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The Rambam, Moshiach, and the Amidah
The last perakim of Mishneh Torah discuss the messianic process. The 11th perek discusses the role of Moshiach. In particular, the first halachah discusses the "order of operations:"
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Vilna Gaon - Mitzvah Goreres Mitzvah
I once heard (I do not recall from who or where) that The Vilna Gaon once remarked that the way to determine if one's actions were in fact a good deed, one must look at the after effects. The Gr"a is ...
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Seudat Mitzvah on a Personal Fast Day
May a person who accepts upon himself a personal fast eat a seudat mitzvah? For example, if a person finds himself at a bris on the day he accepted to fast, is he able to eat?
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Did Rambam wear "Rambam tzitzit," etc
Some rabbis have invented their own methods for tying tzitzit, depending on their interpretation of the halachah. For instance, Maimonides had his own method for tying tzitzit that he passed onto the ...
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Who are the Attributists Rambam speaks of
in the 'Guide for the Perplexed' by Rabbi Moshe Maimonides, who are the 'attributists' he speaks of? Are they other Jews with a different view, a different sect within Judaism, the Mohammedans, the ...
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Is "HaGevurah" really a name of God?
I am translating the "Thirteen Foundations of the Torah" (י"ג יסודות תורתנו) from the Qafih ("Kapach") edition of the Rambam's Pirush HaMishnayot. As usual, I run into philosophical difficulties with ...
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Torah transmission according to the Rambam
the Rambam in the introduction to Mishne Torah counts 40 generations from Moshe Rabeinu to Rav Ashi (compiler of the talmud) in the transmission of the oral law and lists the names of these sages.
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Visiting a sick parent who doesn't want visitors
If one's parent is ill, one would probably want to visit. It is, it seems, some level of mitzvah (though it isn't explicitly on the Rambam's list of 613, it is included under some other general ...
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Rambam and Torah Lishma
The Rambam (Teshuva 10:2) defines the ideal motivation of performing mitzvot as (lishma) one "who does the truth because it is the truth".
On the other hand, the Mesilat Yesharim defines the ...
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Where does Maimonides write that Muslims may pray in a synagogue?
Regarding the Muslims who were praying in a Synagogue, I read that Rambam ruled that it was permissible for Muslims to pray in a Synagogue - I haven't been able to find a source for this, does someone ...
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What are the mitzvot that require intent?
Forgive me in that I do not know the proper nomenclature.
Some mitzvot are complete by the simple action (or refrain from action)
Some mitzvot require action and intent, besides the problem of ...
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Mitzvah and connection. How does that work?
When one does good deeds, is he then connected to goodness? Do the actions draw blessing into one’s life?
How does the connection between Mitzvot and goodness work?
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Secular books for Torah study
If one is reading a secular book about electricity in order to understand how it works so that I can learn the halachos of using electricity on Shabbos, would the studying of the secular book be ...
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Nefesh HaChaim building and destroying worlds
the Nefesh HaChaim part 1 states that acts of mitzva build mystical worlds whereas acts of sin destroy mystical worlds. (Shaar 1 chapter 31). What sources go into more details as to these worlds and ...
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This is regarding a Talmudic debate
Was there a debate in the Talmud regarding weather Klal Yisroel was still mechuyav Mitzvoth in Galus after the Churbun?
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