[Avodah] Vayechi - Judge every person favorably

[Zev Sero]

On 6/01/2012 2:23 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 01:15:04PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
>> The Tzedokim, Baytusim, and Minim in Chazal's day, and the Kara'im in the
>> days of R Saadia and the Rambam, were all acting "for the sake of Heaven".
>> So were the Kohanei Haba`al in Eliyahu's day, for a different value of
>> "Heaven"; i.e. they honestly thought the Ba`al was a true god who needed
>> to be worshipped.  That didn't change how we were supposed to relate to
>> them.
>
> As per the Rambam on Qaraim, the 2nd generation onward are blameless. No?

The Qaraim of the Rambam's day were hardly first-generation!  How did he
relate to them?  Certainly not as the article we'd discussing suggests.


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