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Shiur on a bus in Amsterdam. Rabbi Schachter discusses Rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, Rabbi Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Rabbi Menashe ben Yisrael, the Chacham Tzvi, and the Ramchal. Should one look to bring back to Judaism, someone who converted under duress? Did R Menashe ben Yisrael have a family name? Why was R Menashe the most well know Jew of his time? How did R Yitzchak end up serving in the Dutch Colony in Brazil? What were the two main issues affecting the Amsterdam Jewish community during the 1600s? On what topic did R Morteira ask R Menashe to write a sefer on? How did the rabbis know early on, that Shabbtai Tzvi was not the mashiach? Can a mitzva that applies only until the time of mashiach, be part of the 613 mitzvos? Who did the Chacham Tzvi, as well as Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas and Rabbi Moshe Chagiz, attack as a author of a Sabbatian sefer? Why did Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, move from Italy to Amsterdam? What famous psak dinim did the Chacham Tzvi have? What was the problem with the Cleves get?
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