הרמב”ם: מורה נבוכים, ג : 49 “כפי שאמרתי לך, המנהגים לסביאים (נבעטינים) רחוקים מאיתנו היום, גם דברי הימים שלהם נסתרים מאיתנו היום. לכן אם היינו מכירים אותם היו מודעים לאירועים שקרו באותם ימים, היינו יודעים בפירוט את הסיבות של דברים רבים המוזכרים בתורה “ פירוש: כיום, יש לנו ידע ארכיאולוגי למקורות העבר גדול יותר מי תקופת הרמב”ם . אילו היה חי היום, הרמב”ם היה מתעניין לתגליות ארכיאולוגיות […]
The Reasons for the Mitzvot, part one דברים פרק ד ה) רְאֵה לִמַּדְתִּי אֶתְכֶם חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוַּנִי יְקֹוָק אֱלֹהָי לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם בָּאִים שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ: ו) וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם כִּי הִוא חָכְמַתְכֶם וּבִינַתְכֶם לְעֵינֵי הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְעוּן אֵת כָּל הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה וְאָמְרוּ רַק עַם חָכָם וְנָבוֹן הַגּוֹי הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה: Behold I have taught you statutes and ordinances to perform in the midst of the land […]
“Just as, according to what I have told you, the doctrines of the Sabians are remote from us today, the chronicles of those times are likewise hidden from us today. Hence if we knew them and were cognizant of the events that happened in those days, we would know in detail the reasons of many things mentioned in the Torah” Maimonides: Guide for the Perplexed, III, 49 Today, […]
1 PROGRAMS RESEARCH CPL EDITIONS ABOUT US PRESS Centro Primo Levi Online Monthly Bound in Venice. The First Talmud Bound in Venice: The Serene Republic and the Dawn of the Book, Europa Editions 2013 A history of the dawn of the book coming at a time when both books and reading are threatened. Alessandro Marzo Magno The First Talmud Take a Fleming, a German, and a Tunisian, bring […]
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web speaks at a Ted Conference: Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web (WWW). Berners-Lee enabled a system to be able to view web pages (hypertext documents) through the internet. He also serves as a director for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) which oversees standards for the Internet and World Wide Web. […]
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2008 Oct; 18(5): 449–459. doi: 10.1089/cap.2008.021 PMCID: PMC2629512 NIHMSID: NIHMS87240 Robyn L. Powers, M.A.,1 David J. Marks, Ph.D.,2 Carlin J. Miller, Ph.D.,3 Jeffrey H. Newcorn, M.D.,2 and Jeffrey M. Halperin, Ph.D.1,,2,,4 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Treatment with psychostimulant medication has been shown to improve scholastic […]
Harv Rev Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Jul 18. Published in final edited form as: Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2013 May-Jun; 21(3): 151–162. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0b013e318293749e PMCID: PMC4103657 NIHMSID: NIHMS589347 Suzanne M. Czerniak, BA, Elif M. Sikoglu, PhD, Jean A. King, PhD, David N. Kennedy, PhD, Eric Mick, ScD, Jean Frazier, MD, and Constance M. Moore, PhD Author information ► Copyright and License information […]
J Clin Psychiatry. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2014 Sep 1. Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Sep; 74(9): 902–917. doi: 10.4088/JCP.12r08287 Thomas J. Spencer, M.D.,1,2,3 Ariel Brown, Ph.D.,1,3 Larry J. Seidman, Ph.D.,1,2,3,4,5,6 Eve M. Valera, Ph.D.,1,2,3,5 Nikos Makris, M.D.,2,3,4,5 Alexandra Lomedico, B.A.,1 Stephen V. Faraone, Ph.D.,7 and Joseph Biederman, M.D.1,2,3 Author information ► Copyright and License information ► The publisher’s final […]
THE TORAH AND THE WORLD TWELVE QUESTIONS Lets explore some primary questions and issues concerning Judaism and the relationship of Torah learning and practice to the modern world. 1. What is Jewish Identity? 2. What makes Torah Law unique among Systems of Law? 3. What are those factors which bind Torah and the Jewish People to the Universal Understandings of all men? 4. What are the logical grounds […]
