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Elevation to the level of Bler with Moshe

שו”תCategory: faithElevation to the level of Bler with Moshe
asked 9 months ago

In the last lessons in the Dogmatics series, you referred to the words of the Rambam regarding the eighth principle – Torah from heaven. You quoted a passage in Hebrew where the phrase “Ma’alat Levler” appears in relation to Moses.
The commentary on the Mishnah, as is known, was written in Arabic and translated into Hebrew.
In my editions I see a different expression:

The eighth element
Since the Torah is from heaven, and we believe that all of this Torah was given by Moses our Lord, may God bless him, which was entirely from the mouth of the Mighty One, meaning that it came to him entirely from God, may God bless him, in a matter called by the way of questioning, and it is not known how it came to him, but it was Moses, may God bless him, who came to him, and that he was like a scribe who is called a scribe and he writes all the events of the numbered days and the commandments, and therefore he is called a legislator.

Vilnius edition
Source: nli.org.il

I wanted to know if in your opinion this changes the interpretation you gave (since you referred to the exact “virtue of the blind” which seems like an oxymoron at first glance)

In addition, I would appreciate it if you could expand a bit on the nature of Moses’ prophecy and how exactly it differs from that of other prophets if, in the end, he did not have the words dictated to him, but rather wrote what he understood from his prophecy.


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מיכי Staff answered 9 months ago
A correct comment on the accuracy of Maimonides’ language in his Arabic writings. I still don’t think anything here changes. A writer who writes what is dictated to him is exactly a liar. I didn’t understand your question about Moses’ prophecy. Maimonides details the matter well, and you can find it there. As for me, I have no idea.

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eliedraiworkmikyab replied 9 months ago

I will elaborate

If you mean that Moses is both a lawgiver and a legislator, meaning that the perception of his prophecy constitutes a legislative event for the Jews but it is not necessary that he perceived God's message in its entirety, then there is no essential difference between him and other prophets.
And it appears from the words of Maimonides that the essence of his prophecy is different.

Or perhaps you interpret that his prophecy is not essentially different but has greater formal implications. Therefore, the argument here is normative and not necessarily factual.

מיכי Staff replied 9 months ago

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