Rambam On The Burning Of The Talmud

[Music] years ago in the year 1242 according to their calendar 24 wagon loads of handwritten were burned by the enemies of the Jews which is the Christians the Jewish people could not do anything about it aside from [Music] cry so you understand what is on the line here and I've said this once and I'll say it again the R in says if a non-jew writes a seph t not because he's some Christian Idol worshipper not because he's trying to make fun of it he is actually is a righteous no he decides to write a seph the Jewish people find it they cannot use the seph they have to bury it ay WR a t you have to bury that he writes you have to bury those no one's allowed to use them and Jew writes a SE T it's a mitv and some like the ramb say it's an obligation to burn it meaning a Jew that says God needs you writes a seph Tora it's a mitv to burn it writes mitv to burn them why because they are aose so you have to be very very careful before you start putting your own brain right aside next to this is the entire T certainly there's commentary by different sages there are different opinions about different things all 70 different facets of the Torah but don't ever think for a moment that you can just throw your hat in and say you know what let me reinterpret the Torah without having any foundation or any legs to stand on why because it makes sense to me it makes sense to me this particular is literally written for the Heretics just the beginning of it written for the Heretics who try to understand AEM in their own ways we do not have we do not have such permission to do such things furthermore when you understand that schl himself could not understand the reasons behind the MIT what's greater the of that that commanded them normal people will say is greater he commanded them so if cannot understand the how can we understand AEM what can we understand whatever he allowed us to understand by being clear about it whatever our sages gave us clarification about we have no permission whatsoever to redefine the definitions according to our our uh uh language especially since most of these philosophers are simply arguing based on the English usage of words meaning that they're not interpreting things according to how the Torah is written in thees in the Holy language they're simply plain semantics here he wants he needs he this he that this rabot a a p puts a person in a situation where not only they cannot be counted in the minan not only can they not be a rabbi not only they cannot even be a Kazan but if they write a seph t they are in a worse status than a that writes a as long as that is not an idol worshiper if it's a that's an idol worshiper like a Christian or a Catholic then of course you have to burn that se as well but the point being is does not want us to burn any but he used this to remind us that sometimes will be burned in fact about 800 years ago in the year 1242 according to their calendar of the gorian calendar during parat the Christians who hate Jews as they are part of is decided that they're going to burn many T manyar and in fact 24 wagon loads of handwritten were burned by the enemies of the Jews which is the Christians the Jewish people could not do anything about it aside from cry aside from pray to why are you allowing your Torah to be burned by these Idol worshippers during that night one of theim some say was multiple had the same exact dream that Friday night ofat they had the same dream that the answer to that question that the entire Community is asking why is a allowing his Torah to be burned by Idol worshippers and not just one not two not 10 wagon loads of wagon loads of Tor why are you allowing these Idol worshippers to burn your Tora why each one of them dreamt the same ex exact dream that the answer to their question is in this week's par the same par that they were burned in the verse this is the decree of the Tor why because I decreed it that's why no further explanation needed you said it we do it you said it we follow you said it we believe anytime a person tries to put on a hat as if they are in the same level as the sages and needless to say in the same level of God and tries to word things differently re interpret things differently try to give people an understanding that they can relate to but not an understanding that has a kosher stamp on it an understand understanding that people want to hear that God is like them that person is in the same category as the Christians that burned the because those very same Christians turned a man into God turned a god into three hence the reason why when such people write T they're no difference than those Idol worshippers that burn a both of them have to be burned [Applause] [Music] in