maimonides at Yahoo! Groups http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/ This list is for slow readings of the works of Maimonides M and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Beards--Listserv Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:24:16 GMT Scott Alexander http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2630 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2630 No. Now I am offended. I wrote you a nice note gently warning you not to abuse your privilege of using this listserve. I had previously noticed problems. Re: M and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Beards--List Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:59:21 GMT davidbenabraham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2629 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2629 My friends, Jonathan and Scott, and all others, Shalom! I'm sorry if I offended anyone on this thread. If you look closely at the discussions we've had on this Re: M and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Beards--List Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:34:17 GMT Scott Alexander http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2628 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2628 I am sorry to intervene in this so late in the game, but I have been busy with the khametz. We really can't have this level of flaming on the listserve. Re: Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Bea Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:38:11 GMT Jonathan Baker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2627 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2627 ... I think we have nothing left to say to one another. You elide explicit Rambams while claiming to follow the Rambam, while accusing me of not being Jewish Re: Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Bea Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:29:13 GMT davidbenabraham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2626 My dear Jon, Shalom! I will excuse your rudeness at this time. Did you say that you were not Jewish? Note that the Boraitta quoted by me permits the use of Re: Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Bea Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:13:22 GMT Jonathan Baker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2625 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2625 ... And my point is that in fact the Rambam doesn't rule like you want him to have done. Nor do later halachists. ... Duh. It's like "we don't determine the Re: Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Bea Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:00:03 GMT davidbenabraham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2624 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2624 My dear friend Jon, Sorry if I misconstrued your writing style for being that of Joshua's. He's one of my old pals who has been most voiciferous about the Re: Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Bea Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:06:51 GMT Jonathan Baker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2623 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2623 ... Exsqueeze me? My name is not Joshua, nor is it Dr. Falken. My name is what it is. I have a (non-Jewish, unfortunately) nephew named Joshua, though. ... Re: Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Bea Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:25:05 GMT davidbenabraham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2622 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2622 Jon Baker (alias: Joshua), Shalom! It is clear, moreover, that we do not pasken like Jon Baker, or Joshua, or any of his like. We do pasken like Rambam in this Maimonides & Yemenite Tradition Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:38:05 GMT davidbenabraham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2621 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2621 This link may interest some of our readers, as we have tried to show where local tradition often took precedence over halachic rulings of a man greatly loved Learn to read Hebrew in 2 hours? Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:06:17 GMT Moshe B. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2620 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2620 Shalom; Here is a site with a crash study course that teaches people to read Hebrew in a couple of hours: http://www.InstantHebrew.com It teaches total Re: Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Bea Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:42:27 GMT Jonathan Baker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2619 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2619 ... Really? I've never seen the category of "patur aval assur" except in issues of shabbat. ... False. Unless you're a chasid - chasidim have mystical Re: Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Bea Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:21:35 GMT mikha'el http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2618 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2618 Of course, if one uses a razor, one is liable (Hayyav) for lashes from the Torah. But, if one used a depilatory or some such method, one is exempt (paTur), but Maimonides and his Halachic Ruling Concerning the Growing of Beards Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:14:03 GMT davidbenabraham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2617 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2617 TO OUR DEAR READERS: Since those with whom I have been engaged in this topic of 'whether or not it is a mitzvah to grow out a beard' have complained to me that Re: A question on the Kafih trans. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:07:52 GMT Scott Alexander http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2616 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maimonides/message/2616 I actually use your resource on a regular basis. Thank you. The superiority of the Kafih version, for us Kaffirs, is that I can sort of read across from the