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

These are three different the three different letters that the Rambam wrote and this and I it's safe to say it's safe to say that these are probably one of the most fascinating letters that you would ever hear you know from the Rambam and and do not be frightened from the fact that it seems to be a little bit lengthy. This is not difficult reading like when you learn the inn where you can spend weeks on one. This is easy reading but it's as easy as it is it is even more fascinating. So as soon as we get out of the tunnel we'll be able to begin. I'll just give you a small introduction. You take a look you see the to the first letter which is the first item you'll find this is right as I say for so we know father and son we already mentioned were two great translators contemporaries both contemporaries of the Rambam Evan Tibon he was the one who translated the because we mentioned the was written in Arabic and was the one who translated so that's the parishna regarding to the guide of the perplexed which is the other safer safer philosophy so that was translated by the son of ebent which is so here we have a letter as I say again it's extremely fascinating it would be I say it would be a big uh should be a big shoot you should lose out what's happening here I want to mention to you I want to mention to you that the reason this letter is being written because it was a lifetime dream of to have the opportunity to see the

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1. 0:02These are three different the three different letters that the Rambam wrote and this and I…
2. 3:54here what he writes. As much as you want to see me, I want to see…
3. 7:48it's me alone. I have to be involved in the shel. Listen ra I have to…
4. 11:40I speak with them. So how does that leave me? I lie flat on my back.…
5. 15:28you'll see in a second. So for him the most comfortable place was to lie that…
6. 19:08and he already answered today. I'll call he calls him. But what the asked is like…
7. 22:48This is how he refers to himself. I want to be again. See the extreme knew…
8. 26:35have the all trying to explain to to to the of the ra of course that…
9. 30:24I was stumped I was stumped said I can't believe it I told him I remember…
10. 34:08brutally honest writing again of the Rambam being honest and it comes to show just interesting…

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