tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post1694688155661529542..comments2024-03-28T21:30:33.665+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: תשובת רביד נגר לאישה שנפגעה מהתעללות חוללה סערהDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-991725963189146882012-11-11T03:21:10.686+02:002012-11-11T03:21:10.686+02:00The Chofetz Chaim often used the concept of gilgul...The Chofetz Chaim often used the concept of gilgulim to explain things.tzoorbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-4641379839688355832012-11-09T08:38:16.338+02:002012-11-09T08:38:16.338+02:00its an old, old machloket. the ramban thought that...its an old, old machloket. the ramban thought that the idea of gilgulim was ancient and an ikkar. rav sadia gaon didn't believe in it at all.Ben Waxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798895161663664689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-37654046615133714852012-11-09T08:38:09.720+02:002012-11-09T08:38:09.720+02:00התשובה פשוטה: those two words are source of his mi...התשובה פשוטה: those two words are source of his mistake. human suffering is simple to him.Ben Waxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798895161663664689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-67665902571001917012012-11-09T08:37:01.367+02:002012-11-09T08:37:01.367+02:00its an old, old machloket. the ramban thought that...its an old, old machloket. the ramban thought that the idea of gilgulim was ancient and an ikkar. rav sadia gaon didn't believe in it at all.Ben Waxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798895161663664689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-5309818637051598482012-11-09T04:56:11.775+02:002012-11-09T04:56:11.775+02:00Wow. It seems that the good Rabbi (along with man...Wow. It seems that the good Rabbi (along with many others) has some difficulty accepting the Mishna cited in the name of Rabbi Yannai in the 4th perek of Avot. The one about not understanding either the comfort of the wicked nor the suffering of the righteous.Mike S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-24360647413941266992012-11-09T03:31:33.882+02:002012-11-09T03:31:33.882+02:00According to R' Saadia Gaon, sometime during o...According to R' Saadia Gaon, sometime during or very shortly before his day. See <a href="http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/kapah/6b-2.htm#8" rel="nofollow">Emunos veDei'os 6:8</a>:<br /><br />והנני אומר כי אנשים, ממי שנקראים יהודים, מצאתים מאמינים בגילגול וקורים אותו ההיעתקות, וענינו לדעתם רוח ראובן תהיה בשמעון, ואחר כך בלוי, ואחר כך ביהודה. ומהם או רובם סוברים שיש שתהיה רוח האדם בבהמה ורוח בהמה באדם, ודברים רבים מן ההזיות [רי"ת תרגם "שגעון"] הללו והבלבולים.<br /><br />R' Yosef el-Qafeh ("Kapach") notes that R' Uziel identified this as an attack on "Anan and his friends", ie the Qaraim, "who are called Jews and embraced this Greek idea." He also notes the obviously Indian roots of it.<br /><br />It is possible that R' Saadia is attacking a particular kind of belief in reincarnation, and that reincarnation of the neshamah without reuse of the nefesh or ruach was not included. This is a stretch IMHO, because:<br /><br />1- If he is attacking an idea so strongly, and another, subtly different, idea is Torah, wouldn't RSG point out the distinction himself?<br /><br />2- RSG earlier wrote that nefesh, ruach and neshamah refer to different faculties of the same thing.Round and Round He Goesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-33293682375380083392012-11-09T00:06:21.642+02:002012-11-09T00:06:21.642+02:00when did the idea of gilgulim creep into the jewis...when did the idea of gilgulim creep into the jewish religion?sakraninoreply@blogger.com