Journey to Italy 5784 - The Renaissance

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay I hope everybody got a little snooze now it is time for a Reawakening where we're going to speak about the Renaissance the word renaissance means Awakening from the darkness of the Middle Ages we like to speak about the Renaissance about 45 minutes into the trip after everyone got a little snooze we have our own Renaissance in the 50 and 16th century the era was known as the Renaissance but it came to its fullest expression in Italy more than any other country after the darkness of the Middle Ages because of Innovations in science technology Society they wanted to revert back to the classic ideals of Greece and Rome this is after the discovery of America this is after the Protestant Reformation this is after the Spanish expulsion where now they had some freedom from feudal Rule and perhaps the greatest invention in the Renaissance was the printing press which revolutionized Education First of all it expanded knowledge until the printing press books were not available books were not affordable how would anybody be able to afford a handwritten manuscript but now books were widely disseminated books were uh affordable now the traditional Jewish communities did not need a Renaissance they were Advanced they were learned but still the Renaissance in a certain sense allowed for greater Hab but also challenged traditional Jewish values now at the time in Italy there were 10 million Italians out of the 10 million Italians 30,000 were Jews so about 3% of of Italians were Jews 3% now the Jewish situation financially improved there was a Revival of liat TOA and at this point I want to uh speak about many notable around whom great yeshivas were built firstly rura anybody know his middle name rabad he had a very unusual middle name rad yur yur where does that come from the light on on the Bluetooth R Ur where does the word uray come from the navi says about the nvi oada Yim so his name was Aura from 1440 to 1500 he wrote his commentary on the mishna in Italy he completed it in is where is buried it's buried at the foot of har then you have rabud who passed away in 1505 his son Rin he passes away in 1535 he had a great Yeshiva in padaa R min's son-in-law r r mayor katsin alen Bogan we're going to be at his Kev he passed away in 1565 his son who was the son of maharam katelan Bogan shik shik shmuel Yehuda katsel and Bogan the mahik 1521 to 1596 Raa prali from of the great rabbis of MOBA rad sfero passed away in 1551 rabih Huda Moscato who is renowned for his commentary on the kusari and his writings on music anybody know where is rabuda muscato quoted Who quotes masato the is published with a compendium called one of the most ever written the brother of and the brother of in his quotes masato who says that if a person had the opportunity to go to the moon but he couldn't tell anybody about it would they go to the Moon no most of the enjoyment anybody gets out of doing anything is not doing it and not going there but being able to tell people about it that is human nature and that is an idea brought in the of theato Theo 1548 to 1628 R yose schomo Haro Doo familiar with the yashar mikanda r scho har yashar Mika 1591 to 1657 schlomo moo is the name schlomo moo familiar we spoke about him when we were in Spain and Portugal he studied from the b in Turkey he came to Italy he was burned in 1532 SCH Mo now many Jews took advantage of the Renaissance to advance themselves in the sciences and medicine they became doctors astronomers linguists Artists Craftsmen many if not most rabim in Italy were also doctors in fact it was considered an ideal second profession for a rabbi to be a doctor so you had rabuda M Leon he had his son rabid David Rabia Safar provino they were all doctors so it's very interesting in 1599 there was a rule in in Italy restricting the extravagant type of clothing except for or doctors if you a go or a doctor or both you are allowed to wear extravagant clothing in fact many rabim felt that you were a greater Rabbi if you also a doctor so for example Ravid M Leon one of the eminent raban of the 15th century he writes now that's an expression you should be familiar with me you weren't just a Rabbi but you also had a profession in The Sciences so you're a he says someone who's a you are more worthy of SM than just if you know tal so many of the now began to have more of an academic Bend so for example the not to be confused with the well-known sh was a work of history which the heavily criticizes and says is not authoritative the that speaks about the history of the kings of France the mayor of who wrote a historical work this was all a product of the Renaissance but the leading rabim challenged this type of ideology so for example rakov prali he refuted the ideal that was considered preferable for a rabbi also to be a doctor he said no the traditional approach of they felt was preferable also the chief adversary of toyra umada toyra umada was invented in Italy during the Renaissance that's a fact but the chief opponent was rabos colon who's Ros colon the Mahar the great AK the Mahar he said that the the ancient traditional approach of tud bav of the that was the approach of the b as opposed to the was preferable and this was a a dispute that arose here in Italy in the time of the Renaissance today the beer writes that for somebody to be advanced in the study of talud bav were're no longer great enough to be able to excel in both areas that was the conclusion of the in the you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com