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Rabbi Chaim Rapoport on the Contemporary 'Tribe of Levi' in Maimonides' Mishneh Torah

Rabbi Chaim Rapoport on the Contemporary 'Tribe of Levi' in Maimonides' Mishneh Torah

In response to Professor Menachem Kellner’s thoughtful post at the Seforim blog regarding Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz’s recent article in the latest issue of Tradition and subsequent response at the Seforim blog, frequent contributor to the Seforim blog, Rabbi Chaim Rapoport of London, presents his latest offering below: שבט לוי” בספר ‘משנה תורה’ להרמב”ם[1] ובזמן הזה” תגובות למאמר החכם פרופסר מנחם קלנר הרב חיים רפופורט לונדון אנגלי’ הקדמה בספר ‘משנה תורה’, בסוף הלכות שמיטה ויובל (פי”ג הי”ב והי”ג) ובסיום ‘ספר זרעים’,…

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Aryeh Leibowitz – Response to Professor Menachem Kellner

Aryeh Leibowitz – Response to Professor Menachem Kellner

Response to Professor Menachem KellnerBy Aryeh Leibowitz To the editors of the Seforim blog: In Professor Menachem Kellner’s spirited and scholarly post (“Who is the Person Whom Rambam Says Can be ‘Consecrated as the Holy of Holies’?”) at the Seforim blog, he argues that my inclusion of Rambam’s hilkhot Shemittah ve-Yovel passage is “based on a demonstrable misunderstanding of the Rambam,” and that this passage, understood properly, is not germane to the issue I am addressing. In this short response,…

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Menachem Kellner – Who is the Person Whom Rambam Says Can be ‘Consecrated as the Holy of Holies’?

Menachem Kellner – Who is the Person Whom Rambam Says Can be ‘Consecrated as the Holy of Holies’?

Who is the Person Whom Rambam Says Can be ‘Consecrated as the Holy of Holies’?By Menachem Kellner Menachem Kellner is Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Haifa. Author of several dozen articles on Jewish philosophy, Kellner has written/edited fourteen books, including, most recently, Maimonides’ Confrontation With Mysticism (London: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2006). This is his first contribution to the Seforim blog. Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz’s learned and interesting article in the most recent issue of Tradition (“The…

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