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What exactly was bothering the Greeks about Judaism?
What is at the core of doing מצות? Does understanding a מצוה weaken, or strengthen, one's connection to Hashem?
We explore the perspective of the רמב"ם regarding מצות, and then the perspective of חסידות - uncovering that the Greeks had a problem, not (only) with illogical מצות, but with the Jewish approach of entirely disregarding logic.
By Rabbi Shmuel WagnerWhat exactly was bothering the Greeks about Judaism?
What is at the core of doing מצות? Does understanding a מצוה weaken, or strengthen, one's connection to Hashem?
We explore the perspective of the רמב"ם regarding מצות, and then the perspective of חסידות - uncovering that the Greeks had a problem, not (only) with illogical מצות, but with the Jewish approach of entirely disregarding logic.