[Avodah] Who is an considered an am ha'aretz

[Prof. Levine]

At 04:40 PM 9/4/2018, Micha Berger wrote:
>On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 12:32:17PM +0000, Professor L. Levine via 
>Avodah wrote:
>: The following is from pages 567 -- 568 of the sefer Rav Schwab on Chumash.
>
>:> Judaism without Torah is "just another religion," and is not in consonance
>:> with the will of G-d. Ritual is common to all religions; the unique
>:> quality of Yiddishkeit is the special relationship with Hashem that a
>:> Jew achieves only through Torah study.
>
>It would appear that R Schwab does not take "Judaism is not a religion" as
>literally as you do. After all, he describes it here as a religion, if
>one with a unique quality.

You have reached an incorrect conclusion regarding Rav Schwab's 
views  regarding RSRH's brilliant assertion that Judaism is not a 
religion,  which, by the way, Rav Hirsch makes in a number of places 
in his writings.

The sefer Rav Schwab on Chumash was written by one of his son's , 
Rabbi Myer J. Schwab.  In the Forward to the book it says, 
"Approximately forty percent of the divrei Torah in the Ma'ayin Beis 
Hasho'evah has been adapted and included in this sefer. Some of 
the  pieces have retained their original format, and some have been 
reformulated.  In a number of cases, the lessons are totally new, and 
others may differ from the Hebrew text, based upon the way I 
heard  and understood them directly from my father, zt"l."

The paragraph you quoted  is not taken directly from the writings of 
Rav Schwab, which is the case for the rest of what I posted.  Thus, 
it is faulty for you  to conclude that "It would appear that R Schwab 
does not take 'Judaism is not a religion' as literally as you do."

Furthermore,  I could assert logically that the statement Judaism 
without Torah is just another religion does not imply that Judaism 
with Torah is a religion!

I am certain that Rav Schwab agreed totally with RSRH's brilliant 
insight that Judaism is not a religion.

Indeed, it is most important that all of us realize that Judaism is 
not a religion and why this is so.

YL


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