S6, E12 Shemona Perakim; Should a Person be Moderately Humble or Extremely Lowly?

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Highlights 0:30 The 2 divergent Torahs and 2 divergent purposes of mitzvahs: one for the masses, the other for the elite individuals

9:30 Maimonides explicitly contradicts himself regarding whether a person should be moderately humble or practice extreme self-abasement

22:00 Maimoinides' own personal change of character as a result of experience and years

27:00 How life changes a person, and why a different kind of behavior is appropriate for young people than for older people

30:30 Maimonides teaches both a theoretical ideal and what is appropriate in practice

33:00 We no longer treat people according to how they themselves treat us

38:00 An eye for an eye (https://youtu.be/fpAdWSy_mZA?si=yoCYdDm12MGHZrRw)

42:00 Some texts are meant only as ideals and not to be executed in practice

44:00 We must study the ways of Hashem, and we must also know that we can't ever perfectly emulate them

47:30 Extreme lowliness stands in tension with good character and wisdom This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation.