Life of the Mind Jewish Biography as History Dr. Henry Abramson
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- Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (1135-1204) was a towering figure in medieval Jewish history, and continues to cast a long shadow into the Jewish present. Nevertheless, the work of the philosopher-physician endured significant controversy, including an especially sad episode in which Jews actually consigned his works to the flames. Lecture delivered at Young Israel of Bal Harbour-Surfside.
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I am 80 years old I pray God I could live long enough to go through all your lectures, Thank you so much wish I was living in Florida I would be so happy to meet you. I live in Melbourne Victoria Australia
John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
1 Corinthians 15:4
“And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures
Acts 16:31
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house
Romans 10:9 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
@azukarzuchastux8066 well everyone doesn't have to believe like you
Another great lecture - you have a really remarkable gift for clear straightforward and interesting presentation of these significent subjects. ( A few years ago I met a Moroccan in Fez who had been a diplomat in London who had a considerable knowledge of Maimonides and spoke with respect and admiration of his works and influence on the Muslim as well as the Jewish world.)
The Rambam in the Misnha Torah , Hilchot Malachim says that the Amalek should be exterminated .
The Mishneh Torah' s chapter on "repentance" is beyond great!
I just had to watch this again.. Love your lecture on the history of this man. I am a retired nurse and esp. enjoy researching his idea's on medicine. You are so through in your lectures,always waiting for the next lecture of yours. Thank You
I'm Jewish nor religious, but I really appreciate lectures like these. Thank you very much!
B'Seder--the way of righteousness through the Law of Moses is paved before you!
Read the book "The Garden of Emuna" by Rab Shalom Arush..it is a good intro for non religious Jews to understand better and make a come back
You are Not alone.
This is my favourite era of his lectures.
I'm glad that you enjoy the videos!
Thank you very much for this talk. Not only was the content very interesting, but also the delivery, quite charming & funny. It reminds me of Scholem's & Buber's dedication. I'll listen now about the Baal Shem Tov, one of my favourite & dearest figures of all times.
Great lecture! Some of negative comments below are a bit perplexing to me....I feel that Rabbi Abramson did a very good job! You must remember that the task to fit in ALL of the detailed information regarding Maimonides life in a 60 minute lecture is very hard to do, one would need days to speak about the intricacies of Maimonides life and writings. Great job Rabbi, I enjoyed the presentation deeply! Now, off to studying I go 👍❤️🇮🇱📚📖
AMEN 🙏 I'm a Christian man and I am Truly
Amazed at all of the Great writings and studies of Maimonides its Awesome God Bless you all ABUNDANTLY 😇
@@devintaylor8702 Thank you for your kind response! While I am not Christian, I have respect for Christianity and all peaceful religions for the most part. In fact, the book of James is one of my favorite writings! I am wishing you a long life full of peace and strength my friend, May G-d bless you as well! 👍❤
Thank you so much for putting this together. I thoroughly enjoyed your lecture. I am a Judeo Christian and as I was spending time with the Lord this morning, he led me to learn more about this individual you spoke about and specifically lead me to your lecture. My only suggestion is it might be best to structure having questions at the end of the lecture instead of throughout the lecture. Thank you again for your work. God bless you.
Agreed and thank you
I like these lectures they’re informing as well as teaching those who stood away from our astonishing history for different circumstances
Glad you enjoy them!
Learning more about Maimonides has given me inspiration to read even more. One of your best presentations. A dank, doc!
Hi Dr. Abramson, not only are your lectures reaching people in the Philippines but also all the way to Australia. I would just like to thank you for your very informative, comprehensive and often funny lectures on Jewish history. I teach religion in high schools and found it to be a wealthy resource.
I would just like to ask a question if possible - how might we reconcile Maimonedes' early popular works which are designed to give the every-day person access to Torah and and the Talmud and Halacha specifically with the guide to the perplexed which insists that some elements of the Torah are and should remain esoteric?
Thank you again for your lectures and any information you might have on the topic.
Nice series of lectures - learned plenty. Much appreciated.
Great to hear! I'm glad that you are enjoying the lectures.
this is one of the best on youtube thank-you
Your presentation was very well done Mr. Abramson. Moshe ben Maimon is one of my intellectual heroes. I hope I can be as passionate a scholar as he was, if not as brilliant.
This lecture is totally amazing. I am hanging on every word. Please keep sharing your lectures with us all over the world.
Thanks for the kind praise!
Hi Dr. Abramson, I appreciate all the lectures you have been doing! They are very informative, and helpful to me in my studies on Jewish history. Now I watched this video in the past, but I forgot if you mentioned what I am about to ask you: Where does teh information and history of Rambam come from? What do we have today that is legitemitally recording telling us about the life and character of Maimonides?
What a great, jam packed video! Thanks for making it :)
The issue of Anger plays large in the Mishneh Torah; but in The Guide, not so much. As usual, The Guide provides differing perspectives similar to Ms Abramson's objections. In fact, Ms Abramson's objections appear directed at the Presentation rather than at The Guide. Review the Chapters on Courage and Sorrow. Good talk, nevertheless.
Thank you for a wonderful video. Concise and interesting. Your warm sentiments made Maimonides really come to life. I couldn't wait to hear more so I went and ordered Sefer HaMitzvot.
May HaShem bless you. Shalom.
thanks for the Philippine's audience consideration (: (Besides greetings from California)
I’m an atheist but it was an enlightening talk 👏🏻👏🏻
very nice presentation!! wow
Great lecture - very interesting., I listened from here in Melbourne Australia.
Did you mention some of the Rambam Tzl's famous letters like Iggret Taimon the letter to the Jewish Community of Yemen and how the Rambam would personally intercede with Saladin who was The Rambam's medical patient to help Jewish people and communities in many locations.
I may be wrong but I have to ask :
Did you Dr H.A mention in detail how The Guide for the Perplexed was originally written for The Rambam's student and only later became widely circulated(?)
Love your lectures.
2 things: maybe you can zoom in when showing a slide.
Also, it's hard to hear the questions from the audience, maybe you can repeat. Thanks!
Noted!
Thanks for another great lecture Henry - will be avoiding peanuts from now on.
Thank you so much. I am fascinated by your lectures. May hashem give you health and strength to carry on until Mashiach redeems us.
Amen! Same to you.
It would have been interesting to have heard more on his understanding of negative theology - but thankyou for a fascinating intro.
What a great intro to a lecture 😁
Good lectures , keep up the good work
Mike levy
Israel
חג פסח כשר ושמח
Thanks for leaving this up much respect to you and for you. Shalom
Thanks Rabbi Abramson
Thanks! Not a Rabbi, though, just a regular guy.
It's interesting that you mentioned the Mormons in this lecture. An interesting parallel to Maimonides is the 13 Articles of Faith in Mormonism.
Thank you for this lecture, really appreciated
I gave a thumbs up right after the joke!
Great stuff!
I recently learned from Jeff A Benner that tselem means shadow rather image. It made more sense to me.
Great Lecture Dr Abramson. I wanted to clarify something. I'm not sure where the smoke and mirrors story comes from, but I don't think Maimonides is making a giant leap trying to "rationalize" the story of the Witch of Endor. In this story, nobody claims to see the body of Samuel. The Witch had tricked Saul. She claimed to have seen the Prophet Samuel's spirit from out of the dead, not that she resurrected him in the physical form. Saul was basically taking her word as to what Samuel was supposedly saying as she was the one making the voice. Alexandrian translators refer to her as a ventriloquist, which highlights this story as a deception, to be a major view at the time.
In Hilchot Aboda Zarah, Maimonides considers the 9 types of magic and witchcraft to be false. They don't work and Saul was fooled, but punished for resorting to these forbidden activities.
"All of these matters are a lie and falsehood that ancient idol worshipers used to draw the non-Jews after their ways. It is not fitting for Jews, who are wise, to be led after these things nor to entertain the thought that there is any truth to them…One who believes in these matters and thinks that they are true and a matter of wisdom, but the Torah forbid them, is among the foolish and unintelligent…But wise people with a proper outlook will know with clear proofs that all of these things that the Torah prohibited are not of wisdom rather they are empty and unfounded, pursued by the unintelligent who have deserted the paths of truth on account of them." (Ch. 11: Halacha 16)
“And Saul died because of the treachery that he had committed
against the Lord, concerning the word of the Lord that he did not keep, and also because he had inquired of the dead spirit” (I Chron. 10: 13)
very well done, thank you - Rambam is spot on about anger
Excellent lecture, Dr. Abramson! Question: Since the Rambam spent time in Fes, is there any possibility that his writings (Mishneh Torah) could have influenced some of the Jewish communities, even today?
Thank you for this informative lecture. But how come you never mentioned Ibn Rushd in your talk, who had a major influence on his philosophy.
I think he was the best philosopher ever, even till our days
What a man, what a mind, what a heart for others! Interesting, thank you 😊
That chocolate part gets funny when he says I'm gonna give you the chocolate jjjjjj
Fantastic! Can you please do a presentation on Hakham David Nieto of the Spanish & Portuguese community??
thankyou ! :))) that was very interesting.
Nice and interesting
Very interesting. Thank you! However, the Alhambra is not located in Córdoba but in Granada.
The Alhambra of the Los Angeles??? j/k
Henry Abramson
Shalom
did Maimondes say that genesis shouldn't be seen has a literal account such has Adam and eve, Noah and the flood.
@@ishmaelsali2634 I cannot speak for Dr. Abramson. I assume he hasn't answered because that question is extremely difficult to answer in a short concise manner. Rambam z''l caused quite a stir with his works during his lifetime. However, a lot of his stuff quickly became mainstream reality...largely after his passing. I would say that it is interesting that his commentary on Genesis is not often included with many printed and even online versions of that book. It's usually Rashi that is included.
This is simply because Rashi used p'shat often and was really great with literal plain understandings of the text while Rambam was on an entirely different level. Rambam's views on the topics you mentioned weave in and out of the different methods of understanding the text and go far beyond what many during his day refused to go. Which is the problem...it's that yes, he goes far more for the allegorical viewpoint but at the same time he really doesn't. One could go on forever with that topic lol.
Avner Ezra so yes
Maimondes didn't believe in genesis
I believe in genesis rationally
Adam was the first prophet and not man
Noah flood was local
Noah children wnet out from mespotania to influence the world
Judaism is not a abrahamic religions its the continuation and uncorrupted version of ancient Surmerian religion
but interesting
@@ishmaelsali2634 what a ridiculous theory!
Im always impresses with how nitty gritty Rambam gets with Halacka in the Chok L'Yisrael lectionary; recently one described what one should do if one accidently pees down his leg while praying. Interesting balance of erudition and almost levity.
Thank you for your teaching.
You are very welcome
So i get that you arent supposed to CHARGE for torah instuction but is that only for Written Torah and not Oral Torah hence yeshivahs can charge? Or is it that a person isnt charging you rather an institution, like owing a debt to Sanhedrin not an individual. And ive always assumed accepting donations for torah study is ok if it is unsolicited. Would this be widely agreed with?
A talk on BIBAGO, ABRAHAM BEN SHEM-ṬOB would be a great follow-up.
thank you.
Musa ben Maymoon! حكيم قرطبة Hakeem Cordoba or the wise-man of Cordoba as the Arab call him. That golden Age of a Big master minds of Arab and Jews who changed Europe to what its today.
Starting with MIRACULOUS mind of Ibn Rushd or Averroes
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I enjoy your lectures very much. How about a lesson on Moses Hess?
Excellent
Thank you, Thank you , Thank you!!!!
i have long been an avid fan of your videos , so much so that from the very depths of my gentile soul i dedicate this little poem for you, it is my small way of thanking you for your huge intellectual gifts to me all these years,
First And Best
For Henry Abramson
Nearly drowning in the almost ocean
Of new books, demanding to be read,
Who among us will ever think to ask,
Who had already said, all that must be said,
Said it first and best.
Was it the famed scribes of Egypt,
Seeking permanence in hieroglyphics etched in stone?
Was it the ancient Chinese seers,
Musing over steaming pots of tea?
Was it the ever classical Greeks,
Ever playing the tunes to every possible question
In every possible key?
Or was it those stern, bearded Jews of old,
When God Himself, told them,
Word for word, exactly what to write.
i mean ok, would the jews of that time confuse aristotle with someone like oprah ?
thank you very much
Wow... This guy was no joke.
Israel in 1200? I'm just amazed ...
Re: Sefer haMitzvot: this work was also first introduced to me as "the first treatment about the 613 commandments" which is, I was informed, both misleading and inaccurate.
1. MISLEADING: in that it was never a separate work. It is part of the "Yad Hazaka". It can be understood as a postscript, as being an explanation for readers' orientation or telos in their reading.
# 2. There were at least three other scholarly treatments od the 613, including the SMAG and the SMAK, Sefer haMitzvot Gadol & Sefer haMitzvot heKatan, both of which were written at least a century previous to Miamonides, during the period of the Goanim. In particular, it's been explained that Rambam's objective was to reject preceeding works' "logical failures", such as including practices of Purin and Hanukah as being given by G*d at Mt. Sinai.
.,? Beyond the scope of this presentation?
The place in Arabia was Oman. Regina was correct the Alhambra is in Granada not Cordoba. Moshe ben Maimon was called Maimonides following a Greek naming nomenclature known as a patronymic. This is not of Spanish origin but was adopted to a limited extent. I challenge you to lecture on ibn Gabirol, ibn Shaprut, and Ha Levy. These treasures of old Sefarad are greater than gold.
Thanks Rabbi!
do not understand at 41:40
No , Alhambra is not situated in Cordoba but in Granada. OJO
thank you for the biography--tireless in his thought.
Why do Jews consider him equal to Torah teaching? I hear so much about him.
A bit on Maimonides and hemorrhoids www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600069/ the author is impressed at the level of understanding so long ago. Lots of references that may get you much closer to what you want.
I think the good doctor was kidding about his search for writings on the subject, but it's good of you to provide a reference.
What was Musa bin mai moon view about Islam and the prophet Muhammad?
He commands Islam for being a pure form of monotheism, unlike Christianity which he does not consider as monotheism.
On the other hand, he calls Muhammad a crazy man.
Maimonid was the garden angel for all perescuted jews in his life
he was great, the rambam.
Did Rashi ever mention Yeshua in any of his writings?
Yes, but this is a lecture on Maimonides.
Impressive character - Good lecture.
[only the ending '-ides' comes from greek].
+Henry Abramides For years I asked my friends and all I got was "an importand jewish thinker'. It turns out he is really remarkable. I am enjoying your lectures since I discovered your channel a while ago and they are really relaxing. Thank you.
SHALOM. TODAH RABAH.
Interesting that he wanted to encourage access to Torah for common folk, kind of an early emphasis that shows up again in the Protestant reformation a few centuries later, where access to Scripture for everyone was a big deal, accelerated by Gutenburg’s invention ove moveable-type press, also that many leading Protestants were styled “Hebraists” because they were fascinated with the Tenach (though this then encouraged the concept of Supracessionalism , I.e., the “Christians replaced the Jews as God’s people.”
Beloved Dr Henry Abrahams I appreciate the wisdom Maimonides abundantly shared but I do not see any comparative relativity to the great prophet Moses who was intimately evolved metaphysically or divinely with God where divinely inspired revelation is infused directlly into the living intellectual relationship of Moses the prophet experienced and the Torah clearly reveals when you have the insight to understand what the initiate cannot yet see, through to the very real relationship in the mind of the physically invisible God but enlightened by the brian's networked current that actively and intellectually understands from personal intimacy into these higher frequencies or developed channels that flow through into Moses' mental consciousness that then develops the attributes now applying logic and reason to break the bonds that restrict insight into these higher worlds that the mind's brain can open when the necessary spiritual strengths are developed and where the powerful knowledge that confronts all the excruciating challenges that must be overcome in spiritual warfare where courage, bravery and the mental strength are equally as deep rooted and initiated fully into the psyche is essential to enter such an arena compared to that of a wise scholastic devotee philosopher who possessed no infusion of divine power that allowed him to cross the threshold where even the least prophet manages to do successfully and delivers not merely a human collectiveness of ideas and commentary but has actually mentally graduated to the next level which is entering the divine worlds of consciousness and delivering the higher mysteries that enable the whole culture to eventually achieve and inculcate in their own neural pathways that are opened up culturally as the community evolves intellectually to the meatier or maturer truths that the mind must digest to develop the internal spiritual senses that permits the life of the mind to raise to so that a population does not remain 'in the wilderness' but generates the internal power to produce the next stage of development in the human-beings spiritual evolution.
The glory of the the Torah already reveals the deepest mysteries for us already. These Holy Truths are charged by a direct eternal electrical energy that are incandescent and cannot be switched off. However, they must build the internal power of the individual's will and might and knowledge enough to light up what most have not yet been acquainted with.
The diet after the flood reveals much more than merely a vegetarian diet just as the manna from heaven delivered daily requires the lengthy time it takes for a community to digest the spiritual manner that helps the soul raise itself to the intended greatness that can now be recognised and acknowledged on Earth for those who seek eternity must experience that on Earth so that they prepare their own journey to the channel where communication moves forward in the creative direction where light is infused and purpose driven and strengthens our current world's evolution spiritually.
These attributes are not restricted to relativity and decay but are from outside the scientific nature but the soul life and purpose must be delivered in the individual and why mankind had a fall so that the life of the mind could develop the world of the individual soul and where the I can be awoken to deliver not just the life of mankind on Earth but the next journey the soul makes without decay.
Moses the prophet technically did not have to personally experience 'the land of milk and honey' or 'the Promised Land' as he was already intimate with these higher visions and passed on the insight for Joshua to navigate his people to this divine pathway but the glory for these spiritually advanced souls is to collectively to deliver the Divine Seed of Israel into the temples of mankind's mind which they carry around within them but am on the threshhold that will open up the science where the mysteries unveil what Wolfgang Pauli was one step from understanding that knowledge that lead to the summit and why Moses allowed the individuals to begin the ascension when seeking counsel or guidance on Mount Sinai or at the very least, always in a physically elevated situation so that the individual began to understand the physical path one must commence on to attain the peaks that can be reached within each awakened mind.
The natural elevation of divine transmutation is seriously grounded with deep roots so that it fires or generates enough charge to see there is always much more and eventually why mathematics technically can count to infinity as all universal sciences are discovered by mankind.
They are just some of God's creative tools that explain physical worlds and mass.
Wait until we/you enter the minds of eternal kingdoms that are eternal.
Hope you enjoyed the video.
-love it! (Clean you chador, it drags on the ground).
Eeeeeew!!!! That's your Worst-est Joke EVER!!!!! GOOD ONE Hillel!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks I relish this talk, ignoramus as I am and have been and possibly will be but still some gleamces of light better than utter permanent darkness full of pain hurt selfishness....
The great sparrow you mean?
#catholicgang was here
Hmm
The great Ram Bam
Did the Rambam ever mention Yeshua in any of his letters?
Yes.
Some lecturers have argued that stupidity arises from studying Plato, but wisdom results in studying Aristotle. The argument in favor of Aristotle shows few if any gaps in the logic used, whereas Plato uses misguided, gap filled arguments that result in foolish policies as a result.
The argument parallel's today's rhetoric where some people cannot explain the logic and reason for their actions, whereas others can do so completely in pain staking detail all the while maintaining sound moral grounding. This is the lack of intelligence seen in mindless followers of certain dead end political ideologies that ultimately cause harm for themselves and their loved ones, versus those smarter people who caution against rash idiotic immoral behavior.
Hmm.
Funny peanut story....it could only be improved if you ended it with, "True story. That kind lady is now my wife." It would be funny to hear the gasps among the laughter...then wait for a couple beats and add, "Just kidding....thanks for playing along, though."
One reason that Talmud quoting-mining is so strongly linked to antisemitism is that quoting the Talmud is almost always more trouble than it's worth. The Talmud is long, complex, and explicitly contradictory, and an honest citation requires a significant amount of context to establish whether the opinion cited is meaningful or relevant to modern Judaism. Legitimate critics of Judaism will typically be able to find citations in a more straightforward source, such as one of the Jewish law codes, Rabbinical responsa, or modern Jewish publications. Critics who rely solely on the Talmud for critical citations often explain their lack of other sources by accusing Judaism of hiding secret, shocking beliefs, whereas in fact Talmudic opinions that are not cited in later literature simply aren't important to later Jewish tradition - just like obscure laws can be discarded if they are never cited in relevant common law sources.
What would the Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimonides say to me, if I asked him this question?
When did God begin to exist? If he existed before existence began, than how did He exist with out an existence to exist in?
Look up negative theology.
+Daniel Berkowitz I would rather look up rational theology. Instead of pagan philosophical notions from the Greek Gnostics.
+מיכאל השר של היהודים
The existence of God is based on direct experience and not on logic/metaphysics.
You wrote: And what Jewish sect today can claim the most infallible
understandings about their God of Abraham today?
Response: None. Since the nature of God is a mystery there can be no
"infallible understanding".
You wrote: What Rabbi teaches perfectly from God Himself today?
Response: None- see response above. There are few Rabbis that I find quite
remarkable in their modern outlook- see for example Rabbi Bardley Shavit
Artson who has a series of podcasts that useful for anyone seeking to
understand the range of contemporary Jewish thought.
I appreciate that you are willing to posse thoughtful questions!
Best regards,
Bill Stone
I will listen and learn what Rabbi Shavit has to teach. However, is it against the Torah to add laws that where not given from Hashem? Can Rabbis add laws that Hashem never commanded?
the jew and Christians they didnt pay extra tax during Alandalus period but they pay jezya which Muslims pay tax as well called zakat which higher than jezya ...and jeza is not for any jew there is conditions if the man poor or disable ،young or old he wil not pay the money. he will take the benefits from Bayt Almal
It should be noted Mormons don't believe that vicarious ordinances on behalf of the dead render them automatically posthumous Mormons, but rather provide the individual in the spirit world with the free opportunity to accept or reject the ordinances performed on their behalf (the ultimate agency of the individual in this regard is one of the central doctrines of Mormonism). It is unfortunate that you would blithely spread this sort of doctrinal distortion, especially considering the recent controversy over it. As a Mormon with deep interest in Judaism, I love these lectures and appreciate their ready availability, but I think we need to be especially careful to make sure we are accurately representing the beliefs of others so as to avoid tilting at windmills and sowing silly, and wholly unnecessary, discord among brothers and sisters of various faiths. Mormons view ordinance work for those deceased as among the most sacred responsibilities they have in this life. It isn't some stupid game of claiming notable dead for our team or trying to disrespect the tragically slaughtered in the holocaust--quite the opposite, we feel there are few things we could possibly offer that would be more meaningful or heartfelt (when understood in proper context).
Waiting for the Messiah
Also didn't find this first moses of the Torah that you mentioned. I saw records of moses maimon in world history, but no one by the name of moses from the bible. Are you being truthful?
I think you should have another look at the Bible. Start from the beginning of Exodus, can't miss him.
@@HenryAbramsonPhD you're trying to be funny right? The bible is not historical, it is literature written at a later date after the supposed incidents. None of the characters were real and you know it. Some of us know world history rabbi
Respectfully, St. Thomas Aquila’s was a Roman Catholic. He was not a Christian. There is a huge difference in beliefs. Christians don’t believe in the need of a priest for the intercession of prayer to God, nor the authority of a pope on earth, nor of the idea of praying to Mary or any other dead person. Many more differences. Too many to list here. Aquila’s was definitely not a Christian. He was a Roman Catholic.
This one's for you, Henry Abramson...
[music "Black Betty" with new lyrics]
Whoa oh he's a rabbi,
Rambam!
Whoa oh he's a rabbi,
Rambam!
His works compiled,
Rambam!
He's a mensch gone wild,
Rambam! ....
This is riddled with inaccuracies.
And it's so short, too.
@@HenryAbramsonPhD And I'm only referring to the ones I can spot! Who knows how many there may actually be! Anyway, I enjoy your lectures a lot, at the end of the day what difference does it make whether the Alhambra is in Granada or Córdoba?
Maimonides was cool. How can Evil happen if God is good ? Maimonides said Evil is an absence of Good.
Source?
EZEKIEL 17 IS ABOUT THE RMBM AND HOW HE LEAD ISRA'EL AWAY FROM GOD WITH HIS OWN GEMARA!
WAKE UP AND SEE THAT FROM EZRA ON THE JUDAISM YOU FOLLOWED IS DEFINITELY NOT FROM GOD. YOU ALL NEED TO WAKE UP AND SEE HOW WE WERE DECEIVED INTO FOLLOWING THE NEW BRANCH OF TORAH.
He lived all his life in an Islamic country
The greatest Law Code of all time. Far superior to the Shulchan Aruch. Every Jew in the world should go by it until an equal or greater Sanhedrin gets established.