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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yet the Rambam lived in a community filled with
Karaim. Either he didn't warn them or he did. Is there any record or tshevua of
the Rambam stating "I told these guys the truth and they still refuse to accept
it so they are now to be considered heretics"? AFAIK no. Secondly, I don't
know what the Radvaz means by "warned". A 30 second talk? 30 years of talking to
them? The word "warned" is certainly not is the spirit of what the Rambam writes
in Hilchot Mamrim.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally, I have to question exactly what is the
worth of warning people when experience shows (we do to these Karaites every
day) that the results are the exact opposite of what one would presumably want
(they become bigger heretics). Or to make the point differently - what is
the point of warning them?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ben</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=beck072@gmail.com href="mailto:beck072@gmail.com">Doron Beckerman</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <BR>The Radvaz writes that the Rambam
would agree "If they have been warned to return to the strength of the Torah
and they still retain their rebelliousness and do not want to heed, just as we
do to these Karaites every day; and on the contrary, they become bigger
heretics."</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>