Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Explains Why Maimonides Was Controversial

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks OBM eloquently explains the controversy surrounding Maimonides and his teachings.
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[@JasonGafar]

As someone who is not Jewish but rather is Christian, I have so much respect and admiration towards the great Rabbi Sacks. I just find him to be such an inspiring leader and so esteemed as a scholar. The world needs more people like him. Sadly our world has a lot of nonsense within it.

[@Moogles1982]

Not only is Maimonides today universally accepted as a halachic authority, but even the sages of his time eventually accepted his teachings as such, when Rabeinu Yonah (Jonah ben Abraham Gerundi) publicly declared that the holy book-burnings of 1242 in France were a direct result of burning Maimonides’s books several years earlier and went on to write his most famous work; Shaarei Teshuvah.

[@sergiob3698]

I admire Maimonides a lot, also admire Rab Sacks ZL as well. Thanks for sharing.

[@robertbilling6266]

I give thanks for these talks, I am learning so much.

[@gregorymiles6457]

Rabbi Jonathan, thanks for sheds light about what happened to Maimonides' literary work. I enjoy watching and listening to your videos, for they are interesting and informative. ✡️

[@nafisfuaddipto204]

I am a muslim, and I also admire Rabbi Sacks a lot.

[@susiekopp1806]

Yes. I totally understood. 👍

[@the_real_economics]

Can you make a documentary about Rabbi Chatam Sófer?

[@luruth48]

what an incredible mind

[@mardbalasy6671]

Burning the books is the major sin, and crime. No book is bad. All of them is our collective mind and memory.

[@garryamoenriquez481]

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