What is a frum maskil? I have seen people use the term to describe certain people from history. What exactly does this description mean? Was it used by any legitimate historians? And can some examples be given of people who fall under this category.
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1judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/47971/…– Joel KCommented Mar 29 at 12:43
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1www1.cs.columbia.edu/~spotter/david-chajes.pdf– Joel KCommented Mar 29 at 12:55
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See if you can get hold of "My Uncle the Netziv" (or the Hebrew original Mekor Baruch) - he describes frum maskilim there (and how the Netziv got along well with them)– AKACommented Mar 29 at 14:11
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1I don't suppose you're referring to the chassidic intellectual. Can you provide a little more context? Some examples?– shmoselCommented Mar 29 at 23:35
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"I have seen people use the term to describe certain people from history." Can you name those "certain people"?– IsraelReaderCommented Jul 25 at 22:33
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For many the fight against the Haskallah was not about Reform/Conservative approach to Halacha but rather against Western ideology. Specifically Western Philosophy applied to Judaism.
So a Frum Maskil would be someone who keeps (mostly) Torah and Mitzvot yet regardless studies Western Philosophy is involved in politics and mixes those with the Torah.
See מעין גנים by the מהרצ"א (Ma'ain Ganim by Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Shapira of Dinov (1783-1841))
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1"... someone who keeps (mostly) Torah and Mitzvot yet regardless studies Western Philosophy is involved in politics and mixes those with the Torah." That sounds a bit like a description of Modern Orthodox Jews (or, at least, their leaders and thinkers). Commented Mar 29 at 15:22
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I am basing the view on the מהרצ"א– user15294Commented Mar 29 at 15:29