JS: Mishnah Flashcards
רמב״ם
Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon (Maimonides)
משנה תורה
Rambams book of Jewish law
י״ג עיקרים
13 Principles of Faith
נביא
Prophet
תחיית המתים
Resurrection of the dead
השכלה
Enlightenment
Why was it a big deal that Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi wrote down the Mishnah?
He wrote it down because, the Romans were attacking the people who knew the Mishnah by heart, and if they died we would not know the Mishnah and by having it written down, we do not need to fully memorize it
How does Rambam view himself as a latter day Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi?
Rambam felt that people could n to figure out what to do because rabbi Hanasi wrote it for himself
13 Principles of Faith
- To know the existence of god
- unity of God
- Denial of physical connection with god
4.gods antiquity - Praising god
- prophecy
7.the prophetic capacity of Moses our teacher
8.Torah is from heaven(god)
9 completeness of the Torah - God knows mans actions and does not stop watching them
- God rewards people who follow the Torah and punishes people who don’t
12.the era of messia - Resurrection of the dead
What world events may have precipitated the Enlightenment?
More rights and they were more educated
What changes came about in the Jewish community in regards of their daily life?
Education: “He decreed that Jews must establish “normal” schools or send their children to state schools, Jews were allowed to attend general secondary schools and universities, marriage was prohibited without a certificate of school attendance and anyone who studied Talmud before completing the school curriculum could be imprisoned”
Occupations: from commercial to crafted and agriculture
Languages: ended Yiddish, used Hebrew and European languages
Why was the Orthodox movement opposed to the Hashkala?
Hashkala was more secular unlike the orthodox who were more traditional
Describe the spread of hashkalah
“The Haskalah began in Galicia (Germany, Poland and Central Europe) and later spread to Eastern Europe (Lithuania and other provinces of the Pale of Jewish Settlement1). The Haskalah was characterized by a scientific approach to religion in which secular culture and philosophy became a central value.”
