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May 12, 2024 · From Tablet (MAY 4, 2024) In the Kuzari, one of the great Jewish philosophical treatises of the Middle Ages, Rabbi Judah Halevi depicts a fictional dialogue between the king of the Khazars and a rabbi. The rabbi points out that Jews are peace-loving and that they don’t kill like others.
May 21, 2024 · Book Review: Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Interpretation and Controversy in Medieval Languedoc, by Gregg Stern. This scholarly work of history documents the rise and fall of a relatively-unknown Jewish community in the Medieval period — the Jews of Languedoc (in modern-day Southern France). That community, often associated and ...
May 19, 2024 · The Rishonim. 4800–5160 (1040–1400) By Nissan Mindel. Published by Kehot Publication Society. Rabbi Amnon of Mayence. (circa 4700-4800) "My good friend, Rabbi Amnon, I know you have been loyal and devoted to me for many years. Now I wish to ask you a personal favor.
May 14, 2024 · MAY 12, 2024. TABLET MAGAZINE. In the Kuzari, one of the great Jewish philosophical treatises of the Middle Ages, Rabbi Judah Halevi depicts a fictional dialogue between the king of the Khazars and a rabbi. The rabbi points out that Jews are peace-loving and that they don’t kill like others.
May 9, 2024 · Rabbi Judah HaLevi, writing in his monumental “Kuzari”, notes that G-d introduced Himself to the Jewish People as [Shemot 20:2] “[He Who ]took you out of Egypt” and not “[He Who] created ...
3 days ago · The Kuzari is an influential work written by the medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet Rabbi Yehuda Halevi (c. 1075–1141). Divided into five essays (ma'amarim), it takes the form of a fictional dialogue between the pagan king of the Khazars and a Jew who was invited to instruct him in the tenets of the Jewish religion.
5 days ago · Rabbi Yehuda Halevi (a 12 th century Spanish rabbi and Jewish poet) said it best, ‘libi beMizrach’ (my heart is in the East). It has been especially difficult to leave my home, my family and ...
