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Greetings! Do you have an access to the source: "Jacobs, L. 1995. The Jewish religion: a companion"? I was wondering if you could provide a full quotation for the following passage at Kabbala:

Outside of Yemen, rationalists holding similar views aligned with the rationalism of Dor Daim describe themselves as "talmide ha-Rambam" (disciples of Maimonides) rather than Dor Daim, and are more theologically aligned with the rationalism of Modern Orthodox Judaism than with Orthodox Ḥasidic or Ḥaredi communities.

So far, the quotation only says: "... known that the Haskalah literature in Hebrew had an influence on the far-flung Jewish community of the Yemen. ... The Dardaim rejected the predominance of the Kabbalah and encouraged secular studies, even establishing a modern ..." As such, it doesn't really verify the passage however.

I tried to find that source through Google, Google Scholar, and my University database, but with no luck though. Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 16:42, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I noticed you added three sources to the section mentioned above[1]. I took a quick look and made a few remarks about the sources:
  • 1) Talmid ha-Rambam Commitment to Reality: The source is translated into German. It's also unclear, which part of the text does it verify. Therefore, could you please provide a quotation from the source, accompanied by an English translation. Remember that according to WP:NONENG, also self made translation will do. I assume that you know either German or Hebrew as you quoted the source, right?
  • 2) [judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/52577/is-one-allowed-to-become-a-talmid-harambam Is one allowed to become a Talmid HaRambam?]: What part of the text does this source verify exactly? The only part that I was able to verify, is that there is a group of people who "...call themselves Talmidei HaRambam." It does not verify, however, what's been stated in the very sentence earlier (...rationalists holding similar views aligned with the rationalism of Dor Daim describe themselves as "talmide ha-Rambam"")
  • 3) Resources for the Budding Talmid of the RaMBaM: This is just a list of different websites, and therefore cannot be used as a source.
Therefore, could you just please provide the quotations necessary to the footnotes that'd verify the very text in question at the article? Thanks! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 16:39, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The second paragraph you added in Kabbalah#Orthodox_Judaism contains a lot of opinion and, regardless, probably isn't relevant to the Kabbalah entry per se. Unless you have serious references coming up, I suggest that it be deleted (or moved to a different article). Firstly you characterize his edition of Sefer Yetzira as a Kabbalistic work, but is Saadiah's text indeed so, or did you inadvertently transpose a Kabbalistic nature of other editions to this one? (Did you take a look at Kafih's edition in particular?) Furthermore, you mention "talmide ha-Rambam" who, aside from not significantly being written about outside of Wikipedia (to my knowledge), are - as you wrote - "are more theologically aligned with the rationalism of Modern Orthodox Judaism" - this isn't germane to the Kabballah entry. Do all "rationalistic" schools actually reject Kabbalah, or do some simply not focus on it or really care about it?

As to the first paragraph, attempts to improve Wikipedia are always appreciated but you made some blatant errors. Firstly, "He authored several critiques of mysticism in general" - can you name more than three? Secondly, Emunat Hashem was not at all published by him. Thirdly - and I'm just asking - are you sure that he wrote Milhamot Hashem "against what he perceived as neo-platonic and gnostic influences on Judaism" -- this seems very specific and unless you're really familiar with his work you might want to be more general (the Wikientry originally read "against what he perceived as the false teachings of the Zohar and the false Kabbalah of Isaac Luria"). And lastly, you wrote that he "founded yeshivot, rabbinical schools, and synagogues" - but I don't think this is correct... I hope this is helpful! Contributor613 (talk) 17:06, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Contributor613, we have discussed this on a couple of forums already[2][3]. According to WP:NONENG,

Citations to non-English sources are allowed. However, because this is the English-language Wikipedia, English-language sources are preferred over non-English ones whenever English sources of equal quality and relevance are available

Therefore, I restored the English source. If you want to use a non-English source, please do provide a quotation accompanied by a translation. If you don't do that, any material challenged may be removed WP:VERIFY. Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 17:29, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Jayaguru-Shishya, 1) WP:NORUSH! Don't be so quick to delete (especially for mere lack of translation in a footnote when the English does appears in the main article that the footnote is on). 2) If you look you'll see that the Hebrew is now accompanied with translation. Contributor613 (talk) 18:14, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Contributor613. I am in no rush. The {{fv}} had been in the article for one month already before you started to remove it over and over again. Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 18:16, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

== Jayagurugi, I may have been in a rush, wanting to get the whole section done in one edit that grew... Ayeletshacar (talk) 02:14, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]


== Contributor 613,

>You said "The second paragraph you added in Kabbalah#Orthodox_Judaism contains a lot of opinion.

Not knowing exactly to what your referring here are some answers to the direct questions:

>Firstly, "He authored several critiques of mysticism in general" - can you name more than three?

I could but I don't want to because that isn't the point. All the text books and sermons for his yeshivot and synagogues, every time he opened his mouth in public he critiqued mysticism in general. The mission of his teachings was to combat what he and his later followers considered superstition and lack of scientific preciseness introduced by medieval Kabbalah and folk beliefs. Here is the list http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/381499

http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/381499 is nothing original; it's literally a copy of the Wikipedia article (some past version of it) and it's explicitly marked as being from Wikipedia. Wikipedia articles are not sources for Wikipedia articles (WP:CIRCULAR). Contributor613 (talk) 07:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • 613, Are you saying he did not critique mysticism or that he didn't write anything? *
He sure did critique mysticism. He wrote מלחמות השם, plus דעת אלקים (reproduced [from a low-quality copy] in volume 3 of the Hebrew "יהודי תימן: היסטוריה, חברה, תרבות"). Although relatively short, he also wrote עמל ורעות רוח וחרמות ותשובתם. You wrote that you could name more than three.-Can you please let me know what other critiques of mysticism authored by him you know of? Contributor613 (talk) 07:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

>Secondly, Emunat Hashem was not at all published by him."

It was his views and public statements published by 3 sponsors who cataloged all of the views on the issue of the Zohar and mysticism according to this source: A Spark of Enlightenment Among the Jews of Yemen, Amram Gamliel, In: Hebrew Studies Vol. 25, (1984), pp. 82-89 Published by: National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27908885. Download it for free if you sign up.

It is organized a bit in the spirit of the Talmud in that it includes all arguments, quotes him from speeches about the Zohar and his strong denouncements of "ignorant superstitions." It also quotes his opponents and they call each other names. That did seem out of the scope here.

I'm not clear on what you're trying to say here, perhaps you can restate it? If you read Emunat Hashem you'll see that it contains excerpts from Milhamot Hashem, following them with attacks (be it against the content or the author...). The same way that a book review which contains excerpts from the book being reviewed would not be said to be written by the book's author, Emunat Hashem was not at all written by Qafeh. By the way, I've read Gamliel's article a few months ago and was surprised to see the author express extreme relativism, commenting that the difference of opinion by both groups demonstrates that neither knew nor understood the subject matter with which they dealt (p. 89). Contributor613 (talk) 07:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

> Thirdly - and I'm just asking - are you sure that he wrote Milhamot Hashem "against what he perceived as neo-platonic and gnostic influences on Judaism" ...the Wikientry originally read "against what he perceived as the false teachings of the Zohar and the false Kabbalah of Isaac Luria".

       '

Yes, that is what I read as a stated objection by another author. That's not a bad sentence. But, thinking about it, he did object to the ideas themselves as "so objectionable you wouldn't want to pronounce even in the lavatory." http://www.jstor.org/stable/27908885 page 83. The next paragraph in the Wiki article emphasizes a more clinical objection, the possible forgery aspect of the Zohar, so there must be some recognition of what he considered false ideas. Probably the term "neo-platonic" can go, since he himself was likely influenced by Rambam's neo-platonic ideas. The question is whether or not he knew what gnosticism was, since that is the name of the false influence on the Lurianic Kabbalah (as well as what is called "Christian Cabala"). Yes, he would have wanted us to be more precise than just "false".

<And lastly, you wrote that he "founded yeshivot, rabbinical schools, and synagogues" - but I <don't think this is correct.

I'm going by what is written here: http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/381499, and he talks about his schools and the children with considerable passion here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27908885 page 83. It is also a reasonable deduction since dynasties such as this one do start schools. I know he started two at least, which is in the Wiki article on him specifically. The first reference says he established 'networks' probably referring to the synagogue with the schools. The number of yeshivot he started isn't really the point is it? He did have an effect on a large stream of Modern Jewish Orthodoxy today through the schools and his written and oral works.

As noted above http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/381499 is not a valid source as it's merely a copy of the Wikipedia Dor Daim article. See WP:CIRCULAR. Also, you wrote that "he talks about his schools" on page 83, but that is false; no more than one school is mentioned. Although numbers aren't the main point, as Wikipedia editors we can't edit based on unsupported assumptions. Although I don't recall a source that he tried opening more than one school, you're welcome to cite if you found. Contributor613 (talk) 07:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So there is the justification of the copy edits and references I made. An underlying assumption of my comments and references is that Rav Yiḥyah ibn Shalomo el Qafiḥ was the leader of the Dor Daim movement. So what was added was based on that premise. In order to make a logical flow when one paragraph did not always lead into the others, I tried to connect the dots based on the evidence provided as best I could. Ayeletshacar (talk) 02:14, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just noting that although I happened to see your addition to this thread, that might not have happened. Even if you ping someone to get their attention there's no guarantee when they'll be on Wikipedia, all the more so if you just enter a username as plain text. Contributor613 (talk) 07:06, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Global branches update
  • Bytes in brief

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Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019

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The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 35, July – August 2019

  • Wikimania
  • We're building something great, but..
  • Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
  • A Wikibrarian's story
  • Bytes in brief

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Books & Bytes – Issue 36

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Books & Bytes
Issue 36, September – October 2019

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Books & Bytes – Issue 37

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Books & Bytes
Issue 37, November – December 2019

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Issue 38, January – April 2020

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Books & Bytes
Issue 38, January – April 2020

  • New partnership
  • Global roundup

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Books & Bytes – Issue 39, May – June 2020

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Books & Bytes
Issue 39, May – June 2020

  • Library Card Platform
  • New partnerships
    • ProQuest
    • Springer Nature
    • BioOne
    • CEEOL
    • IWA Publishing
    • ICE Publishing
  • Bytes in brief

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Books & Bytes – Issue 40

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The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 40, July – August 2020

  • New partnerships
    • Al Manhal
    • Ancestry
    • RILM
  • #1Lib1Ref May 2020 report
  • AfLIA hires a Wikipedian-in-Residence

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Books & Bytes – Issue 41

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Books & Bytes
Issue 41, September – October 2020

  • New partnership: Taxmann
  • WikiCite
  • 1Lib1Ref 2021

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Books & Bytes - Issue 42

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The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 42, November – December 2020

  • New EBSCO collections now available
  • 1Lib1Ref 2021 underway
  • Library Card input requested
  • Libraries love Wikimedia, too!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 42

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Books & Bytes
Issue 42, January – February 2021

  • New partnerships: PNAS, De Gruyter, Nomos
  • 1Lib1Ref
  • Library Card

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Books & Bytes – Issue 43

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Books & Bytes
Issue 43, March – April 2021

  • New Library Card designs
  • 1Lib1Ref May

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Books & Bytes – Issue 45

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The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 45, May – June 2021

  • Library design improvements continue
  • New partnerships
  • 1Lib1Ref update

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Books & Bytes – Issue 46

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Books & Bytes
Issue 46, July – August 2021

  • Library design improvements deployed
  • New collections available in English and German
  • Wikimania presentation

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Books & Bytes – Issue 47

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Books & Bytes
Issue 47, September – October 2021

  • On-wiki Wikipedia Library notification rolling out
  • Search tool deployed
  • New My Library design improvements

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