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Journey to Spain 2023: Disputation At Barcelona - The Ramban's Debate With Pablo Christiani

1.6K views · Jul 12, 2023

Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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it was the Venom of the Jewish apostates that gave us the hardest time um people by the name of avner of Burgos Rabbi Solomon halavi who is a great Rabbi here in Spain and he under pressure one of the great rabbanim in Spain he converted to Christianity and his primary disciple Rabbi Yoshua halorki defamed the rebbe how could he leave Judaism how could he abandon his people we have to stay strong and Solomon halavi challenged him to a disputation and then Joshua halurki converted to Christianity but we're not we can't talk about this and it's these individuals who cause the greatest trouble for the Jewish people the Jewish apostates so the ramban now you have to know the ramban was the greatest of all Spanish Scholars the ritzvah writes in a chuva I believe in I have to read to his Russian the ritva says you know what the greatness of Spanish Scholars are that our tradition comes from one grabby God Al yada his hand is great he chooses the good what's his name he was born in 1194. passed away in 1270. in the year 1263 King James of Aragon accepted the invitation of Pablo christiani Friar Paul and friarpaul also a Jewish apostate said he will prove from the talmud itself that the amaron believed that the Messiah had already come so the ramban was the only one who could possibly dispute him and he goes to King James he says King James I can't dispute

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  1. 0:31it was the Venom of the Jewish apostates that gave us the hardest time um people…
  2. 1:01defamed the rebbe how could he leave Judaism how could he abandon his people we have…
  3. 1:32believe in I have to read to his Russian the ritva says you know what the…
  4. 2:05passed away in 1270. in the year 1263 King James of Aragon accepted the invitation of…
  5. 2:35him I don't have freedom of speech King James promised ramban freedom of speech now why'd…
  6. 3:06personally is untouchable the word the rambam as an individual is Untouchable that was the navigation…
  7. 3:38Judaism and Christianity is not about the Messiah it's about God the ramban rights it's a…
  8. 4:09from the day that your supposed Messiah has come more blood has been spilled in his…
  9. 4:42is what will continue until Christianity brings the complete decline of human civilization that was the…
  10. 5:13and when clearly the ramban one so the King James of agon famously said he never…

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