Derech Hamelech – Look, I’m sorry but the claim is an extraordinary one and asking me to just trust an anonymous pirush on the Ramban (which places him over 100 years later than the story supposedly happened, at the very least) who says a nice story without any corroborating evidence is asking me to take a huge leap of faith that I am unwilling to do, especially seeing as the claim is so out of character for the person involved. Again, I ask you if someone was to tell you that b’sof yamov the Satmar Rav was chozer and became a tzioni would you believe them? The fact that this supposed letter is not mentioned for so many years after the death of the Rambam, during which time his shittos on the supernatural were discussed at length, is suggestive of the fact that it may not be 100% accurate. Why does R’ Avraham be HaRambam repeat his father’s shittos in this regard without ever mentioning that he was chozer? Furthermore, if he was chozer don’t you think his son would have followed? Instead we find that he goes along with his father’s known shittos, and quotes them as being his father’s shittos and as being yodua as his father’s shittos and never once mentions a word about this supposed chazoro. It’s a little hard to swallow…
GAW – Of course I’m not going to concede defeat to you. I’m biding my time until I find a thread I can get a decent run in…