Rambam Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah Chapter 3 - Q & A
The Rambam's System of Astronomy
32 min
Rambam Mishneh Torah Q & A
- July 20, 2020
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- 28 Tamuz 5780
Rabbi YY Jacobson
295 viewsDedicated in loving memory & L'iluy Nishmas R' Yissachar Dov ben R' Moshe Silber A"H, whose yartzeit is today, 28 Tammuz
Class Summary:
This class, in Rambam the Laws of Yesodei HaTorah, chapter three, Q&A segment, was presented on Monday, Parshas Devarim, 28 Tammuz, 5780, July 20, 2020, streaming live from Rabbi Jacobson's House in Monsey, NY
Rambam Mishneh Torah Q & A
Rabbi YY Jacobson
- July 20, 2020
- |
- 28 Tamuz 5780
- |
- 295 views
Dedicated in loving memory & L'iluy Nishmas R' Yissachar Dov ben R' Moshe Silber A"H, whose yartzeit is today, 28 Tammuz
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Sara Metzger -3 years ago
The Questions
yaakov
I’ve always wanted to learn Rambam yomis (I even bought a while ago a new set with a perish). So I appreciate very much the shiur you are giving even though its zoomed. In Perek Shlishi you mention the famous dispute in Chazal if the sun revolves around the earth or the earth revolves around the sun. Heliocentric vs. Geocentric. And that the Ramabam and others follow the Heliocentric model. My question is, and I’m not sure if you mentioned it, what about the mamar chazal that “hodu chachamim” that it’s Geocentric?
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YY Jacobson
תודה חמה ולבבית.
איני יודע אם כבודו הקשיב להשיעור הקדמה לפרק ג, יעויין שם באורך:
https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/7619
נקודת הענין, המחלוקת בפסחים צד הוא אם השמש הולך מתחת הארץ או מעל לרקיע. אבל לשתי השיטות השמש סובבת, ולא הארץ סובבת סביב השמש כשיטת קופרניקס.
והודו להם חכמים שהשמש אינו מתעלם ברקיע בעת השקיעה, אלא היא סובבת למטה.
ויעויין גליון הש"ס לרעק"א, בשם שטמ"ק ור"ת. ובשיעור הנ"ל דיברתי ע"ז מהרמח"ל והגר"א. ועוד. דאף שהודו האמת כדבריהם שלכן אומרים בש"ק בוקע חלוני רקיע ומוציא חמה ממקומה.
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Anonymous
Rabbi you refer to the discussion iim your shiu on the introduction to chapter 3. I am not finding it posted on your WhatsApp site. Whete can I find it?
Admin
The shiur is here https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/7619
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Mordechai Litzman
Earth's awareness
There is a concept that Eretz Yisroel will spew out its inhabitants if their measure of iniquity is filled - isn't that an awareness of the earth?
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Anonymous
Question for Rabbi YY
If the planets are aware of HKBH then one would assume that this applies also to earth , so does this mean that earth , land , rocks , water etc are cognizant of ruchnious in which case we need to treat these elements with a certain respect ? Ie maybe not throwing snow balls etc
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Moshe
The earth is a sphere?
When did much of the world cease believing that the earth was flat? During the Rambam's lifetime besides criticizing him for other things, they must have thought he was crazy or a heretic.
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Pinchus Krieger
Interesting that the Rambam does not mention Pluto
Pinchus (Yerushalayim)
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Sara
Chapters 1 and 2
What does it mean what you said about Chapters 1 and 2? That they are the “work of the chariot”?
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YYB
שיעורעלמסכ' ראשהשנה
I searched yesterday on TheYeshiva.net for the Gemara Rosh Hashana shiur for page 11b-12a discussing astronomy, I couldn't find it.
Can you please post a link to those Shiurim? It will be a big help ( I think) on perek 3 & 4 in Rambam.
Also, FYI the shiur for purchase on Rabbi Yehuda Halevi... The system is giving errors when trying to purchase that shiur.
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Anonymous
further study about spheres in Rambam:
https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=55578&st=&pgnum=52
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YYB
Question on Pinchas and Eliyahu
בהקדמההרמב"םמונהאליהוהנביאתלמידדודוביתדינו. אםאליהוזהפנחס, למהלאמונהאותולתלמידשלמשהרבינואויהושיעבננון?
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Sara
The recording of the Introduction to Perek 3 got cut off at the end. Do you remember what else you said?
Also, the lengthy comment about the Man on the Moon ended with a question, what was the Rebbe’s opinion? I’m not sure which opinion the commenter was asking about, maybe about everything he wrote. Can you answer the question? Do you know what the question was?
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Anonymous
see http://www.teshura.com/Spitezki-Levin%20-%20Elul%2011%2C%205769.pdf
all about the Rebbe and the moon see page 19 and on
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Sara
Perek 1-4 ??
So in the Introduction to Perek 3 you said that there are those who thought/think that all of the first 4 chapters are “not Rambam” or something to that effect. I can sort of understand why they might have said it about Perek 3 and 4 and the scientific perspectives and questions they had about the science of the time, how science evolves, what was believed in the past and what is believed now, (although after your explanation of all of that cleared it up for me), but I don’t understand how they could say the same about Perek 1 and 2 which speak solely about GD, our belief in Him, our love for Him, that there is only One of Him and everything else you talked about. As I understand what you are teaching, these beliefs about GD are the basis for everything else to come, the laws, how we are to live our lives, what we are supposed to do, how we are to behave, etc. Can you explain how the first two chapters could even be put in the same category of the 3rd and 4th?
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