Wednesday, January 22, 2014
rambam taamei hamitzvos revisited
While I'm already just citing other people, you might recall this kashya (link) we raised. This guy at Slifkin's blog thinks he has an answer (link and link)- I don't understand what he's talking about. Like I said the first time, any suggestions are much appreciated. The only thing to be happy about is a validation of the question.
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I did not read your links to rationalist judaism, so apologies if this is the answer offered there. There is a chiluk between how you relate to the ta'am hamitzvah in the philosophical sense vs. l'halacha how you formulate tefilah. (I think someone once told me this b'shem the Rav, but not sure).
ReplyDeleteRYBS deals with the different ways the Rambam uses ta'amei hamitzvos at the end of Halachic Mind, but I don't understand it well enough myself to give you the gist.