Rabbi Guy Matalon - The Kuzari - Part 1: Introduction

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

let's get started with what we're going to learn today so our class i don't know if you noticed shifted from the rambam to rabbi udahalevi and um rabiu da levi lived in spain and he was born in northern spain then went to southern spain you might say wow rabbi you know your geography wow rabbi you know your geography no it's not that it's important to know because northern spain was christian and southern spain was muslim no the jews were spreading both but while he was in southern spain the christians kept or were successful in conquering more and more cities in in conquering more and more cities in spain through an endeavor called reconquista the reconquest with the conquistadores and that generated a reaction from the muslims which brought fighters from north africa who came to spain in order to expel who came to spain in order to expel the christians and this is we're talking in the um late 11th century right so this is a about one generation or you know a little bit more uh after before they're on them okay the rambam is 11 35 this is we're talking about 1170s eleven eighties and judah levy was in the south then he and his friends colleagues mentors you whatever friends colleagues mentors you whatever name you want to use had to flee and went up north and he was north in the north and then levy decided to move to eretz israel he went to egypt he was in egypt for a while moving from two cities alexander to another city and then eventually we think because we don't really know he made it to israel and then maybe then

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