http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/03/12/discomfort-with-the-zohar/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:33:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/03/12/discomfort-with-the-zohar/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 andy Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:07:51 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1291#comment-1613 Elon's quote " when they conflict with the Talmud or its commentators" is not even entirely accurate, as noted by J. Elbaum (see B. Huss's new book on the Zohar pg. 161 fn 92). This was likely a symptom of the discomfort which you noted. Elon’s quote ” when they conflict with the Talmud or its commentators” is not even entirely accurate, as noted by J. Elbaum (see B. Huss’s new book on the Zohar pg. 161 fn 92). This was likely a symptom of the discomfort which you noted.

]]> http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/03/12/discomfort-with-the-zohar/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 ssecunda Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:01:52 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1291#comment-1612 Actually, look at the quote from Elon, that MM was even attributed to RY Cairo. Unbelievable! Actually, look at the quote from Elon, that MM was even attributed to RY Cairo. Unbelievable!

]]> http://menachemmendel.net/blog/2009/03/12/discomfort-with-the-zohar/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 Jeremy Gordon Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:55:48 +0000 http://menachemmendel.net/blog/?p=1291#comment-1610 Right, but Elon surely knew Caro was a 'Kabbalist' himself, author of Maggid Mesharim etc. I love the way Werblowsky in Joseph Karo, Lawyer and Mystic (1962) puts it, The Maggid [serves] as a compensatory function necessary for the maintenance of a psychological equilibrium throughout a life dominated by a tremendous intellectual and spiritual ambition, calling for extraordinary energy and discipline of abnegation in addition to he normal rigours of ascetic piety as imposed by Kabbalistic theology. Right, but Elon surely knew Caro was a ‘Kabbalist’ himself, author of Maggid Mesharim etc.
I love the way Werblowsky in Joseph Karo, Lawyer and Mystic (1962) puts it,
The Maggid [serves] as a compensatory function necessary for the maintenance of a psychological equilibrium throughout a life dominated by a tremendous intellectual and spiritual ambition, calling for extraordinary energy and discipline of abnegation in addition to he normal rigours of ascetic piety as imposed by Kabbalistic theology.

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