2020-06-21 – LM2 – Torah 4 – Para. 6b-8 – Achieving Joy on the Festivals; Subduing the Roar of Dogmatic Scientists; Brow of the Serpent (Broadcast From Meron)

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – Review. Attending to one’s physical needs can take a lot of time away from spiritual pursuits.
07:38 – PARAGRAPH 6 (from about 14 lines down, “Ach lo tamid shomim es kol hakriya…”). “Scientists” who mislead people away from belief in Hashem are compared to animals roaring.
20:31 – PARAGRAPH 7. Subduing the “roar” of the dogmatic scientists is accomplished through a great chokham (Torah scholar). The armor of Golias is an aspect of the “Brow of the Serpent.”
37:20 – PARAGRAPH 8. The “Brow of the Serpent” is the root of deterministic science. It draws its sustenance from older people who fall into anger or despair.
60:59 – QUESTION about the Rambam.