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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
away from idolatry maimonides on the purpose of ritual sacrifices this essay explores maimonides understanding of the bible's reasons for ritual sacrifices namely to help wean the jews away from idolatrous rights it situates by monday's position within the broader trend of maimonidean thought and the guide for the perplexed and seeing the commandments in general as a counterweight or means of weaning the jewish people or means of weaning the jewish people away from idolatry in some senses this essay also explores how those understandings can be supported from information that we now have about the ancient world after clearly elucidating maimonides stance on this topic this essay also examines his view from different angles with various possible precedents in earlier rabbinic literature for such an understanding and also engages with the objections that various rabbis throughout the ages have had
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