Nachmanides (Ramban) Jewish Biography Lecutre Dr. Henry Abramson

Nachmanides (Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman, or Ramban) was one of the most important thinkers of Jewish history. Brilliantly creative and intellectually courageous, his commentary on the Torah is widely studied eight centuries after his passing.

[@OscarWrightZenTANGO]

Absolutely fantastic presentation

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it Thank you for being a Public Subscriber!

[@ranranshi]

it's a pleasure to hear and see this vivid mind at work.

[@albertosanz8446]

He was a great man, Mosje ben Nachman Gerundi....was born in Girona ( Cataluna )...his Catalan name was, Bonastruc caPorta.....greetings from Amsterdam from a Madrileno.

[@markjacobi3537]

I listened from Melbourne Australia (Down Under) to this interesting lecture. YasherKOach Dr A! We see the courage of the aged Nachmanides , in his 70's (?) he is exiled from his native Spain and travels to THe Land of Israel where he 'rejevenates" the Jewish Community of Yerushalim. Nachmanides TZL isn't put off by the lack of Jewish people but forges ahead even at an advanced age to help revitalise Torah and Yiddishkeit in the Land of Israel at a later stage of life, (when many are thinking of retiring etc)

[@zuzamitsvitov6163]

I use tô Love Sant kilda

[@zuzamitsvitov6163]

Laws are particular tô ones individial needs and necessites

[@786humaira1]

Nachmanides' letter to his son should be made a must-read for the leaders of this world. Netanyahu, Trump, Middle east MBSalman, and Modi. And if they follow it, this will be a world without wars. A much better world. Heaven on Earth.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

I really enjoyed the letter of Nachmanides.

[@ifneeded1]

Strangely, the class on Maimonides is not in the Sephardic History playlist.

[@marcelo16]

Great shiur, thanks for sharing it.

[@claywithers523]

Thank you Dr Abramson, that was very interesting.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@BlueLioness]

Consistent excellence.

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Excellent thank you. Ramban and the great debate...

[@matthewshulman7636]

Dr. Abramson, If it possible, would you consider repeating audience questions before answering them. Many times the microphone doesn't pick up their questions and the content of your answr reaches y ears without the questioner's context. Thank you. Chap. Shulman

[@jefferyansani1923]

I thoroughly enjoy these lectures. Thank you very much. What is the Wednesday reference about?

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Too long ago, not sure what I meant at the time.

[@jefferyansani1923]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD I guess I'll have to watch all your lectures and figure it out.I'm looking forward to it. I really think your lectures are wonderful. Thank you so much

[@ejb7969]

From Dr A's comment at 39:25, and the You-Tube-given posting date of Dec 29, 2013, I would guess that this lecture may have taken place on Dec 25thm which was in fact a Wednesday in 2013.

[@ejb7969]

Also at 48:10. Artfully low-key and straight-faced!

[@terryferrell9168]

Thank you sir!!!!!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Most welcome!

[@malikazeroual8359]

Is one of the greates Rabbi, this is also due he raised up under the Muslims he even was the personal pediatric of Salah Deen who conquered Jeruslem. Please also note that the inspiration/basis of the Fiqh book he wrote is from the Islamic Fiqh books. May Allah be Mercy on his Soul. Love his history.

[@daylily7672]

I was impressed with your astute description of statutory and common law and a little disappointed that the attorney present in your audience did not provide his insight into our legal system. He alluded to the early days of the US judicial system when, due to the paucity of decided cases at that time, US courts looked to England common law when deciding cases. As our legal system matured, US court rulings resulted in our own common law based on the doctrine of stare decisis (also borrowed from England). State legislatures often codify common law into Statutory law. In the US, precedent may be binding or persuasive depending on the deciding courts jurisdiction. When there is a diverse collection of dissenting decisions, the Supreme Court usually takes up a case to decide the law of the land.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Very interesting!

[@zuzamitsvitov6163]

Você é sábio! Tzadik

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Obrigada!

[@malikazeroual8359]

I Just saw the whole lecture. It is a pitty that you did not mentioned he went to the madrasa to study. He also studied Islam. And it was said that he studied also Islam. Furthermore he was also a pediatric cause he studied through Islamic books. He went to Egypt and was the private docter of Salah deen. This is a very imported and interesting part of the. History of Ramban.

[@BennyKaye]

I think you confused the Ramban's debate with those in France. In his recorded account there is no argument about the Talmud being blasphemous. On the contrary, Pablo was trying to prove that the Talmud itself believes the Messia has already come and that he is God. I wonder though, does the Latin account have answers to the Ramban's retorts or do they entirely avoid quoting him?

[@boliussa]

+Benny Great question.. I wonder if it's even available? I guess pablo's account can't have been that impressive 'cos if it was then it'd be more well known and would have been translated into English.

[@72Yonatan]

He did say that two years later a claim was made about blasphemy, and I suspect that this may have been triggered by a reaction to the comment which Ramban made about the claimed holiness of places like the Vatikan. He said that if you strapped a mule full of excrement and paraded it through the heart of the Basilica of San Pietro, that nothing would happen since the place has no holiness at all. I think that such a comment would draw anger and rage from some priests of that generation.

[@boliussa]

It appears that you start talking about the RAMBAN at 8:40 I think it'd have been better to include in your description that you start with the RAMBAN at 8:40

[@boliussa]

At 10:45 you say RAMBAM is pronounced RA'MBAM(emphasis on first syllable), and RAMBAN is RAMBAN' emphasis on last syllable. Do you have a source for that? Why do you say the emphasis is different? What grammatical reason do you have for saying that?

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Why criticize him? Rambam is a different Rav...

[@zuzamitsvitov6163]

Mas para ter uma opinião consistente ler é importantíssimo

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Verdade

[@zuzamitsvitov6163]

Todah rabbah

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

בבקשה

[@patrickphilip777]

God bless the Jews

[@hushai5154]

Love your lectures, but what's so " brilliant" about lying in a debate?

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

His responses are in the category of "clever" rather than "false." And under the threatening circumstances, "brilliant."

[@iillii5]

I am surprised to hear references to Gehennom and day of Evil. I thought there was no eschatology in Judaism and these were Christian and Muslim extrapolations

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Long tradition in Judaism as well.

[@AC-qk9tk]

Someone please explain the joke. God himself was the kosher supervisor, so why wasn't that good enough for the Rabbi?

[@rstelzer2928]

Because they prefer their own carnally minded intellectualism and academicianal (anal) thinking to renewing their own minds by God's Word. I remember when searching years ago for the Pharisaical ceremonial cleansing rituals in the Scriptures, so I could better understand the FIRST Miracle of Jesus in changing the water into wine at the wedding feast of Canaan. I could not find anything about them because they aren't in the Scriptures, nor are they according to God's Word. They are in the (endless) extra writings that mere "Rabbi's" made, and had no value to God whatsoever. From memory this is how their ritual worked. If there was any fragrance of fermentation, the stone containers were considered to be Ceremonially UNCLEAN. Ahhh, now I understand why Jesus used those ritual "cleansing" stone water containers to turn water into the FINEST WINE the Stewards had ever tasted! Heh heh heh, God has such a sense of humor! I wonder what that "Rabbi" said when he found out WHERE the wine came from from those who cooperated with Jesus in tat Miracle? I think Paul said it all when he stated that all his former learning (at Jerusalem U) he considered as "dung".

[@OscarWrightZenTANGO]

I am a great admirer of Maimonides (not Jew

[@ArnaGSmith]

The machine that is FOLLOWING you as you move around while your're speaking is groaning! Distracting!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Aargh

[@realbc7]

japanese horse yamaka lol

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Hmm

[@realbc7]

The joke ya made =]@@HenryAbramsonPhD

[@rstelzer2928]

I have never come to understand why the Jews cannot simply ACCEPT God's Word as He is. How is it that they must debate, dilute and offer their own independent (from God's Stated Word) opinions of what God MEANS. Cannot God mean precisely what He has already STATED? It seems to me that the WHOLE of God's Word is self explanatory when it is ALL taken as one statement. Is NOT God self revealing through the acceptance of His own Word? And isn't His own Word His own Seed? Is NOT mixing seed of different natures forbidden? Man's seeds are of a fundamentally different nature from God's Seed. Men consider intellectual thought higher, while God seems to value RELATIONSHIP higher. WILL being the Father of WORD, and BREATH being the means of LIFE in the Word, what then is VOICE? But a desire for RELATING?

[@rstelzer2928]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Thank you for illustrating my point and your priorities. But then who AM I? Reading backwards can be confusing or CLARIFYING! Have yourself a GREAT DAY Henry, and enjoy your LETTERS, and your study of them. -- Michael

[@pacather]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Mr Stelzer needs a better choice of avatar.

[@element2138]

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[@zuzamitsvitov6163]

Reading does not Killllllllllll

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

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[@boliussa]

At 24:15 You said there's a new edition translating the RAMBAN's commentary on the Torah, I knew at that moment you weren't going to be useful and actually state any detail about it, you then said you highly recommend it, you stated nothing about who publishes it, who translated it, why you think it's good. Nothing to even identify it so anybody can even look at it even if they were to trust your recommendation.

[@rundmc5554]

nachmanides was not even a real jew, his and ravad's criticisms of rambam are ridiculous !