Our previous post mentioned R. Natan Slifkin’s list of “numerous [Jewish rabbinic] opponents” to the doctrine of the transmigration of souls; here is a remarkable responsum of Rav Levi ibn Habib ([Maha]Ralbah) which, although itself strongly affirming the doctrine, insisting that “all of us are obligated to listen to the words of [the sages who […]
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Past Lives
In a list of “numerous [Jewish rabbinic] opponents” to the doctrine of the transmigration of souls, R. Natan Slifkin includes Rav Yedaiah Ha’Bedersi1; here’s the passage: ומתועלותיה [של “החכמה .. והיא הכוללת ההגיון הטבע והאלקות”, היינו מדע ופילוסופיא] בסוד הנפש בטול דעות רבים שהחזיקו בהם רבות מהכתות האלה לחלוק על מי שהאמין כי הנפשות הנשארות […]
Protected: Legends Of the Jews: Of Predestination and Pyramids
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