tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post111190852984877568..comments2023-11-02T12:16:19.495+02:00Comments on The Jewish Worker: The Briskers and the Rambamblukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-10871243517178311232009-06-17T02:39:37.351+03:002009-06-17T02:39:37.351+03:00He was solidly against someone saying, "I am ...He was solidly against someone saying, "I am a great sage, my portion is that of a priest, support me in my learning."<br /><br />And he has been solidly ignored.<br /><br />But Rambam remains the patron saint<br /><br />of those who have set times<br /><br />For learning.He Who Fights Monstershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08173994592598007441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-51394516327795788162009-06-16T18:31:13.986+03:002009-06-16T18:31:13.986+03:00the rambam presumably allows for support in yissoc...<i>the rambam presumably allows for support in yissochar/zevulan-type partnership (as he was supported this way by his brother himself)</i><br /><br />Actually it seems that his brother invested his funds for him, which isn't the same thing.Natan Slifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04488707201313046847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1112109587687766142005-03-29T17:19:00.000+02:002005-03-29T17:19:00.000+02:00I found your blog & am impressed with your thought...I found your blog & am impressed with your thoughtful postings. What is more ironic about the Rambam's shitah is the last Halachah in Shmittah & Yovel. This is the source that the Yeshivish world quotes for support for staying in learning for life. To paraphrase, "Not only can the Leviim be dedicated to the service of Hashem, but anyone whose heart is devoted to Hashem, they too can divest themselves of the chesbonos of parnosoh & Hashem will help them". They fail to mention the Radvaz on the side, who in fact refers one the Rambam in Avos where he does not approve of someone throwing themselves on the Tzibbur for sustenance, to say the least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1111997182930164382005-03-28T10:06:00.000+02:002005-03-28T10:06:00.000+02:00I am not saying that we should pasken like the Ram...I am not saying that we should pasken like the Rambam, we don't. What I am saying is that the Briskers in most cases follow the Rambam in any case (certainly להחמיר) and that tha Rambam's hashkafa is diametrically opposed to theirs.blukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1111975661209254522005-03-28T04:07:00.000+02:002005-03-28T04:07:00.000+02:00The Rambam was against people receiving money to b...The Rambam was against people receiving money to be a Rabbi(as opposed to a teacher of Torah).however after the destuctions of 1648,many said that the times required a change in that ruling. The same was also said after the Shoah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1111954560172859312005-03-27T22:16:00.000+02:002005-03-27T22:16:00.000+02:00well, the rambam presumably allows for support in ...well, the rambam presumably allows for support in yissochar/zevulan-type partnership (as he was supported this way by his brother himself)...which takes care of those who stay in kollel and rely on support of wife and inlaws, not the tzibur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1111922294652627692005-03-27T13:18:00.000+02:002005-03-27T13:18:00.000+02:00That may be true, but it is still ironic that they...That may be true, but it is still ironic that they are diametrically opposed hashkafically to the Rambam and yet he remains the centerpiece of their derech<BR/><BR/><BR/>What is even more interesting is that usually the Briskers are machmir for every shitas haRambam, yet, this one, that you aren't allowed to learn in kollel they conveniently ignore.blukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-1111910552795548532005-03-27T10:02:00.000+02:002005-03-27T10:02:00.000+02:00It's only because the rambam is well suited to clo...It's only because the rambam is well suited to close textual analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com