<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Allen Gerstl</b> <<a href="mailto:acgerstl@hotmail.com">acgerstl@hotmail.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;">
<br>I find this letter very uplifting. It puts to rest the accusation of an<br>elitist Rambam. He was elitist in the sense of having expectations for<br>constant self-improvement but he saw it as a universal capability. Everyone
<br>has the ability to grow! I also find fascinating the importance Rambam gave<br>to his great work. He really had a realistic view of what he had<br>accomplished and his own self worth. He did not indulge in false modesty. It
<br>is a trait we find in all his writings. He was a real Anav - more on this at<br>another occasion<br><br>Truly inspiring!<br><br>KT<br>Eliyahu</blockquote><div><br><br>AIUI, Rambam showed dfferent faces to different audiences. To his Mishneh Torah audience he tended to be very authoritarian. Probably he felt Halacha had to be cut and dry and not dilly-dallied with.
<br><br>And many wil tell you that RYBS was a different personna in Boston than In NYC. Perhaps had RYBS lived to witness the 2004 Red Sox victory that too might have changed..<br></div><br></div>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
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