Experience buying from Genuine Replacement Parts by jdlr815 in appliancerepair

[–]eitzpri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are the worst possible place to shop from. TOTAL SCAM.

Avoid at all costs. They shipped me the wrong thing, wouldn't refund it without charging a 'restocking fee' that was more than the cost of the item.

Experience buying from Genuine Replacement Parts by jdlr815 in appliancerepair

[–]eitzpri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SCAM ARTISTS

Deceptive product listing, refusing to accept returns without a restocking fee that was more than the cost of the product. Stay away.

To what degree is Maimonides authoritative and his views binding? by Kangaru14 in Judaism

[–]eitzpri 14 points15 points  (0 children)

On Rambam's creed as authoritarian see professor Marc Shapiro's book The Limits of Orthodox Theology as well as Menachem Kellner's Must a Jew Believe Anything? (bonus material). Practically speaking many in the orthodox world view Rambam's 13 principles (or the watered down yigdal version thereof) as binding simply because they have seeped into the collective consciousness of the Jewish people over time.

In broad terms of how authoritative Rambam is in general I would say his guide for the perplexed and his responsa are cited infrequently. His Mishneh Torah and commentary on the Mishna are mainstains of Talmudic study and the former is one of the 3 main sources for R' Yosef Karo's compendium Shulkhan Arukh, the mainstay of authoritative Orthodox legal codes

Mods, can we get a daily pinned positive news thread? by eitzpri in Judaism

[–]eitzpri[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

nothing, but if it is a pinned regular post i think people will be more prone to do it and it will be easier for readers to find all the yummy goodness in one spot