Questions tagged [mishneh-torah]
Questions about Rambam's magnum opus also know as Yad HaChazaka.
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Why does Rambam change the list of items in Keilim 29:2 that combine for tumah and hazayah?
In the mishnah Keilim 29:2, we see a list of items and an indication of how many can be attached to each other and still be considered joined with regards to tumah and hazayah (sprinkling for ...
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Where to Find Original Manuscripts Of Mishne Torah
I have a couple versions of books from Mishne Torah: some of them are from Mishne Torah HaRav Kook edition, and the other book I have is Mishne Torah Hashalem Edition and it says there that it is ...
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Hebrew Dictionary for Mishneh Torah
I’m looking for a dictionary which contains words that one would find in The Rambam’s Mishneh Torah, not Biblical Hebrew. Any suggestions would be helpful.
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Where can I get the Mishnah Torah in English in plain text, open source?
I want to upload and maintain various texts in English in plain text format for wikisource: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:Judaism
In particular, I am looking for the Mishnah Torah in English. ...
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Idols made by robots/machines
Maimonides says in Avodat Kochavim, Chapter Eight:
It is permitted to derive benefit from anything that has not been manipulated by man or that was not made by man, even though it was worshiped [as a ...
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Was Moses really angry or pretending?
The Rambam said in his Mishneh Torah that it's sometimes useful to act angry:
If one desires to instill reverence in his children and his household, or in public if he is the head of a community, and ...
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Rav Yosef Karo's Kesef Mishneh: is there online an English translation?
Do you know of online an English translation of Rav Yosef Karo's Kesef Mishneh? Unless I'm mistaken, it is a fundamental work to better understand the Mishneh Torah.
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Where is the Hasagat Haraavad on Internet?
Rambam Shabbat 4.1-2 about the Din of Hatmana.
The Rishonim cite an Hasaga of the Raavad, but it's not in the Sifre Rambam.
I found it here
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א"א מעולם לא נראו ולא נשמעו תהפוכות כאלה ...
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Is adultery a sin between man and G-d or between man and man?
As we know, there are two types of sins: sins between man and man, and sins between man and G-d.
I used to think that adultery is a sin between man and man. However, reading Mishneh Torah, I ...
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What is the point of confessing before the meal on Erev Yom Kippur according to the Rambam?
The Rambam (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:7) writes that the reason why one should recite the Vidui on Erev Yom Kippur before the meal is that he might choke (heaven forbid) during the meal.
The question is: if ...
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Why does Rambam hil. Shiggagos 2:5 bring examples?
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Rambam, in the book of Karbanos, laws of Shiggagos, chapter 2 law 5 says:
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If one inadvertently committed one transgression, but there are two persons involved and he is unaware of the ...
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Article of R. Dr. Twersky on Mishne Torah
Is R. Dr. Yitzchak Twersky's article: "Some Non-Halakhic Aspects of the Mishneh Torah," published in: Jewish Medieval and Renaissance Studies, ed. A. Altmann (Cambridge, 1967), pp. 95-118, available ...
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Why does Rambam mention cities of refuge in separate halacha than Bilaam etc.?
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The Rambam in the beginning of the laws of kings chapter 11 brings the proofs from the Torah for how we know Moshiach.
The first proof is a verse from the Torah saying Hashem will "...
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Apparently contradicting passages of the Mishneh Torah
I would like to have, if possible, a clarification of two passages of the Mishneh Torah in apparent contradiction. In Sefer Nashim, Hilchot Ishut 3,11 Rambam expressly speaks of a lawful consecration ...
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Rationale choice of professions when assessing damages
Rambam Nezikin Chovel uMazzik 2:11 states anent damages
If he caused him to lose a limb or cut off his hand, he must pay him
full compensation for his hand; this being "damages." In this
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Rambam's MT chapters without Biblical founding Mitzvhas
IIRC, The 14 books of MT are all based on Rambam's systematization of the 613 Mitzvos. Most chapters start with the list of the founding Mitzvos from which the rest of the Halochos follow. For example,...
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Mishne Torah Kings and Wars Ch.6
Hi I am posting my question again because the old post is closed, but I edited my question to avoid problems:
Mishne Torah,Kings and Wars Ch. 6:
"War is not conducted against anyone in the world ...
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Ramban’s interpretation of the expression "leshem zenut" in Mishneh Torah-Hilchot Ishut 1: 4
We read in
Mishneh Torah-Hilchot Ishut 1:4
“Before the Torah was given, when a man would meet a woman in the
marketplace, and he and she desired, he could give her payment, engage
in relations with ...
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