However it does not answer the famous contradiction of this Rambam with the<br>one that says one should have one own's living and not learn and rely on charity<br><br>Eli Turkel<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/30/07,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Marty Bluke</b> <<a href="mailto:marty.bluke@gmail.com">marty.bluke@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
R' Charlop (from YU) has a very interesting observation (Beis Yitzchak<br>5756) about the Rambam at the end of Hilchos Shemitta V'Yovel (which<br>is the focus of the discussion). The Rambam writes:<br><br>"v'lo rak shevet levi bilvad ela kol ish v'ish mikol baey olam asher
<br>nadva rucho ..."<br><br>The Rambam uses the phrase "mikol baey olam". R' Charlop points out<br>that these words are used exclusively in both Shas and the Rambam to<br>refer to Jews and NON_JEWS as well. In other words, the Rambam seems
<br>to be saying that even a non-Jew can join Shevet Levi and serve<br>Hashem, and therefore it is not necessarily referring to someone who<br>is Toraso U'mnaso, but someone who serves Hashem. This is a very big<br>chidush, but it seems muchrach based on the Rambam's use of the words
<br>"kol baei olam".<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eli Turkel