[Avodah] Rav Shimon Schwab on Women Learning Torah

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 02/03/2016 08:55 AM, Prof. Levine via Avodah wrote:
> However,  let me add what RSRH wrote about prophecy.
>
>  [...]
>
> /*Many confuse prophecy ­ /Jewish /prophecy ­ with delirium and
> divination, ecstasy and clairvoyance. As a result, ecstasy is thought
> to lead to prophecy, and prophecy is considered merely a higher
> stage of ecstasy.
>
> Even Jewish philosophers are not free of the notion that prophecy
> requires /Hisbodidus/ ­ spatial and spiritual abstraction, physical and
> mental isolation. Yet a vast gulf separates all these from true prophecy.
> What leads to God’s nearness is not abstract contemplation, but, rather,
> a life of vitality, flowing from the Source of life. Jewish prophecy is not
> the product of a morbid imagination, of an agitated abnormal condition;
> rather, it is part of healthy life, a product of wakefulness and
> joyful creativity. As our Sages say: “Prophecy does not come when there
> is sorrow or sloth, frivolity or levity, chatter or foolishness; it comes
> as a result of joy in the performance of a mitzvah” (/Shabbos /30b).
>
> I see no mention of mastery of Torah in the above.



So what makes you think he was right? RSRH against the Rambam is not
a source.


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Zev Sero               All around myself I will wave the green willow
zev at sero.name          The myrtle and the palm and the citron for a week
                And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm doing that
                I'll say "It's a Jewish thing; if you have a few minutes
                I'll explain it to you".