Assertion: meditation's tradition | /r/AtLocation | disadvantage
Facets:
value: for normative judaism
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Ecstatic traditions were at a disadvantage for normative Judaism, as they made classic meditation their central preoccupation; as with Maimonides the mitzvot Jewish observances were a means to the end purpose of mystical or philosophical cleaving to God (or the Active intellect).