Questions tagged [yehuda-halevi]
12th century Spanish Jew, author of Kuzari
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Are Devarim 4:32-33 an argument from ignorance? If so, why are they often used as a rational basis that Judaism is true?
I have read/heard myriad Rabbis1 cite Devarim 4:32-33:
הֲשָׁמַע עָם קוֹל אֱלֹהִים מְדַבֵּר מִתּוֹךְ־הָאֵשׁ
כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַעְתָּ אַתָּה וַיֶּחִי׃
Has any people heard the voice of God ...
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On the interpretation of Genesis 1: 1
I'm an Italian noahide.
Here are some observations on Genesis 1: 1, about which I would very much like to know your opinion.
1 In most translations I have consulted, the verse is thus render:” In ...
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Cantillation as punctuation in Kuzari
In the Kuzari (2:72), the "chaver" says of the cantillation marks (טעמי המקרא):
הם מצינים את המקום בו התכון המדבר להפסיק בין ענין לענין ואת המקום בו רצה להמשיך בענין; וכן מבדילים הם בין ...
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Disproof for Christianity? [closed]
The Kuzari begins by disproving Aristotelianism, Christianity, and Islam, after which it proves Judaism.
The Kuzari's disproof of Christianity is essentially as follows. Seeing is believing; if you ...
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How can I respond to challenges to the Kuzari argument for the transmission of Torah from Sinai?
The Kuzari's argument for the transmission of Torah from Sinai was extremely convincing when I heard it, and I've read different summaries of it by Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb and Rabbi Leib Keleman (I must ...
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Collection of poems by Yehuda HaLevi
Where can I find a printed book with a collection of poems by Yehuda HaLevi?
Ideally this book should (in order of importance):
Be available to an American consumer
Include the original Hebrew
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