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Mishnayot at house of a mourner
I would recommend being in touch with Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah, The Society for Mishna Study, you can email their coordination team here: info@societyformishnahstudy.org
Their main job is to study on ...
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different versions of Mishnah Bikkurim?
As the introduction to the Yad Avraham artscroll Mishna notes, chapter 4 is included in the standard editions of the Mishna but may not be part of the Mishna at all. According to many commmentaries, ...
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Copy of Rambam's Mishna commentary in Arabic online
You can access it online at the Judeo-Arabic part of the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society website. Go to the main website here, where you can sign up for free. Then go to the Judeo-Arabic site (...
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Why does one accused of manslaughter need to leave the city of refuge in order to be judged?
The Rambam Rotzeach 5:7 seems to indicate that the reason the Bais Din of his city needs to get him and judge him in his own city is a gezeiras hakasuv:
וּבֵית דִּין שֶׁל אוֹתָהּ הָעִיר שֶׁהָרַג ...
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Why does רבי עקיבא say "50 אמה", and not "50 אמות?"
Whenever the Torah is talking about a multiple of 10
(10, 20, etc. 100, etc. 1000, etc.)
it's written in singular form. But when it's talking about any other #, than it's in plural form!
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"Eliyahu will return the hearts of fathers to the sons, etc." -- seeking elaboration on this verse
One little part of an answer I heard a long time ago:
Regarding the fathers, the passuk says they will return to THE children.
But regarding the children, it says they will return to THEIR fathers.
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"Eliyahu will return the hearts of fathers to the sons, etc." -- seeking elaboration on this verse
According to the Malbim, it means that the children will do teshuva to return to the ways of their fathers (keep the Torah) and as a result their fathers will reconcile with them. So the friction was ...
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Why do we not repair the Mishna according to the emendations of the Talmud?
Nice question. A few ideas: (1) as you can see from the sources brought in this thread most commentators do not take the phrase to mean literally that the girsa of the mishna needs to be corrected. (2)...
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Why do mishnayot teach historical halachot?
The Torah is there to give us knowledge of Hashem, for Him to become known. This is called Yediyat Hashem. In that context, knowing what He would want even in a case that is historically dated is ...
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(Early) Acharonim on Taharot?
Apart from commentaries to the whole mishnah and things you mentioned in your OP, some works on taharot include:
Sidrei Taharot (only keilim and ohalot are extant)
Rav Shlomo Goren's Shaarei Taharah ...
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