HUMA 1860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kabbalah, Tzimtzum, Maimonides
9 Nov 2017
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Huma tutorial: the 3 ethnic groups of judaism: ashkenazim, sephardim, mizrahim (page, ashkenazim: germany and france, central and eastern europe, sephardim: spain (inquisition-christianity) (islam- moorish spain) (there was a difference in treatment of the jews between sephardism and. Similarities: monotheist, both believe in a messiah, they both have day of identical, region (background) Differences: christians messiah has come , the jewish messiah has not come judgment, (cid:883)(cid:882) commandments, share a sacred text but sacred texts aren"t yet, jewish don"t believe in reincarnation, christians believe in heaven, Jewish neglect imagery, jews don"t eat pork and other foods, trinity (fath son judgment, (cid:883)(cid:882) commandments, share a sacred text but sacred texts aren"t holy spirit) Similarities: monotheist, both believe in a messiah, they both have day of identical, god is one, no pork, sacred sites, difference: month of fasting (different rituals), different messengers: guide of the perplexed, faith= reason, syllogistic logic (rhetoric) Kabbalah: tikkun olam: restoration of the world, tikkun: repair, tzimtzum: contraction.
