A letter written by one of Maimonides students about the most essential issues one can ask about Judaism. e.g. Prophesy, Science & Religion, Purpose of Life, Purpose of Mitsvot…. The Rambam was sick at this time, so the Rambam’s students answer these questions.

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Part 2 of Maimonides Letters to Hakhme Lunel/Rabbis of Provence. Tradition website: “The last two recorded letters of Maimonides were addressed to Rabbi Jonathan Hakohen of Lunel in 1199 and to the leaders of the same community in 1200, four years prior to his death on December 13, 1204, at the age of seventy. The letters were permeated with pathos and a sense of urgency similar to the farewell admonition of Moshe Rabeinu, calling upon his followers to remain firm and of good courage in support of our religion. ‘You, the members of the congregation of Lunel, and of neighboring towns, stand alone in raising aloft the banner of Moses,’ he wrote in desperation to the leaders of the community whom he regarded as ‘the saving remnant.'” Read more ›

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Part 1 of Maimonides Letters to Hakhme Lunel/Rabbis of Provence. Tradition website: “The last two recorded letters of Maimonides were addressed to Rabbi Jonathan Hakohen of Lunel in 1199 and to the leaders of the same community in 1200, four years prior to his death on December 13, 1204, at the age of seventy. The letters were permeated with pathos and a sense of urgency similar to the farewell admonition of Moshe Rabeinu, calling upon his followers to remain firm and of good courage in support of our religion. ‘You, the members of the congregation of Lunel, and of neighboring towns, stand alone in raising aloft the banner of Moses,’ he wrote in desperation to the leaders of the community whom he regarded as ‘the saving remnant.'” Read more ›

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How should we interpret or read the letters of HaRambam/Maimonides?

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Maimonides wrote an answer to a question asked by Ovadia Ha-Ger/The Convert. (2004)

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The Rabbi continues this series of Egeret HaRambam/Letters of the Rambam. Here, he goes into Egeret Teman, letters that were written from the HaRambam/Maimonides to the leaders of Teman. He writes to a community that is in dire straits on issues of Martydom, Forced Conversion to Islam, False Messiah, and others. This was recorded on 12/29/02. 

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The Rabbi continues this series of Egeret HaRambam/Letters of the Rambam. Here, he goes into Egeret Teman, letters that were written from the HaRambam/Maimonides to the leaders of Teman. He writes to a community that is in dire straits on issues of Martydom, Forced Conversion to Islam, False Messiah, and others. This was recorded on 12/05/02. 

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The Rabbi continues this series of Egeret HaRambam/Letters of the Rambam. Here, he goes into Egeret Teman, letters that were written from the HaRambam/Maimonides to the leaders of Teman. He writes to a community that is in dire straits on issues of Martydom, Messiah, and others. This was recorded on 11/24/02. 

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The Rabbi continues this series of Egeret HaRambam/Letters of the Rambam. Here, he goes into Egeret Teman, letters that were written from the HaRambam/Maimonides to the leaders of Teman. He writes to a community that is in dire straits on issues of Martydom, Messiah, and others. This was recorded on 11/17/02. 

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The Rabbi continues this series of Egeret HaRambam/Letters of the Rambam. Here, he goes into Egeret Teman, letters that were written from the HaRambam/Maimonides to the leaders of Teman. He writes to a community that is in dire straits on issues of Martydom, Messiah, and others. This was recorded on 11/3/02. 

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The Rabbi continues this series of Egeret HaRambam/Letters of the Rambam. Here, he goes into Egeret Teman, letters that were written from the HaRambam/Maimonides to the leaders of Teman. He writes to a community that is in dire straits on issues of Martydom, Messiah, and others. This was recorded on 10/27/02. 

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The Rabbi continues this series of Egeret HaRambam/Letters of the Rambam. Here, he goes into Egeret Teman, letters that were written from the HaRambam/Maimonides to the leaders of Teman. He writes to a community that is in dire straits on issues of Martydom, Messiah, and others. This was recorded on 10/18/02. 

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The Rabbi continues this series of Egeret HaRambam/Letters of the Rambam. This was recorded on 10/13/02.

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