[Avodah] on orthopraxy
David Riceman
driceman at optimum.net
Wed Aug 14 07:18:29 PDT 2013
RAM citing RSN:
<<question--if one became convinced that tora was NOT mishamayim [r'l],
would the proper response to become orthopraxic, or to drop everything?>>
The phrase "Torah min hashamayim" is not a unique doctrine; it is a
large family of doctrines. At one extreme it includes even
reconstructionists. Like RAM, I don't understand how propriety is
related to the question. But different versions have different
implications for behavior, as does denying different versions. But none
is disposative, just as accepting the most strict version doesn't
prevent a person from sinning (WADR to Socrates).
David Riceman
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