Rambam Mishneh Torah: Hilchos Teshuvah Chapter 6

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

the rambam said what would be the point of giving somebody a commandment saying this is good this is bad this is a mitzvah this is a prohibition when everything all of your behaviors are predetermined the whole concept of reward and punishment that fills the tanakh would of course be cruel that sadiq is not a sadiq the russia is not a russia everybody is just responding to a program that is embedded in them before they are born now we tend to blame other people it is part of our nature and maybe part of our trauma to consider ourselves victims i am not responsible for my life i am not free to choose this is what the rambam negates that the foundation of yudhisthira is that every single human being every single individual has the freedom to become the author of their own biography despite the powerful influences of nature and nurture despite the fact that each of us has different dispositions and characteristics and tendencies and therefore maybe my struggle may be stronger in one area while your struggle may be in one area stronger than my struggle nonetheless the common denominator for us is that each and every one of us is empowered to ultimately assess our lives assess the pros and cons identify analyze scrutinize what is good what is bad what is moral what is immoral what is constructive what is destructive what is positive what is negative and then make the choices by which we live chapter 6 the rambam is going to address what seems to be many contradictions in

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