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<div>Yes, but the Rambam was NOT one of those Sephardim inclined to be influence by kabbalah<br>
And FWI, the Beis Yoseph was only occasionally influenced by Zohar. {source Rav Mordechai Aderet} <br>
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<div style="clear: both;">Kol Tuv<br>
Regards,<br>
RabbiRichWolpoe@aol.com</div>
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From: smash52@netvision.net.il<br>
To: avodah@aishdas.org<br>
Sent: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 4:58 AM<br>
Subject: Re: How do Achronim become Rishonim?<br>
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<pre><tt>RRWolpoe wrote:<br>
> Rambam took the Bavli as numero Uno but also included Tosefta, Sifra<br>
> Sifrei and TY in the mix.<br>
> For many Ashkenazim the mix was MUCH broader. Ashkenazim included<br>
> Midrashim {e.g. Midrash Rabba} Pesikta etc. as well, albeit these<br>
> texts rarely had the same authority as the Bavli.<br>
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Rabbi Amir Mashiach recently gave a lecture in a local shul in which<br>
he also pointed out that the Ashkenazi tradition was far more<br>
inclined to give weight to midrashic sources that the Sephardic.<br>
OTHO, he noted that the Sephardic tradition was far more inclined<br>
to give halachic weight to kabbalic and philosophical concepts than<br>
the Ashkenazic.<br>
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Saul Mashbaum<br>
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