[Avodah] zayin tuvei ha'ir

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 01:14:02PM -0400, Rich, Joel wrote:
: Would the chevrah see any problem with me suggesting that this is
: correlated with  (although I couldn't prove this is the reason) with the
: Rambam's generally perceived "elitist" (is there a better word?)
: approach or is ascribing such an approach to the Rambam
: inappropriate?(e.g. it's not elitist it's amita shel torah)

"Everyone" in that era considered only a few to be capable of the core
of Yahadus. 

Is there any differences between the Rambam's "great souls" who have
immersed in philosophy anf the mequbal's restriction on who can study
Qabbalah. In fact, both referred to their version of secret core the
"sod" of the Pardeis.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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