What is the meaning of apikorism?

Answer 1

The Hebrew or Aramaic noun "apikores" for a person (plural: "apikorsim" for many people), comes

straight from the Greek noun/adjective "epicurean". As with most Judaic references to the ancient

Greek culture, it's a reference to the obsession with the pursuit of physical pleasures, the preoccupation

with physical appearance, the indulgence of the physical appetites, in contradiction of the higher value

that Judaism places on life's spiritual dimension.