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Rabbi Isaac Abravanel on Maimonides' Principles of Faith

Menachem Marc Kellner

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In his commentary to the tenth chapter of tractate Sanhedrin, Moses Maimonides sets forth 13 principles or dogmas that embody the basic beliefs of Judaism. These principles, Maimonides insists, must be held by every Jew;' holding these principles not only identifies one as a Jew—an innovation in and of itself because Maimonides was the first Jewish thinker to make being Jewish dependent on belief—but it is also a necessary condition for a person to attain immortality.' Maimonides observes:

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