How to Relate to Arbitrary Halachic Details (Part 2 - Rambam and Rav Kook)

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Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Synopsis: This week (3/19/26), in our Thursday night Machshavah Lab series for women, we continued the topic we embarked on the week before. First, we revised our understanding of the Rambam's approach and my "Pillow Theory." Then we answered all the questions we raised last time. We then learned through a perek of Rav Kook's Le-Nevukhei ha-Dor, in which he spells out two foundations of the need to be meticulous in halacha. We concluded with a halacha in the Rambam which suggests that he would agree with the first of Rav Kook's foundations, if not the second as well. 
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:כו, מג, מו, מח
רב קוק - לנבוכי הדור פרק ט
"Rav Kook's Guide for Today's Perplexed," translated by R. Aryeh Sklar
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות שחיטה יד:טז
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