Meir Abulafia
Rabbi Meir HaLevi Abulafia ( Hebrew : acronym ) ") is a leading rabbinical authority medieval Sephardic the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ( Burgos , v. 1170 - Toledo , 1244).
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Ben Meir ben Judah HaLevi Abulafia Todros born into a wealthy family and erudite. His father is the recipient of the poem The conflict of wisdom and wealth, made by the physician Judah ben Isaac in 1214. It is probably his first master. Fellow student Moses Ramban (later Ramban), the Remah enjoys such high esteem in Toledo at the death of his father in 1225, the honorary title of Nasi ("Prince"), the latter bore, is transmitted.
Officer of the important yeshiva of Toledo , he was elected at the age of thirty years to serve on the rabbinical court of the city, along with Yitzhak Meir Migash ibn (son of Joseph ibn Migash ) and Abraham ben Nathan Lunel. Given the autonomy granted to Jews by the kings of Spain, Remah plays an important role in establishing the Spanish ritual, and more in the Ashkenazi tradition of writing the Torah Controversy with Maimonides The Remah is famous for being one of the first critics of Maimonides 's lifetime it. He wrote a letter in 1200 for the Elders of Lunel, but found little echo: Aaron ben Meshoullam the strongly rebuffed, reproaching him for his presumption and arrogance, and Sheshet Benveniste describes as the obscurantist . It then sends a letter to the Elders in northern France, whose answer is not more favorable, except for some scholars, like Samson of Sens , who however refuses to follow out of respect for Maimonides, though sharing Remah's opinion on controversial topics Works Meir Abulafia is the author of a collection of novellae on the Talmud, whose original title is Pratei Pratim ("Detailed information"). Although he probably covered the entire Talmud, it was eclipsed by those of the Ramban and the Rashba , and only a few parts (the whole Baba Batra and Sanhedrin , and fragments of Nashim , Brachot , Gittin and Kiddushin ) have been retained as the Yad Ramah ( Hebrew : " "High Hand" - pun on the acronym Remah). The Remah is a legal authority majeure, whose leaders were approached by many rabbis whose Ramban , the Rashba , the Rash of Sens and the Sages of Lunel. However, only a few dozen have been preserved and printed in the book Gold Tzaddikim (No. 250-309, Thessaloniki 1799) Massor Attributed to Remah writing a Torah scroll used to fix the scribes of Spain but also France, Germany and North Africa. It generally follows the rules of Maimonides, but deviates when there older traditions Other Although his literary activity is exerted mainly in theology and law, Aboulafia also wrote poems in which he expresses his views in part theological conservative. Despite the controversy with Maimonides, he wrote a mournful on Maimonides. He continued to grow in his poetry the style of the bygone golden age, although there are already changes that agrees to assign to the school of Gerona .
Although he himself has not hesitated to introduce interpretations of his own in the comments on Talmudic passages that seem to contradict his idea of God's perfection, it takes more opinions and legends Extraordinary Talmud to the letter. It can therefore only react negatively to the apparent incredulity expressed by Maimonides in his Yad Hahazaqa the physical resurrection of the dead. Exegesis Talmud
However, the bulk of his work was transmitted via its influence on Asher ben Yehiel and his son, Yaakov ben Asher , author of the Turim Arbaa (Even Haeze Tour section of this book is also built on the considerations Legal Yad Ramah), and by the Shita Mekoubetset of Bezalel Ashkenazi Correspondence and responsibility
His poem entitled Letter from the grave is famous: it was written to his father to tell her sister's death, November 10, 1212, and to comfort him. References
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