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Is Dor Deah heretical?

Q. Is Dor Deah heretical?   A. There are those who would claim that Dor Deah, even all talmidei ha-Rambam, are heretics.  The cause of this accusation is their belief that the Zohar and Lurianic Kabbalah are...

Is Dor Deah Rambamist?

Q.  Does Dor Deah regard as invalid any position contrary to Mishneh Torah?   A.  Our simple reply is no.  This is but one reason why we do not accept the label Rambamist.   The following,...

Drinking on Purim

    (HEBREW SOURCE TEXTS BELOW)  Thanks to R' Asher Meza for sharing some of these sources with me, as well as what I found on conversationsinklal.blogspot.com/2008/02/rambam-on-drinking-on-purim.html |  ENGLISH: chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/682956/jewish/Mishneh-Torah.htm (Quotes in Hebrew found below are...

Thou shalt insult the convert?

This article is devoted to educating Jews about comments that are hurtful to converts - comments that no convert should hear.  We recognize that not all Jewish communities are the same, but mistreatment of converts...