Rambam Bekius: Recent Episodes
Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss, and this is the podcast for my Rambam Bekius Chavurah at Yeshiva Bnei Torah (YBT). We typically meet four days a week for an hour and learn the writings of the Rambam on a bekius level (i.e. with the aim of covering ground rather than doing an in-depth analysis). Our focus is on the Mishneh Torah, but we will frequently delve into the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, the Peirush ha'Mishnayos, the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, and other writings from the Rambam when our learning takes us there. If you're interested in attaining fluency in the Rambam's Torah, then this is the podcast for you!
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Length: 21 minutes 24 seconds
Synopsis: I was originally going to record an episode for tomorrow, Tishah b'Av itself, but I ended up discussing the halachos of seudah ha'mafsekes (the concluding meal before the fast) with my chavrusa this afternoon, and decided to record an episode about that instead, hoping that some people will be able to hear it before Tishah b'Av starts for them. These thoughts are somewhat scattered, but even if you don't like the answers, hopefully you'll at least appreciate the questions!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות ה:ז-ט
שיעורי הרב על עניני תשעה באב (אליקים קניגסברג), סימן יב: גדר סעודה המפסקת
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכול אבל יג:יב
The second month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored by Joey and Estee Lichter. Dedicatory message to follow!-----
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 12 minutes 23 seconds
Synopsis: We conclude the fifth chapter of Hilchos Taaniyos with the halachos of tearing our garments when we encounter the Cities of Judah, Jerusalem, and the Mikdash in their states of destruction. The final halacha is about the status of these fast days in the time of Moshiach. I share a beautiful article from Rabbi Joshua Maroof on this topic and apply his insight to this final halacha in the Rambam.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות ה:טז-יח
Rabbi Joshua Maroof, Is the Ninth of Av a Holiday?
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Length: 9 minutes 50 seconds
Synopsis: Today's halachos are about the enactments and decrees that Chazal set up to commemorate the destruction of the Mikdash and Yerushalayim. Some of these are familiar to us; others seem to no longer be practiced, or at least, are not as visible. Nevertheless, the halachos are here to guide us in how we should think about the destruction and its place in our lives.
Rambam on Music Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahYxvc4nSSc
Rambam on Music Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obwsr2IJ_Kg
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות ה:יב-טו
The second month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored by Joey and Estee Lichter. Dedicatory message to follow!-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 15 minutes 22 seconds
Synopsis: Today we finish the Rambam's halachos of Tishah b'Av itself, stopping to discuss an interesting minority manuscript and its implications. Tomorrow we'll move on to the next topic in the chapter: the commemorative practices that Chazal instituted to recall the destruction of the Mikdash.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות ה:י-יא
CUL: T-S F7.46+
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Length: 7 minutes 52 seconds
Synopsis: We continue in Hilchos Taaniyos 5 with the halachos pertaining to the month of Av and Erev Tishah b'Av. As I said, we're keeping this in a "strictly bekius" mode for now to ensure that we finish the chapter before Tishah b'Av itself.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות ה:ו-ט
The second month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored by Joey and Estee Lichter. Dedicatory message to follow!-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Length: 11 minutes 20 seconds
Synopsis: We'll be taking another detour into the Laws of Fasts in order to prepare for Tishah b'Av, "Rambam Bekius style." Today we read the introductory halachos in which the Rambam tells us about each of the national fast days, why we fast on them, and what we're commemorating. Tomorrow we'll read the halachos about the period of time leading up to Tishah b'Av.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות ה:א-ה
The second month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored by Joey and Estee Lichter. Dedicatory message to follow!-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Length: 12 minutes 2 seconds
Synopsis: Today we examine the Rambam's examples of the different ways that different people used to daven. There are some nuances in the Rambam's language that I never noticed before. We end off with a CORRECTED reading of the statement about facing Mikdash (which, turns out, I had been reading and teaching incorrectly for years). This will set us up for a bit of a deep dive into the halacha of facing the Mikdash, which we'll take up next week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים א:ב-ג
יד פשוטה שם
כסף משנה שם
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 13 minutes 32 seconds
Synopsis: Today we reread the Rambam's formulation of the obligation of tefilah from the Torah and make several inferences from the nuances of his formulation. These nuances help us to know what the actual chiyuv de'oraisa is, and also shed further light on the nature of tefilah. And if anyone has a good answer to the question raised by the Lechem Mishneh on the Kesef Mishneh, please share!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים א:ב-ג
כסף משנה שם
לחם משנה שם
בירור הלכה - ברכות דף לב עמוד א
יד פשוטה שם
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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Length: 14 minutes 15 seconds
Synopsis: Well, THIS episode took an unexpected turn! I intended to just review one point we covered yesterday and read ten words from the Meiri on how to "make" God have mercy on you, but that little addition turned into a whole episode which touched upon the fundamental mechanisms of how tefilah works. We'll return to the halacha in the Mishneh Torah tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים א:ב
מאירי - אבות ב:יג
fake Thoreau quotation
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:נג
רלב"ג - שמות לג:יט
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 11 minutes 26 seconds
Synopsis: And we're BACK to "actual bekius"! In this episode we cover two topics: (a) my mini-rant on how publishers (a.k.a. doofuses) screwed up the Rambam's division of the mini-halachos, and (b) how to understand the Rambam's use of the phrase "mispalel u'mischanein" in his definition of the Torah obligation of tefilah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים א:ב
יד פשוטה שם
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה מא
רמב"ם - אבות ב:יג
רבינו יונה שם
רש"י - דברים ג:כג
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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Length: 6 minutes 26 seconds
Synopsis: We conclude this examination of women's obligation in tefilah by reading the Mishnah Berurah, who arrives at a similar conclusion to the Aruch ha'Shulchan but spells out a few more details in terms of practicality.
Note: I recorded this late into the taanis and I had just woken up from a taanis nap; I apologize for the grogginess.
מקורות:
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים קו:א-ב
משנה ברורה שם ס"ק ד
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
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Length: 11 minutes 45 seconds
Synopsis: Today we finish the Aruch ha'Shulchan's analysis of how the machlokess on the mitzvah of tefilah de'oraisa plays itself out for women. After taking up the positions of Rashi, Tosafos, Ramban, and Talmidei Rabbeinu Yonah, the Aruch ha'Shulchan arrives at his practical conclusion.
Note: I recorded this late into the taanis and I had just woken up from a taanis nap; I apologize for the grogginess.
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ערוך השולחן אורח חיים קו:ו-ז
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Length: 20 minutes
Synopsis: Because today is the 17th of Tammuz, I wanted to take a brief pause in our topic to address inyanei d'yoma, and what better way to do so than to review one thing that the Rambam and the Ramban both agree on: that zaakah b'eis tzarah (crying out to Hashem at a time of trouble) is a mitzvah from the Torah. In this episode we review some of the major ideas, as guided by the Yad Peshuta (R' Nachum Rabinovitch).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות - הקדמה; א:א-ב; ה:ב
יד פשוטה שם
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:לו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:ו
ספרי - בהעלותך פיסקא עו
משנה - תענית ב:א ;ג:א-ב
ב' דברי הימים ז:יג-יד
ראש השנה דף יח עמוד א
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
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Length: 10 minutes 49 seconds
Synopsis: The next step in our analysis of the machlokess between the Rambam and Ramban and its impact on women's obligation in tefilah is to learn Gemara according to both sides. Turns out, this issue is complicated by the fact that there are three different girsaos (textual versions) of the Gemara. Using the Aruch ha'Shulchan as our guide, we'll begin with comparing Rambam's version of the Gemara with Rashi's.
מקורות:
ברכות דף כ עמוד א-ב
ערוך השולחן אורח חיים קו:ה
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Length: 7 minutes 26 seconds
Synopsis: Instead of continuing what we started yesterday, we're gonna slow down. After three weeks of Rambam Bekius, there's one change I'd like to make.
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Length: 17 minutes 32 seconds
Synopsis: Guess what? We're taking another detour! Since the machlokess between the Rambam and Ramban on tefilah de'oraisa has a direct bearing on the nature and parameters of women's obligation in tefilah, we're going to take up that topic for the next few episodes. In this episode, we go over the Gemara according to the Rambam as explained by the Rav.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים א:א-ב
רשימות שיעורי הגרי"ד - ברכות דף כ עמוד א-ב
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
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Length: 20 minutes 8 seconds
Synopsis: Well, I can't put it off any longer: here's the approach my chavrusa and I have been developing to explain the machlokess betweenthe Ramban and the Rambam on tefilah de'oraisa.I did my best to present it clearly, which means that the fact that this episode ended up being 20 minutes is either a good thing or a bad thing. Either way, let me know what you think!
מקורות:
רמב"ן - השגות לספר המצוות, עשה ה
למקדח ולמחרוז במשנה תורה להרמב"ם - כונת הלב בתפלה
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Length: 9 minutes 13 seconds
Synopsis: Before I share the theory that my chavrusa and I have been working on, I'd like to share what the Aruch ha'Shulchan wrote. Like the Rav, he attempts to minimize the machlokess between these two "pillars of the world." What do you think of his line of reasoning?
מקורות:
ערוך השולחן פט:א-ה
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
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Length: 12 minutes 11 seconds
Synopsis: Last time we read the Ramban's critique of the Rambam's view that daily tefilah is a mitzvah from the Torah. Before I share the theory that my chavrusa and I have been working on, I'd like to share a famous explanation given by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (a.k.a. the Rav).
מקורות:
The Rav on Tefillah: an Anthology of Teachings by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Jewish Prayer (ed. Jay Goldmintz)
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Length: 21 minutes 29 seconds
Synopsis: Today we'll go over the facts of the Ramban's machlokess with the Rambam regarding the mitzvah of tefilah from the Torah. If you've heard of this machlokess, do yourself a favor: BEFORE you listen to the episode, summarize what you THINK the Ramban's view is, then listen to the episode and see how well your recollection lines up with what the Ramban ACTUALLY writes. I was surprised by the gap between my recollection and his actual words, and I have a feeling you will be, too.
מקורות:
רמב"ן - השגות לספר המצוות, עשה ה
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Length: 11 minutes 22 seconds
Synopsis: I could have moved on after answering yesterday's question, I figured that once we were already discussing the Rambam's take on Rabbinical hermeneutics, I might as well recap my current understanding of his position, as explained by Moshe Halbertal in Maimonides: Life and Thought (and developed further in Nahmanides: Law and Mysticism). This is obviously not intended to be a full treatment of this massive topic, but I hope it whets your appetite enough to explore it on your own.
מקורות:
Halbertal - Maimonides: Life and Thought, pp.118-125
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Length: 15 minutes 24 seconds
Synopsis: Today we take up another question from a different listener. Unbeknownst to the listener, this question cuts deep to the core of a HUGE machlokess between the Rambam and the Ramban about the nature of the Torah text and Rabbinic authority. Although we aren't going to delve TOO deeply into this, I do want to use this as an opportunity to provide an outline of what the Rambam holds Chazal are doing when they apply the 13 hermeneutical principles.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - הקדמה לפירוש המשניות
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: הכלל השני
רמב"ן - השגות על ספר המצוות לרמב"ם, הכלל השני
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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Length: 17 minutes 23 seconds
Synopsis: Before we take up the question about the inclusion in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos of the halacha about facing Mikdash during tefilah, I'd like to attempt to answer three questions that were sent to me by a listener, and in so doing, refine our understanding of avodah as tefilah and as talmud Torah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: עשה ה
רלב"ג - שמוה כג:כה
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Content Hub (where I post all my content and announce my public classes): https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 15 minutes 8 seconds
Synopsis: We last left our hero (i.e. Rambam) on an open question: "What is the Rambam's idea of the mitzvah of 'avodah' such that it encompasses all mitzvos AND is a specific commandment for tefilah AND an injunction to study Torah?" Here is how the Ralbag answers that question.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: עשה ה
רלב"ג - דברים ו:יג
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Content Hub (where I post all my content and announce my public classes): https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 14 minutes 3 seconds
Synopsis: We begin our learning of Hilchos Tefilah with the Rambam's formulation of the mitzvah in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos. Right away we are confronted with an anomaly: according to one of the rules set forth by the Rambam in the introduction to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, this shouldn't be counted as a mitzvah! We didn't even have time to delve into the questions. That will have to wait until tomorrow. In the meantime, see if you can come up with your own questions!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: השורש הרביעי; עשה ה
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Content Hub (where I post all my content and announce my public classes): https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 13 minutes 13 seconds
Synopsis: The Rambam urged his student, R' Yosef, to "make [the Mishneh Torah] your book par excellence." In this episode, I share the methodology I was taught by one of my Rambam rabbeim for how to do that. This methodology will serve as the blueprint for how we approach Hilchos Tefilah tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - אגרת לרב יוסף
Letter from me to Rabbi Saul Zucker
Letter from Rabbi Saul Zucker to me
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה; עשה ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, רשימת המצוות, עשה ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות, כותרת מצוה ב; ו:ב
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Content Hub (where I post all my content and announce my public classes): https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 11 minutes 31 seconds
Synopsis: Before we start learning Hilchos Tefilah, I'd like to review two pillars of my Mishneh Torah methodology. Today we'll discuss how the Rambam intended for his magnum opus to be read, and tomorrow I'll share how one of my own Rambam mentors advised me to master the Mishneh Torah.
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Content Hub (where I post all my content and announce my public classes): https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 17 minutes 55 seconds
Synopsis: Welcome BACK to the Rambam Bekius Podcast! In this inaugural episode, I discuss what we mean by "Rambam Bekius," what our goals are for this podcast, and what the format will be. Whether you're a new or returning listener, be sure to check out this episode before proceeding. In tomorrow's episode, we'll go over some basic Mishneh Torah methodology and commence our learning of Hilchos Tefilah the day after that. I can't wait to get started!
מקורות:
ר' יוחאי מקבילי - פתח דבר למשנה תורה, מהדורת "מפעל משנה תורה"
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה א,לט-מ
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:יא
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Content Hub (where I post all my content and announce my public classes): https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 11 minutes 2 seconds
Synopsis: Yesterday we read the Rambam's formulation of the mitzvah of tefilah in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos. Today we raise several questions on this formulation, and then acquaint ourselves with the facts of his three formulations in the Mishneh Torah. We will spend the next week (if not more) delving into the Rambam's formulation in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos in an effort to understand his foundational concept of tefilah as avodah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: עשה ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, רשימת המצוות, עשה ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים כותרת; א:א-ב
The first month of the newly relaunched Rambam Bekius Podcast has been sponsored anonymously. May the merit of our learning make us worthy of Hashem's salvation, and may He deliver acheinu kol Beis Yisrael from all our enemies, in Israel and around the world.-----
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Content Hub (where I post all my content and announce my public classes): https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length of audio: 47 minutes
Synopsis: Have you been what I'll be up to this coming year? Have you heard me allude to a MAJOR update that I said I'd announce about my professional life in the near future? Are you aware of one of these updates, but not the other? Well, if none of this interests you, then by all means, feel free to skip this. But if you are at all curious about my exciting plans for 2023-2024, then here is the FULL story. I intended to make this short, but failed miserably because there's just so much to update you on! If you want a tl;dr or a teaser, here it is:
Update #1 (0:00 - 26:00): I will be switching from full-time rebbi and administrator at YBT to part-time rebbi in order to explore and expand my own Torah content creation horizons.
Update #2 (26:00 - end): I will be returning to the high school classroom … sort of!
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 24 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (6/8/23), in our last Rambam Bekius mini-shiur (ever?), we read Rambam's answer to the question: "If the purpose of human beings is to perfect ourselves, in knowledge and in action, what is the purpose of all those people who are not involved in perfecting themselves?" After offering our own answers, we read the two-part answer given by the Rambam. Although there are still questions on this entire Rambam we haven't answered, I'm glad we took it up in a bekius fashion. Until next time, whenever that may be! בריך רחמנא דסייען
מקורות:
רמב"ם - הקדמה לפירוש המשניות, מהדורת קאפח
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Rachayl. Thank you! The academic year is drawing to a close. I've got big plans in store for the summer and even BIGGER plans for this upcoming year. If you've gained from what you've learned here and would like to help support my ability to produce free, independent, original Torah content, please consider sponsoring a week's worth of content. Better yet, become one of my Patrons by going to www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. And if you'd like to have a say in what I write about AND gain access to exclusive articles on spicy topics that I'm not willing to share with the internet at large, join my NEW paid subscriber tier on my substack at rabbischneeweiss.substack.com.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 42 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (6/7/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we FINALLY got to the part where the Rambam talks about the purpose of the human species. We read through his main answer, encountering a few questions and problems along the way. Tomorrow (בג"ה), in our last Rambam Bekius shiur of the season, we'll attempt to finish the section, beginning with the Rambam's answer to the question: "What is the purpose of human beings who DON'T fulfill their purpose?"
מקורות:
רמב"ם - הקדמה לפירוש המשניות, מהדורת קאפח
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Rachayl. Thank you! The academic year is drawing to a close. I've got big plans in store for the summer and even BIGGER plans for this upcoming year. If you've gained from what you've learned here and would like to help support my ability to produce free, independent, original Torah content, please consider sponsoring a week's worth of content. Better yet, become one of my Patrons by going to www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. And if you'd like to have a say in what I write about AND gain access to exclusive articles on spicy topics that I'm not willing to share with the internet at large, join my NEW paid subscriber tier on my substack at rabbischneeweiss.substack.com.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 25 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (6/5/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we INTENDED to learn the Rambam's interpretation of the midrashic statement, "The only thing Ha'Kadosh Baruch Hu has in this world is the four cubits of halacha alone" (Berachos 8a). But we decided to start earlier to get some context and spent the whole time on the Rambam's explanation of why midrashim are written cryptically. Interesting discussion, though! We'll see where get to tomorrow! (בג"ה)
מקורות:
רמב"ם - הקדמה לפירוש המשניות, מהדורת קאפח
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ב:ו
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Rachayl. Thank you! The academic year is drawing to a close. I've got big plans in store for the summer and even BIGGER plans for this upcoming year. If you've gained from what you've learned here and would like to help support my ability to produce free, independent, original Torah content, please consider sponsoring a week's worth of content. Better yet, become one of my Patrons by going to www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. And if you'd like to have a say in what I write about AND gain access to exclusive articles on spicy topics that I'm not willing to share with the internet at large, join my NEW paid subscriber tier on my substack at rabbischneeweiss.substack.com.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (6/1/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we finished the shiur on Chukos ha'Goyim, answering all the questions that were raised, and walking away with a newfound appreciation for the Torah's war against avodah zarah!
מקורות:
למקדח ולמחרוז במשנה תורה להרמב"ם - חוקות הגוים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ה:א
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Isaiah Blanks and Joey & Estee Lichter in honor of Tamar Lichter Blanks receiving her PhD in mathematics.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 30 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/31/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued in the Kuntress shiur we started yesterday, and took the first step in answering our questions. This involved a BIG idea, and there's a lot more to flesh out, but it'll have to wait until tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
למקדח ולמחרוז במשנה תורה להרמב"ם - חוקות הגוים
ויקרא יח:ג; כ:כג
דברים יב:ל
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, לא תעשה מ"ז
תוספות ד"ה דאי - עבודה זרה דף יא עמוד א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות עובדה זרה וחוקות הגוים יא:א
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Isaiah Blanks and Joey & Estee Lichter in honor of Tamar Lichter Blanks receiving her PhD in mathematics.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 21 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/30/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued in the Kuntress shiur we started yesterday, getting through all the questions - some major and some minor. Tomorrow, after a brief review, we'll begin the answers/ideas!
מקורות:
למקדח ולמחרוז במשנה תורה להרמב"ם - חוקות הגוים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות עובדה זרה וחוקות הגוים פרק יא; יב:א
שולחן ערוך יורה דעה קעח:א-ג; קעט:יז הג"ה
רש"י - סנהדרין דף צב עמוד א
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Isaiah Blanks and Joey & Estee Lichter in honor of Tamar Lichter Blanks receiving her PhD in mathematics.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 28 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/29/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began learning through another shiur in The Kuntress. We chose to do the shiur on Chukos ha'Goyim because Rambam Yomi began Hilchos Avodah Zarah today. We got through the first two questions in the shiur because we ended up doing all the sources inside. We plan on continuing tomorrow and finishing either at the end of this week or the beginning of next week.
מקורות:
למקדח ולמחרוז במשנה תורה להרמב"ם - חוקות הגוים
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, לא תעשה ל
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות עובדה זרה וחוקות הגוים כותרת; יא:א-ג
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Isaiah Blanks and Joey & Estee Lichter in honor of Tamar Lichter Blanks receiving her PhD in mathematics.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 45 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/25/23), in lieu of a Mishlei shiur, we learned through the first shiur in The Kuntress, which is about the order of mitzvos in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos vs. their order in the Mishneh Torah. We figured this would be a good topic to take up on Erev Shavuos - and it was!
מקורות:
למקדח ולמחרוז במשנה תורה להרמב"ם - פתיחה
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by the following individuals:
- by Marci in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with gratitude for enriching the lives of his many students.
- by my mom, Terri Schneeweiss, in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz for showing us the light of Reality and giving us the courage and confidence to grow (and warmest aloha to Leya).
- by Ann, Hadassah & Shmuel in memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with love and a sea of gratitude.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 37 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/24/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, on the day before Erev Shavuos, we decided to learn through the Rambam's tshuvah on the question of whether one should stand when the Aseres ha'Dibros are being read during Krias ha'Torah. After reading his answer (spoiler alert: it's a "NO!"), we read Rav Moshe Feinstein's tshuvah on the matter, in which he takes the opposite position.
מקורות:
תשובות הרמב"ם רס"ג
רש"י - ברכות דף יב עמוד א
שו"ת אגרות משה אורח חיים חלק ד סימן כב
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by the following individuals:
- by Marci in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with gratitude for enriching the lives of his many students.
- by my mom, Terri Schneeweiss, in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz for showing us the light of Reality and giving us the courage and confidence to grow (and warmest aloha to Leya).
- by Ann, Hadassah & Shmuel in memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with love and a sea of gratitude.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/23/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we completed this year's learn-through of the halachos of tzedakah. The final halachos discussed the various sides of dependency on tzedakah: when it's bad, when it's necessary, and how to tell the difference. בריך רחמנא דסיען
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ד:יד,טז; י:יח-יט
רד"ק - ירמיהו יז:ה-ח
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by the following individuals:
- by Marci in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with gratitude for enriching the lives of his many students.
- by my mom, Terri Schneeweiss, in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz for showing us the light of Reality and giving us the courage and confidence to grow (and warmest aloha to Leya).
- by Ann, Hadassah & Shmuel in memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with love and a sea of gratitude.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/22/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we returned to Hilchos Matnos Aniyim Chapter 10 after a three month (!) hiatus. Today learned the halachos about supporting your children, your parents, and your other relatives - and, most importantly, the poor, whom you should treat as members of your household.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ז,טז-יז
ישעיהו פרק נח
מלבי"ם - ישעיהו נח:ז
משלי לא:יט-כ
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by the following individuals:
- by Marci in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with gratitude for enriching the lives of his many students.
- by my mom, Terri Schneeweiss, in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz for showing us the light of Reality and giving us the courage and confidence to grow (and warmest aloha to Leya).
- by Ann, Hadassah & Shmuel in memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with love and a sea of gratitude.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 17 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/18/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we finished learning about the king's prohibitions and privileges in chapter 3. Although there's another chapter which is part of this topic, we're going to go back to Hilchos Matnos Aniyim and complete it - hopefully before Shavuos! (בג"ה)
מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: סנהדרין ב:ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ג:ו-י
יהושע א:טז-יח
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by the following individuals:
- by Marci in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with gratitude for enriching the lives of his many students.
- by my mom, Terri Schneeweiss, in loving memory of Rabbi Moskowitz for showing us the light of Reality and giving us the courage and confidence to grow (and warmest aloha to Leya).
- by Ann, Hadassah & Shmuel in memory of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l with love and a sea of gratitude.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Old Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 15 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/16/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued with the halachos of kings, learning about the three lo taasehs stated in the Torah, and the positive injunction about what a king SHOULD occupy himself with. Tomorrow we'll aim to finish the chapter (בג"ה).
מקורות:
תשובות רדב"ז על משנה תורה מלכים ומלחמות ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ג:א-ד
כסף משנה שם
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: סנהדרין ב:ד
The Torah content for the first part of this week has been sponsored by Shmuel "with hakaras ha'tov to Hashem (and many yidden) on his engagement to Hadassa."
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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Length: 22 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/15/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we wrapped up (I think?) the sugya of the king's mitzvah to write a second sefer Torah for himself, in addition to the one he had as a civilian. There were a few questions we weren't able to answer, but such is the nature of Rambam Bekius! We concluded with an unrelated (somewhat recent) discovery of Cairo Genizah fragments featuring the writing of the Rambam in a Romance dialect!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה ז:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכוח חגיגה ג:ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ג:א
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/maimonides-fragments-discovered
https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/genizah-fragments/posts/qa-wednesday-maimonides-hiding-plain-sight-jose-martinez-delgado
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 30 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/11/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we reviewed and wrapped up the Aruch ha'Shulchan from yesterday, then read the first couple halachos in the Rambam about the mitzvos of writing a Sefer Torah, then we finished reading the Torah Temimah we started, who raised OUR question but then gave an answer which we appreciated but didn't feel fully satisfied by, then we read the Ralbag's approach to the drashah, which we DID like, and we concluded by reading (well, reading half and then skimming half) of ha'Kesav ve'ha'Kabbalah on the pasuk. In other words, we did a LOT of non-Rambam in our Rambam Bekius shiur!
מקורות:
טור שולחן ערוך אורח חיים רע:ב
ערוך השולחן אורח חיים רע:ז-יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה ז:א-ב
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה י"ח
תורה תמימה - דברים לא:יט, הערה 26
רלב"ג - דברים לא:יט
הכתב והקבלה שם
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 26 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/10/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we went on a fun detour (from our already fun detour). We planned to learn about the mitzvos unique to a king, the first of which is to write a second Sefer Torah for himself. First, we had to learn about the mitzvah for EVERY Jewish male to write a Sefer Torah. We started with the Rambam's Sefer ha'Mitzvos, which led us to the Torah Temimah's explanation of the drashah, which led us to the view of the Tur and the Rosh that this mitzvah can be done (or is replaced) by the mitzvah to buy books (perhaps just from the publisher?) which led us to the Aruch ha'Shulchan. Since we didn't finish, the plan tomorrow is to complete the Aruch ha'Shulchan and the Torah Temimah, then go bad to the halachos in the Mishneh Torah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה י"ח
תורה תמימה - דברים לא:יט, הערה 26
טור שולחן ערוך אורח חיים רע:ב
ערוך השולחן אורח חיים רע:ז-יא
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 22 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/9/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned the chapter in the Mishneh Torah about the halachos of celebrating Lag ba'Omer. The Rambam's shitah about the size of the bonfire ... HA! GOTCHU! We continued on in the halachos about honoring a king - but first, we read the psak of the Aruch ha'Shulchan ha'Asid on the halacha we learned last week about hereditary leadership. After that, we learned about kavod-interactions between the king and other individuals who deserve kavod.
מקורות:
ערוך השולחן העתיד - הלכות מלכים עא:יא-יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ב:ה-ט
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 18 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/4/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began with a discourse from the honorable Dutchman Monarchist, Yoel Schaper, who helped us to understand the rationale behind hereditary positions of leadership. We then read the first few halachos about honoring a king, which (בג"ה) we will continue next week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ב:א-ה
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Moshe Zucker in honor of Joey and Estee Lichter, in recognition of all they do for the community.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 21 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/3/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued learning the halachos in the first perek of Hilchos Melachim u'Milchamos. First we learned through the remaining halachos about who may be apointed, and then we learned the halachos about anointing a king, and how the malchus is passed down. Tomorrow the plan is to find something else on this topic which is interesting to learn (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות א:ו-יב
Netflix's "The Crown," Season 1, Episodes 2 and 5
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 18 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (5/2/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took up a rather timely topic: the halachos of appointing a king. (Timely because the coronation of King Charles III will take place this weekend.) We learned through the first few halachos about the mechayev (ugh that word looks horrible when transliterated) of the mitzvah and began learning the somewhat controversial halachos of who may NOT be appointed to the monarchy or to any appointment. We will continue those halachos tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
דברים יז:יד-כ
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות א:א-ה
ספר החינוך מצוה תצ"ח
תורה תמימה - יז:טו (קידושין דף עו עמוד ב)
יד פשוטה
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 15 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (4/27/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned through the halachos of avak lashon ha'ra (the "dust" of evil speech). We were able to understand the first three categories, but not the fourth. We began reading the Yad Peshutah but only got through his commentary on the first case. The rest will have to wait until next week (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה כב:יט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:ד
יד פשוטה
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by my dad in loving memory of our friend, Alan Woog (a"h), who took his final breath on April 18th, just a little shy of his 99th birthday. It has been a privilege to learn with him and from him over the course of these past ten years, and although we will all miss him, we are grateful that he is no longer in pain.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 21 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (4/26/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we focused on Chazal's statement cited by the Rambam that "lashon ha'ra kills three people: the one who says it, the one who accepts it, and the one about whom it is said - and the one who accepts it more than the one who says it." We looked up the source in the Gemara, got confused by Rashi, came up with our own approach, solicited some help from the Yad Peshutah, and ended with a tshuvah from the Rambam (extracted from genizah) about a "cancel culture" case, which led to a bit of a heated disagreement among those of us who were present.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:ג
יד פשוטה
ערכין דף טו עמוד א
שבת דף נו עמוד ב
תשובות הרמב"ם הקשורות למשנה תורה דעות ז:ג
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by my dad in loving memory of our friend, Alan Woog (a"h), who took his final breath on April 18th, just a little shy of his 99th birthday. It has been a privilege to learn with him and from him over the course of these past ten years, and although we will all miss him, we are grateful that he is no longer in pain.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 15 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (4/25/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by reviewing our definitions yet again - albeit very briefly! We then attempted to take up the question of what it means that the Meraglim spoke lashon ha'ra about the land of Israel, only to discover that the topic was too big for us. We ended by attempting to analyze Chazal's equation of lashon ha'ra with AZ, GA, and SD, but didn't quite manage to complete our analysis.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות אבות א:טז
במדבר יג:כז-לב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:ג
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by my dad in loving memory of our friend, Alan Woog (a"h), who took his final breath on April 18th, just a little shy of his 99th birthday. It has been a privilege to learn with him and from him over the course of these past ten years, and although we will all miss him, we are grateful that he is no longer in pain.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Instagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (4/24/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we refined our definitions of rechilus and lashon ha'ra from last week and segued into the Rambam's discussion of the severity of lashon ha'ra, which we'll continue tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה; לא תעשה ש"א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:א-ב
תורה תמימה - ויקרא יט:טו-טז, הערה 105
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות אבות א:טז
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by my dad in loving memory of our friend, Alan Woog (a"h), who took his final breath on April 18th, just a little shy of his 99th birthday. It has been a privilege to learn with him and from him over the course of these past ten years, and although we will all miss him, we are grateful that he is no longer in pain.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 20 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (4/20/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we did a comprehensive review of yesterday - since nobody who was in shiur yesterday was here today, and the only person in shiur today wasn't there yesterday - and then we followed the Rambam's directive to "go and learn what happened to Doeg, the Edomite." After doing that, we produced a ROUGH draft of our definition of rechilus according to the Rambam. I characterize it as "rough" because it's messy, somewhat unclear, and doesn't take into account ALL the various elements. But it's a start!
Note: if you plan on attending or listening to this Friday's women's shiur (on 4/21/23), then do NOT listen to this. I intend to cover the same material on Friday, but that version will be superior to this version, since this will prepare me for that.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה; לא תעשה ש"א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:א-ב
מלבי"ם - א' שמואל כא-כב
The Torah content from now through the end of the month of Nisan has been sponsored by Michal Zoldan, who reached out to me over Pesach to let me know that she listens to my podcasts. I’d like to thank Michal, along with everyone else who has let me know that my Torah content is appreciated. Thank you for reading, listening, and watching, and thank you even more for supporting what I do.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (4/19/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we decided to revisit the halachos about lashon ha'ra. I didn't initially plan on doing this, but the guys in the shiur wanted to, and I'm definitely game! Today we read through the basic sources on the Rambam's understanding of Lo Taaseh #301. Tomorrow we'll attempt to define rechilus. I gave shiur on these topics on 7/27/21 - 8/2/21, but I've decided not to relisten to those shiurim so I can approach this topic with a fresh mind.
Note: if you plan on attending or listening to this Friday's women's shiur (on 4/21/23), then do NOT listen to this. I intend to cover the same material on Friday, but that version will be superior to this version, since this will prepare me for that.
מקורות:
רש"י - ויקרא יט:טז
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה; לא תעשה ש"א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:א-ב
מלבי"ם - א' שמואל כא-כב
The Torah content from now through the end of the month of Nisan has been sponsored by Michal Zoldan, who reached out to me over Pesach to let me know that she listens to my podcasts. I’d like to thank Michal, along with everyone else who has let me know that my Torah content is appreciated. Thank you for reading, listening, and watching, and thank you even more for supporting what I do.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 16 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (4/18/23), in our first Rambam Bekius mini-shiur after Pesach, I decided that before we return to complete Hilchos Matnos Aniyim, I'd like to start with something relevant to this week's parashah. I learned with someone this week who had never been through the "hidden" Rambam on lashon ha'ra at the end of Hilchos Tumas Tzaraas (only "hidden" because we tend not to learn ANYTHING in Sefer Taharah), and I figured that there are likely others who either haven't learned this halacha or could use a review.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר טהרה, הלכות טומאת צרעת טז:י
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, נגעים יב:ה
The Torah content from now through the end of the month of Nisan has been sponsored by Michal Zoldan, who reached out to me over Pesach to let me know that she listens to my podcasts. I’d like to thank Michal, along with everyone else who has let me know that my Torah content is appreciated. Thank you for reading, listening, and watching, and thank you even more for supporting what I do.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 23 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/29/23), in our last Rambam Bekius mini-shiur before Pesach, we learned through a piece (ha!) in Hararei Kedem on the Rambam's view that yachatz is done AFTER Magid, rather than before. Note: if you're listening to this shiur and you share in our confusion towards the end, then I'll give you a spoiler alert: we realized after finishing the piece that we (read: I) accidentally skipped an entire paragraph! After we went back and read that paragraph, things made a lot more sense.
מקורות:
ר' מיכל שורקין - הררי קדם חלק ב סימן עט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ח:ו
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים תעג:ו
The Torah content from now until Pesach has been sponsored by my friend and colleague, Rabbi Dr. Elie Feder, author of Gematria Refigured: A New Look At How The Torah Conveys Ideas Through Numbers. Stay up-to-date by joining the Gematria Refigured+ WhatsApp group, and subscribe to the Gematria Refigured+ Podcast.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 20 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/28/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we finished the Hararei Kedem piece we started yesterday and learned more about the kiyum of pouring each of the four cups. We also learned the source (well, a source) for the basis of minhag to pour for each other.
מקורות:
ר' מיכל שורקין - הררי קדם חלק ב סימן עה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ח:א
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים תעג:ב,ז
The Torah content from now until Pesach has been sponsored by my friend and colleague, Rabbi Dr. Elie Feder, author of Gematria Refigured: A New Look At How The Torah Conveys Ideas Through Numbers. Stay up-to-date by joining the Gematira Refigured+ WhatsApp group, and subscribe to the Gematria Refigured+ Podcast.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 21 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/27/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we started learning a piece in Hararei Kedem about the first halacha in the Rambam's seder procedure: mixing the cup. We plan on finishing the piece tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
ר' מיכל שורקין - הררי קדם חלק ב סימן עה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ט; ח:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות ז:טו
ברכות דף נא עמוד א - רש"י ד"ה חי
The Torah content from now until Pesach has been sponsored by my friend and colleague, Rabbi Dr. Elie Feder, author of Gematria Refigured: A New Look At How The Torah Conveys Ideas Through Numbers. Stay up-to-date by joining the Gematira Refigured+ WhatsApp group, and subscribe to the Gematria Refigured+ Podcast.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 23 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/22/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned about the strangely structured mitzvah of charoses, and the botanically ambiguous mitzvah of maror. We concluded by answering a question we raised last week about whether a person would be obligated in sippur if they don't have matzah and maror in front of them. Next week (בג"ה) will be devoted to chapter 8!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:יא-יג
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות ספחים י:ג
גרי"ז - הגדת מבית לוי עמוד קכד (מובא בהגדת מתיבתא)
תרומת הדשן - סימן קלז (מובא בהגדת מתיבתא)
The Torah content for Rosh Chodesh Nisan has been sponsored by my friend and fellow Ralbag-enthusiast, Rabbi Dovid Campbell. Be sure to check out his website, NatureofTorah.com, and the article he published in the most recent edition of Hakirah entitled. Imitations and Semblances: How the Mitzvos Direct Our Exploration of Reality.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/22/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by going over one more idea about haseivah and another idea about Mah Nishtanah. We then learned the remaining halachos of the four cups, taking some brief detours to see if there was overlap with other halachic cup requirements. Tomorrow we'll aim to finish the perek.
מקורות:
Rav Yosef Dov ha'Levi Soloveitchik, Festival of Freedom: Essays on Pesach and the Haggadah
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ט-י; ח:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת יט:י; כט:ז
The Torah content for Rosh Chodesh Nisan has been sponsored by my friend and fellow Ralbag-enthusiast, Rabbi Dovid Campbell. Be sure to check out his website, NatureofTorah.com, and the article he published in the most recent edition of Hakirah entitled. Imitations and Semblances: How the Mitzvos Direct Our Exploration of Reality.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 16 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/21/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we moved on to the two topics of the four cups and reclining. We covered most of the halachos, with a brief detour into the Rambam's procedure for the obligatory eatings of the night in Chapter 8. Tomorrow we'll continue, with the goal of finishing Chapter 7 by the end of the week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ז-ח; ח:ו-ח
תוספות פסחים דף צט עמוד ב ד"ה ואפילו עני שבישראל לא יאכל עד שיסב
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/20/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we didn't focus We started off with a halacha we learned last week, but only so that I could make sure that everyone was familiar with the two ways to translate the word "Pesach." This led us to look into the pesukim, the Targum, and some Rashis. We then finished reading the halacha in the Rambam, which prompted me to share my favorite explanation of the type of freedom we are celebrating on Pesach. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll continue on in the halachos.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ה
תרגום - שמות יב:יא,יג,כא,כג
א מלכים יח:כא
רש"י - שמות יב:ו,יא
אברבנאל - אבות ו:ב
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 18 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/16/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took up the classic question of liros vs. leharos in the Rambam. I hope I was able to take it a little further than it's usually taken, thanks to all the resources on AlHaTorah, plus R' Qafih and the Yad Peshutah. I also did teshuvah for inadvertently speaking lashon ha'ra about Rav Nachman.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ו עם פירוש ר' קאפח והיד פשוטה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה - סדר ההגדה
פסחים פרק י משנה ה (גירסת הרמב"ם)
משנה תורה דפוסים רחמנא ליצלן
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קנין, הלכות עבדים ט:ח
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 22 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/15/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we read through select portions of the Yad Peshutah's commentary which provided insights into the halachos we learned last week, and answered some of our questions.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:א-ה עם פירוש היד פשוטה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות קריאת שמע א:ג עם פירוש היד פשוטה
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה קנ"ז (תרגום הר"י קאפח + תרגום ר"ח הליר)
סנהדרין דף לח עמוד ב
פסחים דף קטז עמוד א
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות פסחים י:ד
רי"ף שם
דברים כו:ה-ט
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 26 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/9/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, our goal was to cover all the halachos which the Rambam collectively refers to as "hagadah," so that we can get the big picture - and we did just that! Next week (בג"ה) we'll either delve into the questions we raised or we'll do more bekius.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:א-ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות קריאת שמע א:א-ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:ו
רש"י - שמות יג:ג
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Length: 39 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/8/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we kicked off our Pesach-prep by reviewing the Rambam's four formulations of the mitzvah of sippur: (1) in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, (2) in the Mishneh Torah's minyan ha'mitzvos, (3) in the koseres for Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah, and (4) in the first halacha in chapter 7. We raised the major questions and problems that arose from his differences in formulation, and even got a little bit of Ritva Bekius in there. Tomorrow we will attempt to answer some of these questions.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה קנז
ריטב"א - הלכות פסח וסדר ההגדה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצוות עשה קנז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה, כותרת + ז:א-ב
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
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Length: 26 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/2/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we had one mission: to gain insight into the idea of emulating the shechinah by increasing our matanos la'evyonim and by giving tzedakah to aniyim in a manner that enlivens their souls. It took us longer than I anticipated to go through the facts, and we didn't have time to develop a full idea, but we did come up with an approach which I hope to be able to refine on Monday (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:יז
יד פשוטה שם
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ה
מהר"י קרא, רד"ק, אברבנאל - ישיעהו נז:יד-כא
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות ד:ד
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נד
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 21 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (3/1/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we attempted to understand the halachos of matanos la'evyonim, but ended up with more questions than answers. Tomorrow our goal is to understand Yeshayahu 57:15 in context, now that we know it's a universal principle in relating to the poor and downtrodden and not just a particular halacha about Purim.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:טז-יז
יד פשוטה שם
נחמיה ח:ט-י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ה
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0H
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel
Length: 20 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/28/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we concluded this year's analysis of the Rambam's shitah on mishloach manos. We finished reading the Yad Peshutah and attempted to answer our remaining questions and tie up the loose ends.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:טו
יד פשוטה שם
מגילה דף ז עמוד א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות עירובין א:א
The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 22 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/27/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued on in the halachos of Purim with the mitzvah of mishloach manos. We learned through the Rambam, raised several questions, and then began reading the Yad Peshutah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:טו
יד פשוטה שם
מגילה דף ז עמוד א-ב
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 25 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/23/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we spent the first 15 minutes of shiur reading excerpts from Avraham Feintuch's article about the methodoloy of R' Nachum L. Rabonivitch in his Yad Peshutah commentary on the Rambam. We then read his Yad Peshutah on the halacha in the Rambam about the Purim seudah and Purim drunkenness and saw his methodology in action. We were left with a clear impression of how different his approach is from the Brisker derech in our yeshiva, as well as the approach used by some of the Achronim.
מקורות:
Avraham Feintuch, "Review Essay: Iyunim be'Mishnato shel ha-Rambam"
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:טו
יד פשוטה שם
מגילה דף ז עמוד ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים ד:יז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שביתת יום טוב ו:יח,כ
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ה:ג
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:ח
עירובין דף סד עמוד ב
סנהדרין דף ח עמוד ז
תוספתא מגילה א:ה
בבא מציעא דף עח עמוד ב
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 17 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/22/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took our first steps into THIS year's understanding of Simchas Purim. We read through an excerpt on the Yad Peshutah's commentary which we used as the basis for understanding the "classic" problem of how the Rambam can hold that drunkenness is antithetical to simchah - yet, still require us to get drunk on Purim. We didn't work everything out, but I'm happy with the steps we took today.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:יג-טו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שביתת יום טוב ו:יז-כ
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 20 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/21/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began our review of Hilchos Megilah. Since we only have (בג"ה) seven sessions of Rambam Bekius before Purim, and since we wanted to examine the halachos of the mishteh and matanos la'evyonim, we figured it would be good to start with the halachos about the days of Purim as ymei mishteh v'simchah. Today we read the first halacha, along with some other cross-references, and our goal going forward will be to move forward - to put the "bekius" back in "Rambam Bekius."
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה א:א,ד-ה; ב:יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל יא:ג
The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Sarah and Moshe Eisen, with the following message: "Dedicated in honor of Popo, who shined bright and brought joy to so many of us. And to Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss who shared her with us and continues to share thoughts, insights, and Torah."
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/20/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned through the Aruch ha'Shulchan on the Rambam's eight levels of tzedakah with the goal of reviewing, refining, and filling in the gaps of some practical questions we had. I'd say we met these goals. Seeing as how we're at a natural stopping point and Rosh Chodesh Adar is tomorrow, we will be taking another break from Hilchos Matnos Aniyim to learn Hilchos Megilah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ח-טו
ערוך השולחן - יורה דעה רמט:טו-יז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות א:ז
The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Sarah and Moshe Eisen, with the following message: "Dedicated in honor of Popo, who shined bright and brought joy to so many of us. And to Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss who shared her with us and continues to share thoughts, insights, and Torah."
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 16 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/16/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we had one goal: to read through the halachos of the eight levels of tzedakah in order to get the facts - and we succeeded! We raised some questions and posited some ideas along the way, but we'll have to wait until next week to dig in deep (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ח-טו
The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Sarah and Moshe Eisen, with the following message: "Dedicated in honor of Popo, who shined bright and brought joy to so many of us. And to Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss who shared her with us and continues to share thoughts, insights, and Torah."
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 20 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/15/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we spent most of the time discussing a short but interesting halacha in the Rambam about the relative rewards for giving tzedakah vs. getting other people to give tzedakah. After that, we began the section on the eight levels of giving tzedakah. We read through the first two, and (בג"ה) we'll read the remaining levels tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ו-ח
The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Sarah and Moshe Eisen, with the following message: "Dedicated in honor of Popo, who shined bright and brought joy to so many of us. And to Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss who shared her with us and continues to share thoughts, insights, and Torah."
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 18 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/14/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we revisited the halachos we learned yesterday about how to and not to interact with aniyim. We gained more clarity today and answered most of our questions. We plan to move on tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ד-ה
רש"י - דברים ג:כג (ריש פרשת ואתחנן)
The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Sarah and Moshe Eisen, with the following message: "Dedicated in honor of Popo, who shined bright and brought joy to so many of us. And to Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss who shared her with us and continues to share thoughts, insights, and Torah."
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 15 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/13/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we resumed the halachos of how to give tzedakah and the virtues of tzedakah with a topic which combines them both. We got some nice ideas about the MANNER in which a person should and shouldn't give tzedakah, and we'll continue in these halachos tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ג-ה
The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Sarah and Moshe Eisen, with the following message: "Dedicated in honor of Popo, who shined bright and brought joy to so many of us. And to Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss who shared her with us and continues to share thoughts, insights, and Torah."
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 37 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/8/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued our brief break from our tzedakah topics to review the halachos in the Rambam about talmud Torah and aveilus. Since I was interested in the practical halacha, we ended up extending our session in order to learn through the Aruch ha'Shulchan on this topic.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל ה:א,טו-טז; יג:ט
שולחן ערוך יורה דעה שפד:א,ד
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה שפד:א-ה
The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Sarah and Moshe Eisen, with the following message: "Dedicated in honor of Popo, who shined bright and brought joy to so many of us. And to Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss who shared her with us and continues to share thoughts, insights, and Torah."
The Torah content for this week has also been sponsored by Nava, in memory of Adira Koffsky z"l, who loved learning and philosophy and was a real seeker of truth.
-----If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/6/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took a brief break from our tzedakah topics to review some practical laws about comforting mourners, as well as some of the philosophical ideas embedded in the halachos.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל יג:א-ד,יב
Tishah b'Av 5782: Kinnah #28 - Eich Enacheim? (How Can I Be Consoled?) https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2022/08/tishah-bav-5782-kinnah-28-eich-enacheim.html
Rav Hirsch - Bereishis 5:29
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Length: 17 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (2/1/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we revisited yesterday's questions and managed to find answers. We found a helpful approach in the Torah Temimah and developed three different ideas from that approach. We then set up the next halacha for tomorrow's analysis.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ג
תורה תמימה - דברים טו:ט
שמות כב:כה-כו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:יב
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Hiding Your Eyes from Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:3)
Length: 26 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (1/31/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we picked up where we left off last time in the 10th chapter of Hilchos Matnos Aniyim. Today's topic was the Rambam's statements about the person who hides their eyes from aniyim in order to not give tzedakah. We focused on the three levels of condemnation listed by the Rambam, and brainstormed various approaches. We'll take another swing at this tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א; י:ב-ג
דברים יג:יג-יד; טו:ט
רד"ק - ספר השורשים, בל
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Length: 30 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (1/11/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we finished our re-learning of the Rambam's perek on chesed, mishpat, and tzedakah with the commentary of R' Makbili. I don't know about everyone else, but I found this to be absolutely mindblowing. Suffice it to say, simple statements like "Hashem is merciful" or "Hashem is just" do NOT mean what people imagine them to mean.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נג (מקבילי)
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Length: 20 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (1/10/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we delved into the three citations from pesukim that the Rambam uses to develop his idea of tzedakah. Thanks to R' Makbili, we were able to appreciate the nuances in the Rambam's concept of tzedakah. Tomorrow we'll see if we can round out our understanding by finishing the perek.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נג (מקבילי)
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Chesed, Mishpat, Tzedakah Revisited - Part 1 (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:53)
Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (1/9/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we decided to revisit the Rambam's treatment of these three key concepts, as part of our preparation for understanding Hilchos Matnos Aniyim Chapter 10. And now that I own R' Makbili's edition, we can use it to aid our understanding! We read through around half of the Rambam with some of Makbili's commentary. Tomorrow we'll aim to finish and read the rest of his commentary.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נג (מקבילי)
The Torah content for the remainder of January has been sponsored by Yehuda in gratitude for fifteen years of friendship and learning.
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Length: 12 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (1/5/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we answered some of the questions we raised on the Rambam's statement that "a person never becomes poor from tzedakah, and nothing bad or harmful comes from tzedakah." Unfortunately (for viewers/listeners), I had to pause the recording for the main part of the shiur because the Rambam told me to. But there should still be enough that was recorded to assemble the main idea.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ב
מצודת דוד - משלי כח:כז
דברים ו:כד-כה
בראשית טו:ו
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, הקדמה לפרק חלק
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How You Will Be Treated Based on Your Tzedakah and Rachamim - Questions (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:2)
Length: 19 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (1/4/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned three halachos spanning two topics: how God relates to those who do tzedakah and show mercy, and how we regard those who do and don't display the Jewish trait of mercy. We raised several questions which we will attempt to answer tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ב
דברים יג:יג-יט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה יט:יז
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Length: 17 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (12/29/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we managed to take a few more steps towards answering the questions we raised yesterday. Although we still didn't arrive at definitive answers for everything, we managed to come up with some good ideas.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:א
מאירי - בית הבחירה: בבא בתרא דף ט עמוד א
מהר"י קרא - ישעיהו א:כז
מהר"י קרא הגהות לפירוש רש"י - ישעיהו א:כז
רמב"ם - אבות א:ב
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Length: 18 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (12/28/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began the final chapter of Hilchos Matnos Aniyim (after explaining why we skipped Chapters 8-9). We read and raised questions on each of the three clauses, and began to answer our questions on the first clause. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll try to answer as many questions as we can.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ד:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ד
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Length: 17 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (12/27/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, I gave a BRIEF overview of how to use R' Sheilat's edition of the Mishneh Torah, which is found on AlHaTorah.org. I am well aware that there is MUCH more to say on this, my goal was to give a practical guide which will help unlock the basic features of Sheilat's edition.
On a related note, be sure to read my 1-page article on the importance of using critical editions of the Mishneh Torah, entitled On Reading the Rambam's Mishneh Torah Like a Love Letter.
מקורות:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzchak_Sheilat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshivat_Birkat_Moshe
ר' יצחק שילת - מבוא לרמב"ם המדוייק
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ו:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות ה:ו-ז
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Length: 16 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (12/21/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we spent one more day on the sugya of Ner Chanukah as a "mitzvah chavivah." We read a piece from the Rav in Mi'Pninei ha'Rav which explained why the Rambam calls Ner Chanukah a "mitzvah chavivah," even though it's not the only mitzvah with the theme of pirsumei nisa. I found this answer more compelling than the other answers we've discussed this week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ד:יב
מפניני הרב, קפט-קצ
רש"י - שבת דף כב עמוד ב
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Length: 18 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (12/20/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we reviewed the questions we raised yesterday ... and then attempted to answer them! We came up with some nice possibilities, if I do say so myself. Tomorrow we might make an additional point or two, and then move on to the final halachos in the perek.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ד:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ו-ז
הררי קדם - סימן קס: ביסוד חיוב פרסום הנס בנר חנוכה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה יד:ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות מעשה הקרבנות ד:ג
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Synopsis: This afternoon (12/19/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began this year's analysis of the final halachos in Hilchos Chanukah. It never ceases to amaze me how we can revisit the same halachos every year and still discover new questions, problems, and - hopefully! - ideas. Today we raised questions. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll explore answers.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ד:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ו-ז
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Length: 22 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (12/15/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, I recapped my understanding of what the essential takanah of Chanukah is, and why Chazal chose to enact it. I believe I've gone over this theory for the past two years in Rambam Bekius, but this is the shortest recap I've done.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:א-ג, ושאר פרק ג
תלמוד בבלי שבת דף כא עמוד ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ט:ב
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Length: 20 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (12/14/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we put yesterday's questions on hold and addressed two other topics: (1) What's the deal with Megilas Antiochus? While the Yad Peshutah freely quotes from it, historian Mitchell First doesn't view it as a credible source. Make of that what you will. (2) We decided to read the Rambam's version of Al ha'Nissim and explain some of the nuances.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:א-ג
Mitchell First, "What Motivated Antiochus to Issue his Decrees Against the Jews?" https://hakirah.org/Vol%2016%20First.pdf
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, סדר התפילות ג:ח
Rabbi Schneeweiss, "Asking for Miracles on Chanukah" (12/18/20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xizaE3vfQc&t=1s
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Length: 23 minutes
Synopsis: This afternoon (12/13/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued learning the introductory paragraphs of Hilchos Chanukah along with the Yad Peshutah commentary. We got up through the Rambam's formulation of the takanah of Chanukah, and we left off with some questions that we'd like to answer tomorrow or Thursday.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:א-ג
יד פשוטה שם
מגילת תענית פרק ו
כתובות דף ג עמוד ב
מדרש מעשה חנוכה
אוצר הגאונים שבת (התשובות סי׳ סז; עמ׳ 23)
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This afternoon (12/12/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began this year's learning of Hilchos Chanukah! The last time we did this thoroughly was in December 2020, and in December 2021 we focused on the halachos of the Menorah in the Mikdash, along with assorted other Chanukah topics. This year we have a new resource at our disposal: the Yad Peshutah commentary of R' Nachum Rabinovitch, thanks to AlHaTorah. I'm excited to see what new insights this yields!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:א
יד פשוטה שם
משנה מדות ב:ג
רמב"ם - איגרת תימן
מגילת אנטיוכוס
פרקי דרבי אליעזר פרק כז
בראשית רבה ב:ד
מגילת תענית פרקים ה,ז
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This afternoon (12/8/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we shored up our understanding of yesterday's halacha and then learned the final halacha in the perek, which was about someone who gives an ambiguously worded donation. And with that, we've concluded the 7th perek! Next week: Hilchos Chanukah! (בג"ה)
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:יד-טו
Artscroll Megilah 27a, footnotes 38-40
מאירי - בגילה דף כז עמוד א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים יא:יד
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This afternoon (12/7/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we returned to the topic of tzedakah with the goal of completeting Hilchos Matnos Aniyim Chapter 7 by the end of the week so that we can begin learning Hilchos Chanukah next week. We encountered some difficulties with the pshat of these halachos which we'll attempt to unravel tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:יד
רדב"ז שם
רש"י - מגילה דף כז עמוד א
Footnotes of R' Eliyahu Touger, https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/986708/jewish/Matnot-Aniyim-Chapter-7.htm
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This afternoon (12/6/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by going through a few more facts - in the Rambam, the Gemara, and the Aruch ha'Shulchan - before attempting to answer the general question we raised yesterday. We concluded with one of my favorite statements from the Meiri on how talmidei chachamim should relate to Shabbos, as well as a statement from the Radak on the purpose of Shabbos.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת ל:ז-י,יד
מאירי - בית הבחירה: שבת דף קיח עמוד ב
ערוך השולחן - אורח חיים רמב:מב
תלמוד בבלי שבת דף קיח:-קיט.
רד"ק - בראשית ב:ג
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This afternoon (12/5/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we paused Hilchos Matnos Aniyim to take up a question I was asked in a Q&A this past Friday: Is there any sort of obligation to eat meat and drink wine on Shabbos? The Rambam codifies a halacha about meat and wine on Shabbos, but it's not entirely clear what the nature of the halacha is. Stranger yet is how/where the Rambam codifies it. We spent today going over the facts and questions. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll see if we can come up with answers.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת ל:ז-יא
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This afternoon (12/1/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned the halacha l'maaseh of tzedakah prioritization from the Aruch ha'Shulchan. He argues that you can't read this halacha on a superficial level, and he presents an alternative understanding which we found to be compelling. Next week we'll return to the Rambam (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:יג
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה רנא:ד-ה
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This afternoon (11/30/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we delved into the halacha l'maaseh of what we've been learning in the Rambam, beginning with the particulars of what it means to prioritize tzedakah for your family. We only managed to get through our initial reading of the Shulchan Aruch and Rema, which we'll follow up with tomorrow (בג"ה) with the Aruch ha'Shulchan.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:יג
שולחן ערוך יורה דעה רנא:ג
בית יוסף שם
הקדמת הרלב"ג לתורה
כתובות דף סה עמוד ב
מלבי"ם - דברים טו:ז-יא
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This afternoon (11/29/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued yesterday's sub-detour and delved further into the topic of what is now a word I can't get out of my head: "avunculate marriage." We began by reviewing the Gemara and three shitos we learned yesterday, and then we focused on the Rambam's view as interpreted by the Maggid Mishnah, which we connected to the Rambam's explanation of arayos in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim. We concluded with a modern consideration raised by R' Makbili and surprising law which is still on the books from 19th century Rhode Island.
מקורות:
תלמוד בבלי יבמות דף סב עמוד ב
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avunculate_marriage#History
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה ב:יד
מגיד משנה שם
הערת ר' מקבילי שם
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:מט
Rhode Island General Laws § 15-1-4
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This afternoon (11/28/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took a brief detour - based on R' Makbili's recommendation - into the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, where the Rambam discusses the importance of caring for our relatives. This, in turn, led to a sub-detour about a halacha pertaining to what is now a very socially unacceptable type of relationship. Tomorrow we'll look into the practical halachos on both these topics.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:יג
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:מב
תלמוד בבלי יבמות דף סב עמוד א
רש"י שם
תוספות ד"ה והנושא את בת אחותו
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This afternoon (11/23/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned a very short halacha about the hierarchy of tzedakah recipients - a topic that might be viewed as controversial in the "woke" climate of 2022, which is all the more reason why we should learn it. Most of what we discussed was our own speculations. Next time (בג"ה) we'll learn the Rambam's explanation for this hierarchy.
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רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:יג
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This afternoon (11/22/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we reexamined the halacha that shocked us yesterday, in which the Rambam SEEMED to imply that women are to be suspected of thievery. After examining the issue as codified in the poskim, we saw that this is not the case. We also clarified whether/how the Rambam's halacha applies to the women of today.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:יב
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה רמח:יא-יב
שו"ת שבט הלוי חלק ב סימן קיח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נזקים, הלכות גניבה ו:ד
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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This afternoon (11/21/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we reviewed what we did last time in an attempt to understand the Rambam's support from the Navi (which failed). We then read the next two halachos: one about collecting tzedakah from orphans and the other about collecting tzedakah from women and girls. The latter astounded us enough to warrant further examination tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:יא-יב
ירמיהו ל:כ
בבא בתרא דף ח עמוד ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר משפטים, הלכות נחלות יא:י
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This afternoon (11/17/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by answering the question we left off with yesterday on the person who refuses to give tzedakah. We then read the halach about how we deal with the person who gives too much tzedakah. Very interesting to see how this pair of extremes from Hilchos Deios plays itself out in Hilchos Matnos Aniyim.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:י-יא
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה רמח:ד
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This afternoon (11/16/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we reviewed yesterday's case of a person who refuses to accept tzedakah and compared it to the next case of a person who refuses to give tzedakah. We left off with a question about how Beis Din is allowed to force a person to give tzedakah "according to their assessment of him" as opposed to forcing him to give the minimal amount. We'll try to find an answer by tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:ט-י
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה רנג:יז
רדב"ז
https://twitter.com/jewinthecity/status/1589799465380347904
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This afternoon (11/15/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we moved on to the next halacha about how much to give aniyim who are passing through town - either on a weekday or on Shabbos. We couldn't figure out what the deal is with "beans and oil," nor did we know whether halacha acknowledges the dangers of allowing a total stranger to spend the night in your home, so if anyone has any insights into that, please let me know!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:ז-ט
רדב"ז
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This afternoon (11/14/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we revisited a halacha from last week on what to do if a poor person asks you for money and you don't have enough to give them. We compared this with a similar halacha in chapter 10, and although we couldn't explain why the Rambam didn't codify the two halachos together, we were able to gain insight into the underlying nature of the halacha there.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:ז; י:ה
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות לא תעשה רל"ב
שולחן ערוך יורה דעה רמט:ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ב:יז
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This afternoon (11/10/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued the Rambam's halachos about the recipients of tzedakah. We noted at the beginning of our topic that according to the Rambam, the mitzvah de'Oraisa is ONLY to give tzedakah to Jews. Today we learned where and how he codifies the obligation to give tzedakah to non-Jews - and why.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א,ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות י:יב
דברים יד:כא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים ט:טז; י:ב,ה
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This afternoon (11/9/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took a brief detour to actually learn the premises we were all quoting from vague memory about kavod ha'briyos and public nakedness, in light of the tshuvah from R' Avraham ben ha'Rambam that we learned yesterday. We also raised a question about the berachah of malbish arumim. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll return to the halachos of tzedakah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות כלאים י:כט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים ז:ד,ז,ח
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This afternoon (11/8/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued on in the Rambam with the halachos about whether it is necessary to investigate the financial circumstances of the poor person before giving him what he asks for. We raised a few questions, but our only solid take-away was that "naked" doesn't always mean naked.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:ו
ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם - שו"ת סימן כד
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This afternoon (11/7/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we turned to the Aruch ha'Shulchan for answers to yesterday's questions. Not only did he clarify our understanding of the principles in the Rambam, but he also brought things down to the level of halacha l'maaseh, which is why we turned to the Aruch ha'Shulchan in the first place.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:ה
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה רמט:ה-ז
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This afternoon (11/3/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we turned to the Aruch ha'Shulchan for answers to yesterday's questions. Not only did he clarify our understanding of the principles in the Rambam, but he also brought things down to the level of halacha l'maaseh, which is why we turned to the Aruch ha'Shulchan in the first place.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:ה
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה רמט:א-ד
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This afternoon (11/2/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we covered two separate topics: (1) how to help an orphan get married, including a review of the halachic definition of "orphan," and (2) how much money we're supposed to give - a topic which raises a NUMBER of questions which we will likely discuss tomorrow and into next week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:ד-ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ה:יא; ו:י
רמב"ם - שו"ת שיג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר הפלאה, הלכות ערכים וחרמים ח:יג
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This afternoon (11/1/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we did something a little different. Because our ultimate goal is to translate our learning of the Rambam into practical terms, we looked at how the Shulchan Aruch, Rema, and Aruch ha'Shulchan codified these first halachos in the Rambam. We might do this more as we proceed through this topic.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א-ג
שולחן ערוך יורה דעה רנ:א
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה רנ:א,ד-ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר האבה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים א:ב
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This afternoon (10/31/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by thinking about the interrelationship between the three pesukim cited by the Rambam as the source of the mitzvas aseh of tzedakah. Next, we read the halacha about what (NOT how much) we are commanded to give. We then analyzed the case in which we are commanded to restore an impoverished person back to his prior standard of living, even if it was extremely high.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א-ג
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by my friend and colleague, Rabbi Dr. Elie Feder. Rabbi Feder recently published a book called Gematria Refigured: A New Look at How the Torah Conveys Ideas Through Numbers (2022, Mosaica Press). The approach to gematria he presents in this book is neither fluffy nor fanciful, but rational. If you're interested in some sample chapters, check out the link below. If you have a social media platform and are interested in promoting or reviewing Rabbi Feder's book, let me know and I'll put the two of you in touch. The book is available for purchase at mosaicapress.com.
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This afternoon (10/27/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we revisited and attempted to answer the question we left off with yesterday (about how the placement of the halachos of tzedakah in Sefer Zera'im changes our view of tzedakah). We then read the first halacha in Hilchos Matnos Aniyim, taking a brief detour to review the Rambam's definitions of chesed and tzedakah in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, חלוקת הספרים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה דפוס (שהוא ספר אחר לגמרי): ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א
מורה הנבוכים ג:נג
This week's Torah learning has been sponsored by Vanessa, the first person who offered to cover the costs of my Zoom account for the year. Thank you, Vanessa!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (10/26/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, after reviewing what we did yesterday, we attempted to answer our question on the Rambam's anomalous formulation in the minyan ha'mitzvos - and even though our answer failed, it nevertheless exhibited good methodology. We then played the "If YOU wrote the Mishneh Torah" game in an effort to appreciate why the Rambam placed the halachos of tzedakah where he did. We left off with a question about the Rambam's classification which we will revisit tomorrow, when we read his formulation of the mitzvah in the opening halachos.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה קצ"ה ולא תעשה רל"ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצוות, עשה קצ"ה ולא תעשה רל"ב
דברים טו:ז-ח,יב-יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, חלוקת הספרים
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (10/25/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began the topic of tzedakah, starting with the Rambam's formulations in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos and the minyan ha'mitzvos in the Mishneh Torah. We raised a few questions, and we plan to go over his other two formulations tomorrow before making any moves.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה קצ"ה ולא תעשה רל"ב
דברים טו:ז-ח
ויקרא כה:לה-לו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצוות, עשה קצ"ה ולא תעשה רל"ב
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (10/24/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned another beautiful idea from The Kuntress on the Rambam's view of mashiv ha'ruach u'morid ha'geshem. Not only is the idea beautiful, but it also helps mitigate the pain of repeating shemoneh esrei if you forget and say the wrong thing.
מקורות:
למקדח ולמחרוז במשנה תורה להרמב"ם - משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כהנים ב:טו; י:ח
תענית דף ד עמוד ב
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
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This morning (10/4/22), in a special Erev Yom ha'Kippurim shiur, we went through around half of a shiur from The Kuntress on Karapah and Teshuvah. Although we didn't get a chance to answer all the questions, we did succeed in getting to the main idea, which was a theory of kaparah. Towards the end we discussed at least one approach to dealing with the pre-Yom ha'Kippurim anxiety which is so common at this time of year.
מקורות:
למקדח ולמחרוז במשנה תורה להרמב"ם
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (10/3/22), in our last Rambam Bekius mini-shiur before the break, we reviewed the major questions from last week and then offered a new answer - one which gets to the heart of what deios are, and why we are commanded in ve'halachta bi'drachav.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ז:ג
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נד
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (9/29/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we reviewed the major questions from yesterday, then offered an answer based on my limited understanding of what my Rosh ha'Yeshiva said when we asked him right before maariv last night. On Monday (בג"ה) I'll share my own answer.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ז:ג,ו
רמב"ם - ספר המצות, עשה ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות א:ב
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (9/28/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we raised a number of thorny questions on the seventh chapter of Hilchos Teshuvah, the biggest of which is about the difference between the teshuvah described by the Rambam in 7:3 and the entire mitzvah of ve'Halachta bi'Drachav described in Hilchos Deios.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה פרק ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות א:ה-ו
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (9/22/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we refined yesterday's approach and attempted to explain what is added by the pasuk in Mishlei. We didn't manage to develop a complete approach, but we did come up with a few insights.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:ג
רלב"ג - משלי כח:יג
This week's Torah learning has been sponsored anonymously, and is dedicated to Yehudit Malka bat Ronit Elisheva, in the zechus that Hashem may help her find what she's looking for.
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (9/21/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we reviewed yesterday's two approaches, refined them, and attempted to unify them. We then raised two more questions: one about the other way of learning the Gemara about tovel v'sheretz b'yado, and another about the pasuk in Mishlei. We'll attempt to answer these questions tomorrow, which will be our last Rambam Bekius shiur before the Aseres Ymei Teshuvah commence.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נשים, הלכות אישות ח:ה
מיוחס לרש"י - תלמוד בבלי תענית דף טז עמוד א
משלי כח:יג
This week's Torah learning has been sponsored anonymously, and is dedicated to Yehudit Malka bat Ronit Elisheva, in the zechus that Hashem may help her find what she's looking for.
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
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This afternoon (9/20/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by reviewing the five questions we raised yesterday, then started two approaches to answering them: one based on a sound methodological principle in the Mishneh Torah, and the other based on the Rambam's explanation of vidui in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, combined with an excerpt from The Kuntress.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה א:אב; ב:ג
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:לו
סברות במשנה תורה להרמב"ם, תשובה ווידוי
This week's Torah learning has been sponsored anonymously, and is dedicated to Yehudit Malka bat Ronit Elisheva, in the zechus that Hashem may help her find what she's looking for.
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
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This afternoon (9/19/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we moved on to the next halacha in the Rambam which posed several difficulties. We learned through the facts and set up all the questions, and we'll attempt to answer them tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר טהרה, הלכות מקוות יא:יב
This week's Torah learning has been sponsored anonymously, and is dedicated to Yehudit Malka bat Ronit Elisheva, in the zechus that Hashem may help her find what she's looking for.
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (9/15/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we attempted to answer two of the many questions we raised this week: (1) Why does nechamah (regret) come AFTER teshuvah instead of at the outset? (2) Why does the Rambam define teshuvah gemurah BEFORE defining teshuvah?
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:א-ב
ירמיהו לא:טו-יט
רש"י - יומא דף פו עמוד ב
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"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (9/14/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we answered one of the questions we left off with yesterday: How is it possible to require The One Who Knows Hidden Things (i.e. God) to testify about you that you will never return to your sin? That seems to be an impossibly high standard! David Fischbein, a friend of mine, gave an amazing answer to this question, which I did a rather inadequate job of expressing in shiur today. If you're interested in the voice note on WhatsApp, let me know and I'll send it to you.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:ב
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:לו
יד פשוטה
מלבי"ם - הושע יד:ב-י
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This afternoon (9/13/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we read through the Rambam's definition of regular teshuvah (as opposed to yesterday's teshuvah gemurah) and attempted to get pshat. We ended with a few questions, which will be added to our list of questions from yesterday. The plan tomorrow is to read the pesukim cited by the Rambam, in their proper context, and then attempt to answer our questions.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:ב
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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This afternoon (9/12/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we read through the Rambam's definition of teshuvah gemurah and started raising questions ... questions which we hope to answer over the course of this week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:א-ב
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This afternoon (9/8/22), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by reviewing what we covered yesterday, then finished reading the Yad Peshutah's heuristic principles for understanding the Rambam's mitzvah formulations in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos and the Minyan ha'Mitzvos. REALLY useful stuff! It makes me want to go back and review everything we did in the first year of Rambam Bekius shiur.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה כותרת, א:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצות, עשה עג
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה עג
יד פשוטה - כותרת להלכות תשובה
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (9/7/22), in our inaugural Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we reviewed the Rambam's four formulations of the mitzvah of teshuvah and vidui, noting their similarities and difference. Then we found a HUGE methodological principal, as revealed by Rav Nachum Rabinovitch in his Yad Peshutah commentary, which not only helped us with our question here, but might answer dozens of other questions we've had over the years on the discrepancies in the Rambam's formulations of different mitzvos. We didn't quite finish this insight today, and will plan on revisiting it tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה כותרת, א:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצות, עשה עג
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה עג
יד פשוטה - כותרת להלכות תשובה
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Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
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Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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This afternoon (9/6/22), in our inaugural Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took a cold plunge into Hilchos Teshuvah, noting some of the "classic questions" on the Rambam's initial formulations of this mitzvah. Next time we will aim to answer some of them and/or move on to the Rambam's definition of teshuvah, which is the topic I'd like to focus on.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה כותרת, א:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצות, עשה עג
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Synopsis: This is the audio version of the 1-page article I wrote entitled, On Reading the Rambam's Mishneh Torah Like a Love Letter, which is part PSA and part rant regarding the widespread practice to favor the standard printed editions of the Mishneh Torah over the critical editions.
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Naomi Mann in honor of Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l, whose shloshim is this week.----------
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This afternoon (6/16/22), in our last Rambam Bekius chavurah of the season, we continued reading Halbertal's analysis of the intended purpose and role of the Mishneh Torah, weighing in with our own views and supplementing his sources with sources of our own. The conclusion he reached was quite fitting for a final Rambam Bekius chavurah of the year. בג"ה, we will continue next year with more exciting adventures in our learning of the Rambam!
בריך רחמנא דסייען
מקורות:
Moshe Halbertal, "Maimonides Life and Thought" pp.184-194
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, א, לב-לג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:יא
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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NOTE: I forgot to read a CRITICAL source!! The Rambam's Hakdamah אות ל-לג. I intend to begin tomorrow's shiur with this.
This afternoon (6/15/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we returned to the topic we took up on Monday: what was the Rambam thinking when he declared that a person can paskin straight from the Mishneh Torah? After reading the views of the Tosfos Yom Tov and Chazon Ish, who (mistakenly) claim that the Rambam never intended this in the first place, we read an excerpt from Moshe Halbertal's book, in which he suggests a compelling theory about what the Rambam aspired to do. Spoiler alert: it's not what you were taught in school. בג"ה, we will continue with Halbertal tomorrow, in our last Rambam Bekius session of the season.
מקורות:
משנה תורה השלם הוצאת לאור דף 17 הערה 33
מעדני יו"ט - הקדמה
חזון איש - שביעית סימן י"ג סקי"ד
Moshe Halbertal, "Maimonides Life and Thought" pp.181-185
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, אות כז-לא
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Bekius Disclaimer: see previous episodes-----
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This afternoon (6/14/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we decided to do a follow-up to yesterday's shiur: a sort of "demo" of the difference between the Rambam's and the Aruch ha'Shulchan's halachic treatment of the same topic. I chose the topic of Shnayim Mikra because of its size, given the fact that we only have three days of shiur before we break for the summer. My intention is to highlight the extreme differences between the Rambam and the Aruch ha'Shulchan, both didactically and legalistically. I'm making an effort to point out these differences as we proceed through the siman.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים יב:א; יג:א,כה
בבא קמא דף פב עמוד א
ערוך השולחן - אורח חיים רפה:ר-ג
ברכות דף ח עמוד א-ב
רי"ף - ברכות דף ד עמוד ב
תרגום אונקלוס - בראשית ג:ח
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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This afternoon (6/13/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we took up a topic that I've wanted to address for a very long time: what the Rambam intended to accomplish with his Mishneh Torah, and what other Rishonim thought. Specifically, the Rambam clearly held that people could and should paskin straight out of the Mishneh Torah, whereas the Rosh held that such "psak" would be prone to error without familiarity with the sugyos in Shas. We read through both sources, and then read the last part of the Aruch ha'Shulchan's hakdamah in which he endorses the Rosh's view. My "hidden agenda" in this shiur was to convey my opinion that the Aruch ha'Shulchan is the "best" halachic sefer out there, and would satisfy the criteria of both the Rambam and the Rosh.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה (קאפח)
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, אות לז
רא"ש - שו"ת כלל לא סימן ט
רמב"ם - אגרת לפנחס הדיין
עדות מבית מדרשו של ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם
ערוך השולחן - הקדמה לחושן משפט
R' Ari Enkin - Mishna Berura vs. Aruch Hashulchan
Rav Schachter on the Aruch ha'Shulchan (begins at 39 minutes and lasts for 5-6 minutes)
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This afternoon (6/9/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by reviewing some of what we did yesterday, after which we learned what the procedure for Birkas Kohanim was in Mikdash. We encountered more questions than answers, but still found everything to be quite interesting. We'll continue next week (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים יד:ז-יא
רש"י - חגיגה דף טז עמוד א
ירושלמי מגילה ד:ח
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים קכח:יב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות סוטה ז:ו
רלב"ג - נחמיה ט:ה
רש"י - סוטה דף מ עמוד ב
מהרש"א חידושי אגדה שם
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This afternoon (6/8/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began learning a new and exciting topic: Birkas Kohanim, chosen in part because it's featured in this week's parashah. Today, after a brief intro about Qafih's Taryag poem, we learned through the introductory sources in the Rambam about Birkas Kohanim, followed by the halachos outlining the procedure of the berachah outside of Mikdash. Tomorrow we'll contrast this with the procedure IN Mikdash (בג"ה).
מקורות:
קאפח - פיוט של תרי"ג מצוות להרמב"ם
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה כו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, עשה א-לט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים ו:ד-ה; יד:א-ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות א:יז
חגיגה דף טז עמוד א
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Ann, in loving memory of Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l.----------
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (6/2/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began learning through the halachos pertaining to Chag ha'Shavuos (a.k.a. Atzeres) in the Beis ha'Mikdash. We got through most of the halachos in a mostly bekius fashion, delving into more in-depth points here and there. We didn't finish the perek, but we at least got an overview of the relevant mitzvos.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות תמידין ומוספין ח:א-טו
This week's Torah content is dedicated to the loving memory of my rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l. May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.-----
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (6/1/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we took up a one-day topic which (unfortunately) was very practical for me this week. The good news is that my recent experience with these halachos gave me new insight into several things that I wouldn't have otherwise seen. Miraculously, we actually did "bekius" today - so much so, that we'll move on to another topic tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל ח:א-ג; ט:א-ה,יא-יג
ויקרא י:ו
ב' שמואל יג:ל-לא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת י:י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ט
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This is the audio of the eulogy I gave for my beloved rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l on Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5782 (May 30th, 2022). For the video, click here.
I plan on typing up the transcript of the abridged version of the eulogy (which is the one I gave), as well as the full version of the eulogy (which I haven't yet completed). I'll post links here once they're complete.
Here's the link to the full levaya, which includes the other six incredible and moving eulogies that were given.
מקורות:
ב' מלכים פרק ב
אברבנאל שם
רלב"ג שם
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:א
This week's Torah content is dedicated to the loving memory of my rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l. May his soul be bound up in the bond of life.----------
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (5/26/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we learned through the final halachos in the perek. The first couple of halachos were miscellaneous details in nidui and cherem. The last halachos were about how a chacham should conduct himself with regards to nidui. Ordinarily we would have spent more time on these last halachos, were it not for the fact that I gave a shiur on this last summer (8/4/21). And so, with that, we finished this round of Hilchos Talmud Torah! בריך רחמנא דסייען
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ז:יג
Qafih, Publisher's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah: https://mhcny.org/pdf/Introduction%20to%20Mishneh%20Torah.pdf
קהלת ז:כא-כב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ג; ז:ז
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
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This afternoon (5/25/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we tried once more to understand the strange case of "dream nidui" - this time, according to the Rambam. We began by reviewing his basic definition of nevuah and what he holds about the imaginative faculty. We then read part of a chapter in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim where he talks about dreams to see if that might help us to understand his halacha. I then gave what I introduced as an intentionally bad sevara. I did this because I wanted to talk about WHY this was a bad sevara, from a methodology standpoint. Although we didn't end up figuring out the Rambam's sevara here, it was still an interesting sugya. We plan on continuing to the next halacha tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ז:יב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: סנהדרין, הקדמה לפרק חלק
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: אבות, שמונה פרקים פרק א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות י:טו
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Alex K. "in honor of Rabbi Schneeweiss's shiurim." Thank YOU, Alex, for listening to and supporting my shiurim!
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
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This afternoon (5/24/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we aimed to explain the perplexing halachos of "nidui in a dream." Halachically, why should we care about the contents of a dream here when we disregard them in all other areas of halacha? Why are the requirements for being released from a dream-nidui different and more stringent here than by a normal nidui? What is the nature of this nidui anyway? We succeeded in developing an approach based on other Rishonim, but we have yet to determine what the Rambam would say. We will endeavor to do that tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:א; ז:יב
מאירי - סנהדרין דף ל עמוד א
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה סימן שלד סעיף קטן ל
ר"ן, רא"ש, תוספות, מאירי - נדרים דף ח עמוד א
רש"י - בראשית לז:ט-י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות א:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם כט:ט-י
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Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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This afternoon (5/23/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, the plan WAS to move forward in the halachos, but because we had two people in shiur who weren't there last week, we ended up reviewing. I, for one, am glad we did, because we ended up clarifying a number of points and gaining some new insights along the way. In the last 15 minutes we set up the problems in the sugya of "nidui in a dream," which we'll take up tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ז:א-יב
סנהדרין דף ל עמוד א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קנין, הלכות זכיה ומתנה י:ז
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Alex K. "in honor of Rabbi Schneeweiss's shiurim." Thank YOU, Alex, for listening to and supporting my shiurim!-----
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----
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"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (5/19/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by taking up a question posed in the introduction to the Chabad edition of the one-volume Mishneh Torah. That question is: What is the value of learning halachos in the Rambam if we don't understand what we're learning? After answering that question, we reviewed ALL the halachos we did yesterday, attempting to answer questions we raised and tying up loose ends. We concluded by reading the halachos which we hope to learn in-depth next week (בג"ה).
מקורות:
משנה תורה השלם (הוצאת חזק) מבוא וסקירה דף 30
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ז:א-יב
מועד קטן דף יז עמוד א
מלאכת שלמה - עדויות פרק ה משנה ו
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3002484/jewish/Why-Do-Jews-Put-Pebbles-on-Tombstones.htm/fbclid/IwAR2kpBh5uCXK_XfcI8LsHpUmETuGzGkukOXeLQ0LEfe0XlXzyiHoiL_Vza8#footnote4a3002484
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This afternoon (5/18/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we started off with a halacha about the odd application of nidui to someone who intentionally takes Hashem's name in vain. This led to an exploration of Hilchos Shevuos and Nedarim which was equal parts fascinating and perplexing. With around 15 minutes remaining, we FINALLY pushed our way through the first part of Hilchos Talmud Torah Chapter 7 and read about the procedures for nidui and cherem. This raised even more questions, and we hope to answer at least some of them tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר הפלאה, הלכות שבועות יא:א,ג; יב:א-ב,ח-יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר הפלאה, הלכות נדרים יג:כד-כה
שולחן ערוך יורה דעה שלד:יג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות א:טו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ב:ז; ז:א-ו
The Torah content from now through Lag ba'Omer has been sponsored by Adam and Estee Goldberg in honor of Savta Shoshana Sham'eh bat Menachem. May her memory be a blessing.----------
Bekius Disclaimer: see previous episodes
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (5/17/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by discussing a "Rambam experience" I had shortly before shiur started. From here we segued into a review of why it's so important to learn the Rambam's Mishneh Torah. We covered a number of points which had covered in the past about the Rambam's organization, but these are points which it always pays to review, or to relay to someone hearing them for the first time (as happened today). We only revisited the topic at hand at the VERY end, but we'll have to leave that for tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ב:ז; ז:א
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: בבא בתרא פרק ב משנה ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, חלוקת הספרים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות כותרת + ו:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נזקין, כותרת
תלמוד בבלי יבמות סף סב עמוד ב
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (5/16/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued learning through the Rambam's list of 24 "ban-worthy" offenses (i.e. those for which we impose nidui, which the Rambam still hasn't defined yet). We began with a review of last week with the intent of trying to discern categories within the list. Some of the categories were very clear; others less so. We finished the list today and, with it, Chapter 6. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we will begin Chapter 7 and, hopefully, finally learn a definition of nidui.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:יד
ברכות דף יט עמוד א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות ביכורים ושאר מתנות כהונה שבגבולין ט:ט
אור שמח - הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שביתת יום טוב ו:יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר הפלאה, הלכות שבועות ג:ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה א:ט
The Torah content from now through Lag ba'Omer has been sponsored by Adam and Estee Goldberg in honor of Savta Shoshana Sham'eh bat Menachem. May her memory be a blessing.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (5/12/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began learning through the Rambam's list of 24 "ban-worthy" offenses (i.e. those for which we impose nidui, which the Rambam still hasn't defined yet). Some of these were self-explanatory. For the others, we used the sources cited by R' Makbili as a springboard. We didn't fully understand why all of these are ban-worthy, but that's because we haven't familiarized ourselves with all the cases ... nor have we learned what nidui actually is. The complete picture will have to wait until next week (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, חלוקת הספרים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם כה:ה
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court
ערוך השולחן חושן משפט ח:ו
במדבר טז:יב-יד
קידושין דף כח עמוד א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נזקין, הלכות נזקי ממון ה:ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות קידוש החודש ה:ה
The Torah content from now through Lag ba'Omer has been sponsored by Adam and Estee Goldberg in honor of Savta Shoshana Sham'eh bat Menachem. May her memory be a blessing.----------
Bekius Disclaimer: see previous episodes----------
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (5/11/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we covered three topics: (1) revising and refining our definition of bizui talmidei chachamim, (2) defining the halachic shiur of "hatred" according to the Rambam, and (3) beginning the halachos of nidui, which will take us into the next chapter. Today we just got our feet wet in the nidui pool; tomorrow we'll dive into the deep end (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:ח
ר' שכטר - נפש הרב, דף כו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה א
רמב"ם - הקדמה למשנה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ו:ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נזקים, הלכות רוצח ושמירת הנפש ו:י
The Torah content from now through Lag ba'Omer has been sponsored by Adam and Estee Goldberg in honor of Savta Shoshana Sham'eh bat Menachem. May her memory be a blessing.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
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This afternoon (5/10/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we attempted to understand what the Rambam might mean by "bizui" in his discussion of being mevazeh talmidei chachamim. We developed our answer based on how the term is used in Tanach and by Chazal before looking at how the Rambam, himself, uses the term elsewhere. We came away with an approach which will likely be tested as we go through these next halachos.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:יא
במדבר טו:ל-לא
תרגום אונקלוס - שם
תורה תמימה - שם
ספר השורשים לרד"ק - ב.ז.ה.
שמואל ב' יב:א-ט
אסתר א:יז-יח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:ח,יד
רמב"ם - הקדמה למשנה
R' Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, Remarks Made to RIETS Rabbinic Alumni, a.k.a. "Surrendering to the Almighty", a.k.a. "Talmud Torah and Kabbalas Ol Malchus Shamayim"
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This afternoon (5/9/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we returned to Hilchos Talmud Torah after a two-month "inyanei d'yoma" detour. Today we focused on the halachos about the privileges (rights and exemptions) of talmidei chachamim. We then began the next halacha, about degrading talmidei chachamim, which we'll continue tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:י-יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קנין, הלכות שכנים ו:ו
איכה רבה - הקדמה, אות ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ה:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:ו,יד
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This afternoon (5/5/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by reviewing what we covered yesterday in the Hararei Kedem pience, and then finished it. In addition to appreciating the Rav's sevaros, we also had some important methodology discussions about the Brisker Derech and its relationship to the Mishneh Torah. Next week (בג"ה) we'll return to Hilchos Talmud Torah Chapter 6.
מקורות:
רב שורקין - הררי קדם חלק ב' סימן קו
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים תפט:א,ד
רמ"א שם תפט:א
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר עבודה, הלכות תמידין ומוספין ז:כה
כסף משנה שם
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This afternoon (5/4/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah (Ra'avyah bekius chavurah?), we began by reviewing what we covered yesterday (Why, according to the Rambam, don't we say shehecheyanu on sefiras ha'omer?), and read Encyclopedia Talmudit's summaries of several other answers. We then began working on our other question: Why, according to the Rambam, is there a hava amina that failing to say the birkas ha'mitzvah on sefiras ha'omer is me'akev? We started learning through a piece in Hararei Kedem on the topic, which started off with the psak of the Shulchan Aruch based on the Ra'avyah. We didn't actually get as far as the Rambam, but we had a lot of fun thinking about the sugya. What we did today will be foundation of the Rav's explanation of the Rambam tomorrow.
מקורות:
אנציקלופדיה תלמודית כרך ד, ברכת הזמן
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות י:א-ז; יא:ה-ו
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר עבודה, הלכות תמידין ומוספין ז:כה
רב שורקין - הררי קדם חלק ב' סימן קו
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים תפט:ו
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This afternoon (5/3/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we tackled the question we raised a few days ago by learning through a piece in Hararei Kedem and weighing in with our own thoughts. The piece begins by examining the "famous Baal ha'Maor" on this question, then shows how his answers are inadequate according to the Rambam, and then proceeds to offer a sevara which explains the Rambam. I'm curious to know what _you_ think of that sevara.
מקורות:
רב שורקין - הררי קדם חלק ב' סימן קז
בעל המאור פסחים דף כח עמוד א בדפי ברי"ף
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ח:ז-ח
ספר החינוך מצוה שו
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:מג
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות י:א-ז; יא:ט
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This afternoon (5/2/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we finished the few remaining halachos about harvesting before the omer is brought, and then read the two paragraphs in the Rambam on the mitzvah of counting the omer. Our plan will be to wrap that topic up tomorrow (בג"ה) by attempting to answer some of the questions we've raised along the way, and to do so in a decidedly non-bekiusy manner.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות תמידין ומוספין, ז:יז-כה
מנחות דף סח עמוד ב
שמואל הנגיד - מבוא התלמוד, תיתו
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:מג
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This afternoon (4/28/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we learned through all the halachos of the mussaf Rosh Chodesh, the mussaf of Pesach, the harvesting of the omer, the bringing of the omer, and some of the halachos about the prohibition to harvest other grains before harvesting the omer. Next week (בג"ה) we'll finish those halachos, learn about sefiras ha'omer, and hopefully answer our questions about the berachos which we raised yesterday.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות תמידין ומוספין, ז:א-טז
תורה תמימה - ויקרא כג:י
מצודת ציון - יהושע ה:יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה ד:ד-ה
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This afternoon (4/27/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began yet another side-/inyanei d'yoma topic: the mitzvos associated with the Omer and Shavuos. We began by familiarizing ourselves in a cursory manner with the relevant pesukim in Emor, Re'eh, and Pinchas. We then read through the Rambam's formulation of the four most relevant mitzvos in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, the minyan ha'mitzvos in the Mishneh Torah, and the koseres in Hilchos Temidin u'Mussafin. Along the way we raised a few more questions on the Hilchos Berachos dimension of sefiras ha'omer, namely, why don't we make a she'hecheyanu and why don't we say "lispor" instead of "al sefiras ha'omer"? Tomorrow we plan to begin Hilchos Temidin u'Mussafin Chapter 7, which deals with the harvesting and bringing of the omer.
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This afternoon (4/7/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we had PLANNED to finish Hilchos korban Pesach. Instead, we took up a tangential question we raised yesterday: What's going on in the short episode involving Tziporah and Bris Milah? We were led here by the Rambam's halachos about the prohibition of an uncircumcised person to partake of the Korban Pesach, and we were hoping to be treated to a citation of the Rambam's view. Instead, we got the views of the generations on either side: that of R' Avraham, and that of R' Maimon. We didn't answer all our questions, but we think we got R' Avraham's pshat, and a take-away lesson.
מקורות:
שמות ד:יח-כו
תרגום אונקלוס
ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם
בראשית יז:י-יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות י:ח
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This afternoon (4/6/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we endeavored to do a deep dive into the topic of "meshumad l'avodah zarah" (apostate to idolatry), in which we'd read through every single source in the Mishneh Torah on that topic. Unfortunately, we had to cut shiur short by 15 minutes, and we didn't make it all the way through. At least we finished the perek!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ג:ב-ג
עבודה זרה ב:ה; ט:יז-יח
תשובה ג:ט
תפלה וברכת כהנים טו:ג
שבת ל:טו
רש"י - במדבר טו:כב
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This afternoon (4/5/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we were GOING to finish Hilchos Korban Pesach Chapter 9, but Yosef asked a question which was far more important: What is avodas Hashem? Since this is Rambam Bekius, we focused on the Rambam's answer, as expressed in the two places where - to my knowledge - he articulates it the most clearly. I thought this was a fitting topic to review before Pesach.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ג:ב-ג
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Ann, who (against my will) asked that it be sponsored in honor of me. I'd like to take this moment to thank ALL my regular donors and Patrons for their support. The total cost of my five podcasts in 2021 amounted to over $2000 - all of which would have come out of my own pocket were it not for your generosity. Thank you for helping me make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone!----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
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This afternoon (4/4/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we learned the majority of Hilchos Korban Pesach Chapter 9, about the paramaters of eating the korban Pesach in a chavurah. Tomorrow we'll aim to finish the chapter, and perhaps take up a question about what it means to serve Hashem according to the Rambam (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, לא תעשה קכג,קכח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח ט:א-ט
ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם - שו"ת ברכת אברהם סימן ח
תורה תמימה - שמות יב:מו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, מעשה קרבנות יא:ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:ט
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Ann, who (against my will) asked that it be sponsored in honor of me. I'd like to take this moment to thank ALL my regular donors and Patrons for their support. The total cost of my five podcasts in 2021 amounted to over $2000 - all of which would have come out of my own pocket were it not for your generosity. Thank you for helping me make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone!----------
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (3/31/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we spent the first half of shiur talking about why we're learning the halachos of Korban Pesach when we don't observe them nowadays. My own answer is near and dear to my reasons for learning the Mishneh Torah in general - reasons which are beautifully expressed by R' Makbili in his Foreword to the Mishneh Torah, and by the Rav in Halakhic Man. After we talked about this, we finished Chapter 8 of Hilchos Korban Pesach. Next week we'll aim to finish Hilchos Korban Pesach (בג"ה).
מקורות:
R' Yochai Makbili, Foreword to the Mishneh Torah
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נזקים, הלכות רוצח ושמירת הנפש ז:א
R' Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, Halakhic Man, pp.26-28
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח ח:י-טו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ה:א-ב
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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This afternoon (3/30/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we finished the halachos about the procedure of offering the Korban Pesach, and then we began the halachos about eating the Korban Pesach. We encountered several questions along the way which we were unable to answer - largely due to our ignorance of Kodshim - but I'll try to answer them tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח א:יד-טו; ח:א-י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות מעשה קרבנות ה:ו-ז; י:י-יא
רלב"ג תועלות - שמות יב:ט
The Torah content for the remainder of Adar II has been sponsored by David Campbell, and is dedicated "in honor of Rabbi Schneeweiss and all those who work to produce a grounded and thoughtful Judaism."----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (3/29/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued our foray into the wonderful world of Korban Pesach. Today we made it through roughly half of the halachos outlining how the Korban Pesach was brought in the Beis ha'Mikdash. We took up a few questions along the way, using the Gemara and meforshim as supplements to the halachos. I, for one, am starting to develop a much more vivid picture of the role played by the Korban Pesach in the era of Mikdash.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח א:ט-יד
פסחים דף סד עמוד א-ב
רלב"ג - שמות יב:ו
John Steinbeck, East of Eden p.5
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (3/24/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we went on a little adventure. In his first mission statement for the Mishneh Torah the Rambam promises that his work will contain the answer to every halachic question that needs to be answered: either he will answer it directly OR he will "mention the foundation from which the answer to that question can be derived easily without too much analysis." Obviously, there are many who believe that the Rambam failed in this regard. But what might it look like to take the Rambam at his word? How would the experience of answering a halachic question using solely the Mishneh Torah differ from arriving at an answer through the more mainstream ways? In today's shiur I attempted to convey that experience by using the Mishneh Torah to answer a question that was posed to me by a student I tutor.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים ד:יב-יג,טז; יב:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת ב:א,ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה י:י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:א,ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות בית הבחירה ז:א,ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר קודשה, הלכות שחיטה יד:טז
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (3/23/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began learning Hilchos Korban Pesach. Today's focus was on the halachos pertaining to the actual slaughter, and we (mostly) stayed on topic! Tomorrow we'll learn about the procedure for slaughtering the Pesachim in Mikdash (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח א:א-ח
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, לא תעשה קטו-קטז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם יז:ז; יט:א
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (3/22/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we read through the koseres for all of the mitzvos in Hilchos Korban Pesach and Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah. As usual, we got sidetracked - again, in a good way! - to various other related topics, including bris milah and kareis. The plan for tomorrow is to start Hilchos Korban Pesach Chapter 1 (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח, כותרת
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה, כותרת
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצוות נה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות מילה א:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה א:ג
The Torah content for the remainder of Adar II has been sponsored by David Campbell, and is dedicated "in honor of Rabbi Schneeweiss and all those who work to produce a grounded and thoughtful Judaism."----------
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This afternoon (3/21/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we set out to begin our Pesach learning. I say "set out" because the bulk of shiur was spent reviewing a very important methodological point: why the Mishneh Torah must be learned in conjunction with the Written Torah. This led to a discussion of the relationship bewteen the Mishnah and the Mishneh Torah, and how the Mishneh Torah differs from other halachic works written before and after. Although this covered a lot of material we discussed in the past, it was a good review. We concluded by beginning to read the pesukim in Chumash about Korban Pesach, which we'll finish tomorrow, after which we'll go through the mitzvos in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה א,לז-לט
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, מנחות ד:א
שמות יב:א-י,מג-נ
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This afternoon (3/14/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we finished the Rambam's Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah Chapter 2 (after getting a LITTLE bogged down in some other shitos about getting drunk on Purim), and we did most of the halachos of simchah in Hilchos Shevisas Yom Tov. I'm not sure whether we're having Rambam Bekius tomorrow, but either way, at least we finished going through the facts and paved the way for answering our question!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:יד-יח
מאירי - בית הבחירה מגילה דף ז עמוד ב
מחזור ויטרי סימן רמח
ישעיהו נז:יד - נח:יד (הפטרת יום הכיפורים שחרית)
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שביתת יום טוב ו:יז-כב
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This afternoon (3/14/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued our review of Hilchos Purim with the objective of understanding the uniqueness of Simchas Purim. Today's exploration took us ALMOST through the end of Hilchos Megilah Chapter 2, which we will aim to finish tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה א:א; ב:יג-יד
Megillat Esther Mesorat HaRav (Koren / OU Press), pp.115,118,121
אסתר ט:יט,כז-כח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הקדמה, אות יח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים ד:יז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קנין, הלכות מכירה כט:יח
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים תרצה:ב
ערוך השולחן שם סעיף קטן ה
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This afternoon (3/10/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began this year's review of Hilchos Purim. I wasn't in the mood to just go over ALL the halachos again, so instead, we decided to take up a specific question: What makes the simchah of Purim unique among other joyous days? Today we began going over the basic halachos of Purim with this question in mind.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, סיום מנין המצוות
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה א:א-ג; ב:יג-יד
אסתר ט:כז עם פירוש רש"י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה יד:ז
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This afternoon (3/9/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, in preparation for a Purim-related topic we'll be starting tomorrow, we reviewed two halachos in the Rambam about taamei ha'mitzvos (the reasons for the commandments). My understanding, based on these two halachos, is that the Rambam holds that there are two TYPES of taamei ha'mitzvos: objective and subjective. This distinction is important to bear in mind when analyzing the philosophy of any given mitzvah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות מעילה ח:ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות תמורה ד:יג
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This afternoon (3/8/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we took up another side-topic chosen in part because of its Adar-appropriate "ve'nahafoch hu" theme, and in part just because I wanted to discuss it. As early as 1300 people have claimed that the Rambam recanted his philosophy and became a kabbalist at the very end of his life. The letter called "Megilat Setarim," allegedly written by the Rambam to his student R' Yosef ben Yehudah - the same student for whom he wrote the Moreh ha'Nevuchim - is filled with statements affirming the reality and superiority of "practical kabbalah," along with guidance in how to use divine names to work miracles. In today's shiur we took up R' Sheilat's view that this letter is a forgery, as are all hamfisted attempts to make the Rambam into a kabbalist.
מקורות:
אגרות הרמב"ם (שילת) - נספח ב', אגרות מזוייפות
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:סא-סב; הקדמה לחלק ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה ה:ד
Kabbalah - www.encyclopedia.com
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This afternoon (3/3/22), in our slightly-longer-than-usual Rambam Bekius chavurah, we concluded our side-topic investigation of the Rambam's shitah on the status of halachos derived from the hermeneutical principles. Led by Halbertal, we read through the Ramban's objections (which we were originally going to do inside, but skipped due to lack of time) and then read Halbertal's take on the Rambam's approach. Suffice it to say, it gave us what to think about! In truth, one could only do this sugya justice by going through the many cases in Shas that would seem to undermine the Rambam's approach. But since this is Rambam Bekius, we felt that this was a sufficient level of depth. Next week we'll return to Hilchos Talmud Torah Chapter 6 (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים א:ג
Moshe Halbertal, "Maimonides: Life and Thought"
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This afternoon (3/2/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued our side-topic, taking up the question: What is the nature of the halachos and limudim that are derived through the middos she'ha'Torah nidreshes ba'hen? We familiarized ourselves with the Rambam's shitah inside. Tomorrow (בג"ה) the plan is to let Halbertal guide us through his analysis of the Rambam and the contrary position voiced by the Ramban.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, שורש ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים א:ג
רמב"ם - הקדמה למשנה
Moshe Halbertal, "Maimonides: Life and Thought"
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This afternoon (3/1/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began a side-topic tangentially related to Purim, prompted by my Friday Women's shiur on the nature and scope of Rabbinic authority. Our goal today was to review the Rambam's position on why mitzvos de'rabbanan are not counting in Taryag (in contrast to the Behag's view), as presented by Moshe Halbertal in "Maimonides: Life and Thought" and in light of our own learning of the primary sources. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll tackle the topic I'm really interested in: What is the nature of the halachos and limudim that are derived through the middos she'ha'Torah nidreshes ba'hen?
מקורות:
Moshe Halbertal, "Maimonides: Life and Thought"
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, שורש א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל יד:א
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This afternoon (2/23/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued in the halachos about non-chacham elders. After reviewing the Rambam and the basics of what we covered yesterday, we finished the Torah Temimah and then moved to the Aruch ha'Shulchan to see what the psak halacha was. What we encountered, in addition, was an elaborate, creative, cheshbone-filled endeavor on the Aruch ha'Shulchan's part to justify the common minhag (of not standing up all the way for non-chacham elders) based on the premise that there's no contradiction between the Targum Onkelos and the conclusion of our Shas. We attempted to work our way through all of this, but ran out of time (and got burnt out). It was still fun. Next time we'll return to the Rambam to tie up loose ends, and then we'll move on (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:ט
קידושין דף לב עמוד ב - לג עמוד א
ויקרא יט:לב עם תרגום אונקלוס ופירוש אבן עזרא ורמב"ן
ערוך השולחן יורה דעה רמד:ט-יא
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This afternoon (2/22/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued in the halachos about honoring chachamim, beginning the sugya of honoring elders who are NOT chachamim. We started with the Rambam, but because the sugya is relatively localized, we ventured out into a LOT of different non-Rambam sources in an effort to familiarize ourselves with the area, and we will continue to do so tomorrow as well (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:ט
קידושין דף לב עמוד ב
ויקרא יט:לב עם תרגום אונקלוס, ופירוש רלב"ג, אבן עזרא, ותורה תמימה
גיטין דף כח עמוד א
מגילה דף יז עמוד ב
ספר החינוך מצוה רנז
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This afternoon (2/20/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we did a standalone topic as a follow-up to my Sunday shiur on "Midrashic Embellishment." I was asked a question based on the Rambam's halacha of "judge every person favorably," and I wanted to review it inside before answering. Right before shiur I realized that the other two clauses of the mishnah are actually related to the sugyos we've been doing in Rambam Bekius, so this ended up being more on topic than I thought!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות אבות א:ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:יב-יג
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This afternoon (2/16/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued learning the halachos about the kavod chachamim protocols during shiur. We answered a few of the question we raised yesterday and gained some clarity by learning the Rambam's sources in the Gemara. We ended with a halacha on which the Rambam seems to have taken a different stance than the other poskim, and which is difficult to understand - both intrinsically and in terms of where the Rambam codified it. We'll take another swing at it tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ו; ו:ו-ח
הוריות דף יג עמוד ב עם רש"י
ברכות דף מג עמוד ב עם רש"י
קידושין דף לג עמוד ב עם רש"י ותוספות
שולחן ערוך יורה דעה רמב:טז
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This afternoon (2/15/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by addressing two (out of three) of the tantalizing leftover questions from Thursday. We may not have succeeded in arriving at well-formulated, crystal clear abstract definitions, but we definitely improved our understanding. After that we moved on to the next couple of halachos about the hierarchies in honoring different levels of chachamim (i.e. Nasi, Av Beis Din, Chachamim) and the procedures for how to conduct oneself during ... [we couldn't figure out the context; that's first on our agenda tomorrow].
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ו-ז; ו:ו-ז
מדרש תנחומא - במדבר יא:טז
קידושין דף לג עמוד ב
הוריות דף יג עמוד ב עם פירוש המאירי
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This afternoon (2/10/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we had a day of fun conceptual questions. The first was about a machlokess on whether it's BAD or GOOD for a chacham to take a walking route which will cause more people to stand for him. The second was a hava amina and maskanah on whether a chacham who is riding should be treated as though he were walking or standing. The third had to do with the halachic expressions of the "hiddur hierarchy" of a nasi, av beis din, and regular chacham. We had a fun time thinking about these questions, even though we didn't come up with answers. Maybe next week!
מקורות:
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ו:ג-ו
קידושין דף לב עמוד ב עם פירוש רש"י
מדרש תנחומא - במדבר יא:טז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, תפילין, ומזוזה, וספר תורה י:יא
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Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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This afternoon (2/9/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began with a review of the two halachos we learned yesterday, followed by an attempt to resolve the two difficulties we encountered: one which involved squaring the Rambam's ruling with the Gemara's derivations, and the other which involved a seemingly inexplicable psak. We then moved on to the next two halachos, arriving at a couple of ideas and ending on a question which we'll briefly revisit tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ח,יח; ו:א-ג עם קפאח הערה ה
חולין דף נד עמוד ב תוס' ד"ה אין
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים ו:ג-ד
ויקרא יט:יד,לב עם התורה תמימה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א-ב
ספר החינוך מצוה רנז
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This afternoon (2/8/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began Perek 6 which is about the mitzvah of honoring talmidei chachamim. In truth we've been on this topic for a while, but only now does the Rambam formally present the mitzvah in the Mishneh Torah. Today we focused on trying to understand the basic nature of this "standing of glorification" and learning about its parameters. We'll continue tomorrow by tying up the loose ends on some unresolved questions from today (i.e. the Rambam's version of the drashah for workers and the case of the father who is a student of his own son), and then we'll move on to the next halachos.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ז; ו:א-ב
ויקרא יט:לב עם תרגום אונקלוס ותורה תמימה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים ו:ג-ד
קידושין דף לג עמוד א עם פירוש רש"י
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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This afternoon (2/7/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we tied up the loose ends from last week. We began by revisiting the machlokess in the Gemara about whether a rav can forego his honor. We learned R' Moshe Feinstein's beautiful (and halachically radical) explanation of that Gemara, and more. I have a feeling this will form the foundation for our whole understanding of Perek 6. In the remaining minutes of shiur we added a few more insights to our understanding of the halachos about kavod ha'talmidim. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we begin the next perek!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:יא-יג
קידושין דף יט עמוד א;לב עמוד א-ב; לג עמוד א
אגרות משה - אורח חיים ב:לד
מגילה דף כח עמוד ב
מכות דף כב עמוד ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ד:יב
"Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman," by Merle Miller
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Ann with gratitude to Rabbi Moskowitz for teaching us and enabling us to have better lives.
Bekius Disclaimer:This is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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This afternoon (2/3/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began with an additional point about why a rav has the right to forego his kavod, whereas (for example) a king does not. After that, we began analyzing the last two halachos in the perek, which are about the kavod that a rav should have for his talmidim, and we answered some of our questions, but the rest will have to wait until next week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:י-יב
תלמוד בבלי - קידושין דף לב עמוד א עם פירוש רש"י
תלמוד בבלי - עבודה זרה דף יט עמוד א
אבות ב:י; ה:יא
"Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman," by Merle Miller
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר טהרה, הלכות מקוות יא:יב
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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This afternoon (2/2/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we took another swing at attempting to understand the Rambam's definition of "rav muvhak." We decided to read some excerpts from the Encyplopedia Talmudit entry on the subject in order to familiarize ourselves (in a bekiusy way) with ALL the shitos. We then reread the Rambam in light of that overview to see if we gained clarity on his view. Although we did gain clarity, there are still questions we didn't manage to resolve. Tomorrow we hope to conclude Perek 5 of Hilchos Talmud Torah so that we can begin Perek 6 next week.
מקורות:
אנציקלופדיה תלמודית כרך כו, כבוד רבו; מורא רבו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:י-יב; ה:א,ט-יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נזיקין, הלכות גזילה ואבידה יב:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר שופטים, הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם כד:ו
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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Welcome back! This afternoon (2/1/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we delved into the Rambam's qualification of ALL the preceding halachos in the perek as pertaining exclusively to one's "rav muvhak." The question is: What does that mean? The Rambam gave us very little to work with, so we had to engage in a little more non-Rambam Bekius than we typically do. We attained some clarity but still have unanswered questions. Also in this shiur we attempted to make sense of the Rambam's hierarchy of who tears kria for whom, and how.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ט-י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל ט:א,יא-יב עם לחם משנה
טור - יורה דעה סימן רמב:ל
ערוך השולחן - יורה דעה רמב"יט
בבא מציעא דף לג עמוד א עם פירוש רש"י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ט:ב-ג
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.--------
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This afternoon (1/13/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued with more halachos of kavod ha'rav. The difficulty today wasn't in understanding the sense of the halachos, but in understanding the Rambam's categorization. We couldn't quite figure out why he grouped these clusters of halachos as he did. If you have any insights, let us know!
Note: Our Rambam Bekius chavurah will be on hiatus until January 31st.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ו-ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים ו:יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל ח:ב-ג; ט:ב,ה
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously by someone whose identity even I don't know. Since I can't ask them for a dedicatory message, we'll just dedicate it to my January 10th birthday, and - God willing - to another year of learning, teaching, and life.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (1/12/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by clearing up a point about the prohibitions against being in the bathhouse with various individuals. We then returned to Hilchos Talmud Torah where we discussed the prohibition to sit in your rav's place, to be "machria" his words, and to contradict his words. The difficult task was understanding what those last two cases refer to - a task which was made easier and more difficult by a tshuvah of the Rambam in which he explicitly explains the case of "machria."
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קודשה, הלכות איסורי ביאה כא:טו-טז
תלמוד בבלי - פסחים דף נא עמוד א עם פרש"י ותוס' הרי"ד (מהדורה תליתאה)
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ו עם כסף משנה ולחם משנה
רמב"ם - שו"ת סימן רס"ד
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously by someone whose identity even I don't know. Since I can't ask them for a dedicatory message, we'll just dedicate it to my January 10th birthday, and - God willing - to another year of learning, teaching, and life.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (1/11/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued in Hilchos Talmud Torah with the laws pertaining to kavod ha'rav conduct. Today we covered the halachos about how one's rav (and parents) should and should not be addressed, as well as some other laws regarding what one does with one's body in the presence of his rav. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll continue with more on this subject.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים ו:ג
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaye
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ה-ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ח
Rav Yosef Dov ha'Levi Soloveitchik, Festival of Freedom: Essays on Pesach and the Haggadah (posthumously published from manuscripts)
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קודשה, הלכות איסורי ביאה כא:טו-טז
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously by someone whose identity even I don't know. Since I can't ask them for a dedicatory message, we'll just dedicate it to my January 10th birthday, and - God willing - to another year of learning, teaching, and life.
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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This afternoon (1/10/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we wrapped up our tangential exploration of the topic of Mosaic semichah. We began with the Rambam's idea for how to restore Mosaic semichah. Suffice it to say, we experienced more confusion than clarity - some of which stemmed from our lack of familiarity with earlier chapters in Hilchos Sanhedrin, and some of which stemmed from the text itself. I made the executive decision to turn up the bekius on the "Rambam Bekius" meter for today, rather than delve DEEPER into these sugyos, so that we could resume our original point of departure in Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:4, which we'll continue tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
https://behind-the-bima.simplecast.com/episodes/bonus-episode-halakhic-man-harav-herschel-schachter-shlita
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם ד:יא-טו; טז:ב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, סנהדרין א:ג
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This afternoon (1/3/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued with the topics we took up last week. We began with an excerpt from the writings of Rabbi Maroof in which he differentiates between horaah and peskias din. We then read the Aruch ha'Shulchan's definition of contemporary semichah. We spent the rest of the time learning the Rambam's halachos of Mosaic semichah. We'll plan on finishing the topic tomorrow (בג"ה), beginning with the Rambam's personal view on how to restore Mosaic semichah.
מקורות:
ערוך השולחן - יורה דעה רמ"ב כח-כט
Rabbi Joshua Maroof, Women and Horaah
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם ד:א-יא
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Sarah Spielman. May Hashem send a refuah shleimah to Bryna bat Rena.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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This afternoon (12/30/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we spent the majority of the time discussing questions that were raised on what we learned yesterday. We touched upon a number of fundamental issues, some of which might be considered "hot topics." At the very end we began a new but related topic: Mosaic semichah. That'll have to wait until next week (בג"ה).
מקורות:
ר' משה פיינשטיין - הקדמה לאגרות משה
רמב"ם - הקדמה לפירוש המשניות
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים פרק א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה לב-לג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Albert Hanan and Justin Coskey in honor of Aryel and Batya's wedding.
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (12/29/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we completed R' Moshe's hakdamah to Iggros Moshe, in which he expanded upon the concepts he introduced yesterday, then used these concepts to explain why he felt qualified (and obligated) to answer the halachic questions posed to him, and why he chose to publish what he wrote. In my opinion, this was a worthwhile detour from Rambam. Tomorrow the plan is to take up two other side-topics: Mosaic semichah and semichah bi'zman ha'zeh.
מקורות:
ר' משה פיינשטיין - הקדמה לאגרות משה
סנהדרין דף ו עמוד ב עם פרש"י
מנחות דף כט עמוד ב עם פרש"י
בבא מציעא דף לג עמוד ב עם פרש"י
ברכות דף ד עמוד א עם פרש"י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות קידוש החודש יז:כד
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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The introduction to R' Moshe Feinstein's Iggros Moshe is something I firmly believe that every serious student of halacha must read at least once in their lives. Even if you don't typically listen to the Rambam Bekius shiurim, you can listen to this one as a standalone ... well, plus Part 2 tomorrow.
This afternoon (12/28/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we reviewed the halachos about students who are not on the level to paskin and who do so anyway. After a brief attempt to answer a prior question, based on the Ralbag's commentary to Shir ha'Shirim, we delved into R' Moshe's hakdamah for two reasons: (1) to see an example of someone who was truly humble and didn't view himself as being on the level to give psak, and (b) to understand what it means to give psak. We got about halfway through, stopping to discuss a number of fundamental points about the nature of the halachic system. We intend to continue tomorrow (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ד
רלב"ג - שיר השירים ב:טו
ר' משה פיינשטיין - הקדמה לאגרות משה
בבא מציעא דף נט עמוד ב
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Bekius Disclaimer: see previous episodes
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This afternoon (12/27/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by reviewing the halachos of "choleik al rabo" (undermining your rav's authority) and answered the remaining questions we left off with last week. We then learned through the halachos pertaining to "higiah l'horaah" (being qualified to give psak), which we will continue to analyze tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:ב-ד
רש"י - תלמוד בבלי עירובין דף סג עמוד א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה לו-לט
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Albert Hanan and Justin Coskey in honor of Aryel and Batya's wedding.
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (12/23/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah (the second of the day!), we began by briefly recapping the conclusions of yesterdays shiur. We then explored Chazal equation of honoring and revering one's rav with honoring and revering the shechinah. This led us to delve into the question, "According to the Rambam, what do we mean by 'shechinah'?" - a question which I gave Tishah b'Av shiur on two summers ago. We concluded by reading and discussing the halachos of "cholek al rabo" - that is, undermining your rav's authority.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ח:יח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים ג:ה; ו:יב,יד
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:יט,כה
ר' דוד צבי הופמן - ויקרא כו:יא
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Yael Weiss, in honor of Rabbi Moskowitz's birthday last week, and in gratitude for all the Mishlei he has taught his many generations of students.Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This morning (12/23/21), during our usual Mishlei time, we had a session of Rambam Bekius! Since the last two pesukim we learned were about how to relate and how not to relate to the poor, and since Mishlei was written to make Torah more accessible, we thought it would be appropriate to familiarize ourselves with some basic halachos of tzedakah. This was not intended to be a comprehensive practical halacha shiur; rather, it was intended to supply the Torah context for our pesukim in Mishlei. I'm uploading this on the Rambam Bekius podcast and the Mishlei podcast since it relates to both.
מקורות:
משלי כא:יג-יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א בדפוס
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ז:א-ז; י:ד-ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות י:יב
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Yael Weiss, in honor of Rabbi Moskowitz's birthday last week, and in gratitude for all the Mishlei he has taught his many generations of students.
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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This afternoon (12/22/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we learned through the Rambam's main halachos of pidyon shevuyim (the redemption of captives). Why did we learn about this topic? (And why does the YouTube thumbnail indicate that this is about honoring and revering one's rav?) Because we were led there by the Rambam's discussion of when a person should redeem his rav before his father and vice versa. We spent almost the entire session on these halachos, which were quite interesting! Tomorrow (God willing) we'll revisit Hilchos Talmud Torah and try to make sense of the exceptions to the rav/av priority rule in light of what we learned today.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ה:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ח:י-יח
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות בבא מציעא ב:יא
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Yael Weiss, in honor of Rabbi Moskowitz's birthday last week, and in gratitude for all the Mishlei he has taught his many generations of students.Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
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This afternoon (12/21/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began Hilchos Talmud Torah Chapter 5. As is our practice, we began by reading the Rambam's four formulations of this mitzvah: #1 - in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, #2 - in the Reshimas Mitzvos Aseh in the Mishneh Torah, #3 - in the Koseres to Hilchos Talmud Torah, and #4 - in the opening halachos of the perek. We noted some questions about his formulations and the order of his presentation, answering (or attempting to answer) the latter while leaving the former for after we learn the halachos. Tomorrow we'll continue learning the main halachos of the mitzvah while simultaneously trying to understand the implications in hashkafah and middos (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם- ספר המצוות, עשה רט
ויקרא יט:לב עם תרגום אונקלוס
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, רשימת מצוות עשה, חלוקת הספרים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה כותרת; ד:ח; ה:א; ו:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נשים, הלכות אישות ח:ה
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This afternoon (12/20/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we finished Chapter 4 of Hilchos Talmud Torah. After reviewing the halachos about the etiquette for talmid asking questions of his rav, we learned the etiquette of a rav answering the questions he's asked. The final halacha covers assorted etiquette guidelines for learning in the Beis Midrash. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we begin Chapter 5!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ד:ו-ט עם הערות הרב קפאח
תוספתא סנהדרין פרק ז
משלי כג:כא עם פירוש מצודת דוד
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This afternoon (12/16/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we revisited the halachos we started working on in the last session and answered some lingering questions. We then began the halachos of etiquette which govern the learning interactions between a rav and his talmidim. We got some nice ideas, but the rest of the halachos will have to wait until next week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ד:ד-ח
תלמוד בבלי - ערובין דף נד עמוד ב
רש"י - דברים ו:ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נשים, הלכות קידושין ח:ד-ה
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This afternoon (12/14/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we read the Rambam's halachos about the responsibility of a teacher to be patient with students and the responsibility of students to notify the teacher when they don't understand what's being taught. This raised a BUNCH of practical and theoretical questions which we began to address, and plan to revisit tomorrow. Many of these questions had to do with the extent to which these guidelines apply to present day education.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ד:ד-ה
אבות ב:ו; ה:יט
שמונה פרקים פרק ד' קאפח הערה יב
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This afternoon (12/13/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by answering two leftover questions from last week. We then moved on to the halachos for how the rav and talmidim should sit during shiur, and how the turgaman (a.k.a. the human microphone) should facilitate in-shiur communication. We made some nice progress in the first new topic, but felt we understood less in the second. We'll make another pass tomorrow and then move on (בג"ה).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ד:ב-ג; ה:א; ו:ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ה:יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שופר וסוכה ולולב ח:יד-טז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים יב:יב
Darth Vader, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
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This afternoon (12/9/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we tried once more to answer our questions on the Rambam's halacha that you should only learn from a Rav who is "proper." Led by R' Qafih, we learned through some Gemaras to clarify the Rambam's shitah. We then THOUGHT we were going to take up a side topic - the mishnah about the four types of people vis a vis the beis midrash - but this turned out to shed more light on our main question than it did on the mishnah! This also raised a HUGE contradiction between the Rambam in Hilchos Talmud Torah and the Rambam in Shemoneh Perakim, and we ended shiur without resolving it. However, I came up with an answer on the way home ... but that'll have to wait until next week!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ד:א-ב
ר' קאפח שם
תלמוד בבלי מועד קטן דף יז עמוד א
תלמוד בבלי חגיגה דף טו עמוד ב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות אבות ה:יג
רמב"ם - שמונה פרקים פרק ז
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This afternoon (12/8/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we attempted to answer all the questions we raised yesterday. We did manage to answer all the questions about the Beis Midrash entry requirements for talmidim, but we didn't finish answering our questions about the high standards of perfection for a rav. We'll attempt once more tomorrow, then move on.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ד:א-ב
כסף משנה ולחם משנה שם
תלמוד בבלי ברכות דף כח עמוד ב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות ברכות א:ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות א:ג-ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה ג:ב
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This afternoon (12/7/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began Hilchos Talmud Torah Chapter 4, which is about the procedural regulations and guidelines of teaching and learning. Our focus today was on the middos requirements of both talmidim and their rav. We raised a bunch of questions which we hope to be able to answer tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ד:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ד:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ו:ז
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This afternoon (12/2/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued with our learning of assorted Chanukah-related topics in the Rambam. We began by wrapping up our discussion of the Menorah. We then attempted to understand the implications of the Rambam's description of the the mitzvah of ner chanukah as "chavivah." After that we did an overview of the first chapter of Hilchos Melachim u'Milchamos in an effort to figure out what the Rambam would say about the decision of the Jews to appoint a king from the Chashmonaim.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:א; ד:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות שביתת יום טוב ד:כ
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ו:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה יד:ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות פרק א
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This afternoon (12/1/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued learning through the halachos of the Menorah in the Mishneh Torah. When we finished with those, we began learning through R' Avraham ben ha'Rambam's commentary on Shemos 25:31-39, with the very helpful footnotes in Moshe Maimon's new edition. I can't say we understood everything, but I definitely feel like I have a better grasp of the Menorah than I did two days ago.
Note: I don't recommend listening to today's shiur or yesterday's unless you are REALLY interested in this highly technical and confusing topic! There are far more interesting shiurim out there, including the Chanukah shiurim I gave in Rambam Bekius last year.
! There are far more interesting shiurim out there, including these three Chanukah shiurim I gave in Rambam Bekius last year.
Intro to Chanukah: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 3:1-6
Rambam's Hallel: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 3:7 - 4:8
On Shalom and Conclusions of Books: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 4:9-14
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:ג-יא
ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם - שמות כה:לא-לט
This week's Torah content has been sponsored in memory of Rabbi Dr Leon & Frances Gersten.
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This afternoon (11/30/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we decided to spend the rest of the week taking up assorted Chanukah-related topics in the writings of the Rambam. We began with the Rambam's presentation of the events of Chanukah and its founding, just for the sake of review. We didn't exactly break new ground, but review is always good. We then started learning the halachos pertaining to the Menorah in Hilchos Beis ha'Bechirah. That proved to be confusing, and the diagram definitely helped (sorry to those who only hear this in podcast form).
Note: I don't recommend listening to today's shiur or yesterday's unless you are REALLY interested in this highly technical and confusing topic! There are far more interesting shiurim out there, including these three Chanukah shiurim I gave in Rambam Bekius last year.
Intro to Chanukah: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 3:1-6
Rambam's Hallel: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 3:7 - 4:8
On Shalom and Conclusions of Books: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 4:9-14
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:א-ג
שמות כה:לא-לט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות בית הבחירה א:א-ז; ג:א-ג
This week's Torah content has been sponsored in memory of Rabbi Dr Leon & Frances Gersten.----------
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (11/23/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we took a break from Hilchos Talmud Torah. Seeing as how my 21st geriversary is coming up this Thursday, we decided to review the Rambam's halachos about converting to Judaism. Since we only spent one session on this topic, we didn't have time to go through ALL the halachos, but at least we covered the halachos about the conversion process itself - in addition to taking a detour to the topic of milah for non-Jews. This was definitely more "bekius" than "bekiyun," but hopefully it's as interested to you as it was to us!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה יג:א-ו,יד-יח; יד:א-ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות י:ז-ח
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously. May Hashem grant a refuah shleimah to Tehila Bat Ora Sara.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (11/22/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began by reviewing and finishing up the halachos we did last week on learning at night. After that, we learned the last couple halachos in the perek about acquiring the Crown of Torah. The major question we faced was: What does this have to do with acquiring the Crown of Torah? These halachos sound like they belong in the first perek, or at least earlier in this perek. We didn't answer all our questions, and we'll see whether we revisit them tomorrow or do something special for my geriversary (which is on Thursday, when we won't be having shiur).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:יג; ג:יג
ערוך השולחן - אורח חיים סימן רלח:א-ב
טור - אורח חיים סימן רלח:א
מאירי - משלי א:ז
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות ד:יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות שופר, וסוכה, ולולב ח:טו
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:כד
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously. May Hashem grant a refuah shleimah to Tehila Bat Ora Sara.Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
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This afternoon (11/18/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we analyzed the halacha about learning at night. I think we did a decent job, even though we didn't answer all our questions. It should be noted that the shiur was cut short because we had a long pre-shiur discussion about striking the right life/work/learning balance and guarding against burnout. You can hear traces of that topic in the shiur itself. Next week we plan to continue with the next halacha, unless we find answers for our leftover questions.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:יג; ג:יג
רד"ק - תהלים לו:יא
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Shirley, and since she didn't specify a dedicatory message, then I'm going to dedicate this to the entire Sinclair family - Shirley, David, and Ken.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (11/17/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we tied up a bunch of loose ends from a bunch of different topics in Hilchos Talmud Torah Chaptesr 1-3. We began by reading excerpts from R' Yehuda Henkin's psak about women learning Torah she'baal Peh and Talmud, which shed some light on our analysis of that topic in the Rambam. We then read an excerpt from Seneca's Letter #53 which poetically depicted the type of devotion one have in order to merit the Crown of Torah. Next, we partially answered some of the questions we raised yesterday about the halachic architecture of our own shul/yeshiva. Lastly, we explained the Rambam's halacha about learning in a Beis Ha'Kneses.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:יג; ג:יב-יג
Rabbi Yehuda Henkin translation of She'elot uTeshuvot B'nei Banim, volume 3, number 12,(Dated 14 Marcheshvan 5752)
Seneca: Letter #53
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילה וברכת כוהנים יא:ב
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Shirley, and since she didn't specify a dedicatory message, then I'm going to dedicate this to the entire Sinclair family - Shirley, David, and Ken.----------
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (11/16/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we ACTUALLY DID BEKIUS! Our goal was to get an overview of what a Beis ha'Kneses is, in an effort to understand the Rambam's Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:12 about the virtue of learning Torah in a Beis ha'Kneses. We didn't end up circling back to that halacha, but we'll give it one more try tomorrow.
מקורות:
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, "Blessings and Thanksgiving: Reflections on the Siddur and Synagogue" (based on the Rav's shiurim)
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים ח:א-ג; יא:א-יג
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Shirley, and since she didn't specify a dedicatory message, then I'm going to dedicate this to the entire Sinclair family - Shirley, David, and Ken.
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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This afternoon (11/15/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we attempted to understand the Rambam's three directives: (1) learn in shul and you won't quickly forget, as per the special divine covenant, (2) learn with modesty and you'll become wise, and (3) learn audibly and you won't quickly forget. But first, at the beginning of the shiur, I shared a new Rambam tool I happened upon: the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society. This led to me going on one of my anti-"bad Mishneh Torah" (a.k.a. dfoos) rants which ended in a demonstration of the unreliability of the Mishneh Torah edition found on Sefaria. I intend to edit this rant to be a separate video, but for now, I'm leaving it as part of today's shiur. We did a decent job analyzing the Rambam's 2nd and 3rd guidelines, and even managed to recap a shiur I gave on Mishlei's definition of tznius. Tomorrow the plan is to delve into the Rambam's presentation of what a Beis ha'Keneses is, so that we can understand the first guideline in today's halacha.
Best Online Mishneh Torah: Mechon Mamre
Second Best: AlHaTorah
Unreliable (as of now): Sefaria
Related Rabbi Schneeweiss Content:
- Mishlei 11:2 - Mishleic Tznius
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:יב
Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society
translation of Qafih's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים י:ג
רבינו יונה - משלי יא:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים יא:יד
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Shirley, and since she didn't specify a dedicatory message, then I'm going to dedicate this to the entire Sinclair family - Shirley, David, and Ken.
Bekius Disclaimer: see previous episodes
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-------
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (11/11/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we analyzed every single component of Halacha 12a-b. We came up with a unified theory for 12a, answering all five (or six?) of our questions in the process and explaining how a coddled learner's learning will suffer. We also did a decent job explaining the components of 12b, about "killing yourself" in your learning and learning "in anger."
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:י; ג:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ד:א,ד
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים, הקדמה
תורה תמימה - קהלת ב:ט, אות מ
תורה תמימה - במדבר כט:יד, אות סג
רש"י - משלי כד:י
מדרש משלי כד:י
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously. May Hashem send a refuah shleimah to Margalit Esther bat Ettel and Noam Binyamin Refael ben Dina Nili.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (11/10/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we covered a number of topics, all of which revolved around achieving the proper balance between Torah, work, and pleasure, spending the most time trying to understand the nuances of how a person ought to relate to work. Even though we spent a week on halachos 10-11 in October, we went through them again in hopes that learning them in context would make a difference. Turns out that it did. The last topic had to do with the Rambam's statements about learning Torah "amid opulence, eating, and drinking," which we started analyzing, but plan on returning to tomorrow.
If you're interested in our in-depth analysis of the Rambam's view on being paid for Torah, check out this five-part series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:י; ג:ח-יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ג:א
בראשית כט:כ
רבינו יונה - משלי ב:ד
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously. May Hashem send a refuah shleimah to Margalit Esther bat Ettel and Noam Binyamin Refael ben Dina Nili.----------
Bekius Disclaimer: see previous episodes
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (11/9/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued learning the Rambam's guidelines for how to acquire the Crown of Torah. We began with a general question on this entire section: Why do WE need to know this? I understand why this is necessary for someone who aspires to obtain the Crown of Torah, but what about ordinary people who are content to fulfill the mitzvah of talmud Torah on a basic level? After answering that question and taking up one more point in yesterday's halacha, we moved on to the next set of halachos about those who try to balance business undertakings with Torah. Lastly, we started working on how arrogance precludes the mastery of Torah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:י; ג:ו-ט
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:יב
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously. May Hashem send a refuah shleimah to Margalit Esther bat Ettel and Noam Binyamin Refael ben Dina Nili.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (11/8/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued learning the Rambam's guidelines for how to acquire the Crown of Torah. We began by refining some of the loose ends from last week, then moved on to the next couple of clauses. The central topic of today had to do with prioritizing the Crown of Torah over all other pursuits.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:י; ג:ו-ז
דונש אבן לברט
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: הקדמה; אבות ב:יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל א:י
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות א:יד; ב:ה
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously. May Hashem send a refuah shleimah to Margalit Esther bat Ettel and Noam Binyamin Refael ben Dina Nili.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (11/4/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began our investigation of how to acquire the Crown of Torah, beginning with the question, "What is the Crown of Torah?" After looking at all the sources in which the Rambam mentions "crown," we decided that we'd figure out what it is we are acquiring by learning how to acquire it. The Rambam quotes a series of Chazal's statements, which we began analyzing one by one. Looks like we'll have our work cut out for us over the next couple of weeks!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:ו
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: הקדמה; אבות ב:יט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה כא:לב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ח:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות א:ז,; ב:א,ה
תהלים א:א-ב
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously for the continued recovery of Rabbi Moskowitz. May Hashem grant Ha'Rav Meir ben Esther Malka a refuah shleimah.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (11/3/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we set out to answer the questions we raised last time. While we didn't answer every single part of every question, we definitely gained significant clarity in our understanding of the subject - and we even picked up some practical tips on how to facilitate the transition from she'lo lishmah to lishmah! This is yet another confirmation that the Rambam was right when he said: "If your thoughts fool you into thinking that you have understood these concepts after [reading what I wrote] once or ten times, Hashem knows that you have fooled yourself in falsehood."
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:ה
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, הקדמה + הקדמה לפרק חלק
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously for the continued recovery of Rabbi Moskowitz. May Hashem grant Ha'Rav Meir ben Esther Malka a refuah shleimah.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (11/1/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began with the first mention of lishmah and she'lo lishmah in the Mishneh Torah. The context in which the Rambam presented it was unusual, to say the least, and raised a bunch of questions which we were able to mostly answer. We then read through the Rambam's primary discourse on lishmah and she'lo lishmah in his Introduction to Perek Chelek, raising some major questions. Our task next time will be to answer those questions to the best of our ability.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:א,ב,ד
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, הקדמה לפרק חלק
מלבי"ם - איוב לה:ח
https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2014/07/malbim-on-hashgachas-hashem-and-human.html
This week's Torah content has been sponsored anonymously for the continued recovery of Rabbi Moskowitz. May Hashem grant Ha'Rav Meir ben Esther Malka a refuah shleimah.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/28/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we covered two topics, one minor and one major. The minor topic was leftover from yesterday: What happens when you're confronted with a choice between kibud av v'eim and another mitzvah? Likewise, what happens when you're confronted with a choice between Talmud Torah and another mitzvah? The major topic was: What is the meaning of, "Torah study is equal to all the mitzvos"? The second topic led us to the Rambam's beautiful exposition on the purpose of human existence.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים ו:יב
שולחן ערוך יורה דעה רמ:יב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, הקדמה; פאה א:א
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by R.R. in appreciation for all the growth and insight that she has gained from these shiurim. To that I say, "Thank YOU, R.R., for helping make that possible!"----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/27/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began learning what is sure to be an exciting perek, since it contains the principles necessary to master Torah. Today we focused on two topics: the Crown of Torah, and the precedence of talmud over action. We didn't quite get the full pshat in either of them, but we definitely walked away with what to think about.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:א-ד
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות ד:יז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זרעים, הלכות מתנות עניים ח:יז-יח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ציצית ג:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים ב:ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים ו:יב-יד
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by R.R. in appreciation for all the growth and insight that she has gained from these shiurim. To that I say, "Thank YOU, R.R., for helping make that possible!"----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/26/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began by tying up some loose ends from yesterday's learning of Hilchos Talmud Torah Chapter 2, regarding the historical context of the educational system described therein. After that we took up the topic of early childhood METAPHYSICAL education, which the Rambam doesn't discuss in the Mishneh Torah. We learned through the chapter in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim in which he outlines which foundational ideas he deems necessary to teach even by rote to children and which should be reserved for a later point in one's development. We encountered some thorny questions to which we didn't find answers, but at least they're good questions!
מקורות:
ערוך השולחן - יורה דעה סימן רמ"ה סעיפים ו-ז
תלמוד בבלי - בבא בתרא דף כא עמוד א
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:לה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:יא-יב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, הקדמה לפרק חלק
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This afternoon (10/25/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we started AND finished the chapter about tinokos shel beis rabban (early childhood education). We answered some of the questions we raised but not others, and felt that we were missing some important historical context. I'm going to try to find more info in that area for tomorrow's shiur.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה פרק ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ז:טו
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
Rambam: On Women Learning Torah - Part 2 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:13)
This afternoon (10/21/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued in our attempt to understand the Rambam's shitah on teaching Torah to women. I say "attempt" because the tasked proved to be quite difficult. I can't say we really arrived at a firm understanding. Unless you REALLY want to be thorough, I might even recommend skipping this one. The only real big move we had was our realization that the Rambam's definition of Torah she'baal Peh includes KNOWLEDGE of the drashos - just not UNDERSTANDING of the inner workings of the drashos. There, now there's no need to listen to this shiur!
To repeat what I said last time: if you're interested in Rabbi Chait's three-part shiur on women learning Torah, email me and I'll send it to you.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:יג
הערות מר' מקבילי ור' יוסף קפאח
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/20/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we took up the "hot topic" of women learning Torah. We began by reviewing an unrelated side-question: "What's the deal wth the paragraph breaks in the various editions of the Mishneh Torah?" We then read the two halachos in the Rambam about women learning Torah and fathers teaching their daughters Torah, and we analyzed them step by step, drawing upon the Mishneh Torah commentaries of R' Makbili and R' Qafih. We will continue our analysis tomorrow, God willing.
If you're interested in Rabbi Chait's three-part shiur on women learning Torah, email me and I'll send it to you.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:יג
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות סוטה ג:ג
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Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/19/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued our sidequest to understand the Rambam's view of learning talmud, on the one hand, and learning Talmud, on the other (and if that distinction is lost on you, then you REALLY need to listen to part 1). After reviewing what we learned yesterday, we set out to understand what the Rambam means in his statements about Davar Katon in Yesodei ha'Torah 4:13. We read the extremely harsh fragment of his letter to R' Yosef, in which he seemingly dismisses Talmud study as a waste of time, and attempted to be melamed zechus on his view ... or at least, to understand how he would be melamed zechus on our OWN involvement in Talmud. We then read the Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:34, and were able to form a coherent explanation of Yesodei ha'Torah 4:13. We may not have answered all of our questions, but we defintely emerged from our sidequest with more clarity than we had going in.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:י-יא; ד:ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ד:יג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת י:י
רמב"ם - קטע מאגרת אל ר' יוסף בענין לימוד משנה תורה
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:לד
רמב"ם - מאמר תחיית המתים
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This afternoon (10/18/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we went on a little bit of a sidequest. Last week we read the Rambam's tripartite talmud Torah curriculum: a third Torah she'bi'Chsav, a third Torah she'baal Peh, and a third the ACTIVITY of Talmud. Today we delved into the questions of: What, exactly, does the Rambam mean by "talmud," and what is the relationship between HIS "talmud" and what we call "learning Talmud"? We began with the sources in the Mishneh Torah, and would have gone further had we not gotten bogged down in the very necessary-to-answer question of, "What does would include in Torah she'bi'Chsav?" and "What would he include in Torah she'baal Peh"?
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:י-יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות שופר וסוכה ולולב ו:ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת כג:יט; ל:א,י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ד:יג
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-------
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This afternoon (10/14/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we FINALLY found a satisfactory answer (or answers) to the question of how the Rambam could be supported by his brother while he learned Torah, thanks to R' Shelat's footnotes on several of the Rambam's letters - plus a halacha we missed in Hilchos Sanhedrin. The first letter we read also showcased the Rambam's human side, revealing the depths of his grief over the loss of his brother. After wrapping up this topic we returned to Chapter 1 where the Rambam (finally) presents the obligation to learn Toarh.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - אגרת לר' יפת הדיין עם הערת ר' שילת
רמב"ם - אגרת לר' אפרים מצור עם הערת ר' שילת
רמב"ם - אגרת בענין המחלוקת עם ראש הישיבה עם הערת ר' שילת
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר שופטים, הלכות סנהדרין כג:ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:ח-יא
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/13/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we devoted one more day to analyzing the Rambam's statements about being paid for Torah. We decided to pursue a tangent that came up about avodah zarah and Chazal's approach to non-prohibited superstitious practices. We then went back and attempted to understand the Rambam's statements about the relationship between work and benefiting from Torah. Although we didn't complete our foray into this topic, we decided that four days was enough for our purposes. The plan for tomorrow is to return to chapter 1 and begin the Rambam's presentation of the mitzvah to learn Torah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ג:י-יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה כותרת; יא:ה
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות אבות א:י,יג
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com*. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com*. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/12/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we analyzed the Rambam's fivefold enumeration of why it's bad to treat Torah as a job. Although we didn't complete our analysis, we did come up with a unified approach which I'm happy with. Tomorrow (God willing) we'll take another stab at it, and continue our analysis with the Rambam's next paragraph.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ג:י
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה ה:ד; י-יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה יא:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר קדושה, הלכות שחיטה יד:טז
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/11/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued our exploration of the Rambam's view on the permissibility of being paid to learn, teach, or adjudicate Torah. We began with his (vehement) codification of his view in the Mishneh Torah. We then read and discussed the foonotes of R' Makbili (the editor of the critical edition of the Mishneh Torah we use), looking up some of the relevant primary sources he references and adding a few of our own. By now we have gathered the bulk of the facts we'll need to analyze the Rambam's view tomorrow (God willing).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ג:י-יא
הערות מיוחאי מקבילי ברמב"ם המבואר ומדויק שם
הערות הרב יוסף קאפח שם
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות ד:ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות שקלים ד:ד,ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ה:י-יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה ה:ד:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה יא:יא-יב
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
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This afternoon (10/7/21) we took a brief detour from Hilchos Talmud Torah to read through the Rambam's famous diatribe against "profiting" from Torah, in his commentary to Avos 4:7 (or 4:5, depending on your edition). We began with the Aruch ha'Shulchan's concise summary of the heter that the world relies on, just so we can have a point of contrast, and then we read through the Rambam's lengthy remarks. Our goal was to finish the whole thing today (since aren't scheduled to meet again until Monday), and it got kind of rushed at the end, but we definitely have our work cut out for us. We plan on beginning our next session with the Rambam's codification of his view later on in Hilchos Talmud Torah.
מקורות:
ערוך השולחן יורדה דעה סימן רמה סעיף יד
אבות ד:ז
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות ד:ז
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This week's Torah content has been sponsored by an anonymous donor, in memory of her grandmother, Golda Henya bat Devora a"h.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah.
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I can be reached at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (10/6/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finished the initial halachos about teaching Torah in Chapter 1. We covered three topics: (1) If botha father and son need a basic Torah education, who takes precedence? (2) What comes first: learning Torah or marriage? and (3) Is it permissible to pay or charge Torah teachers? Before we move on in Hilchos Talmud Torah, we're first going to learn through the Rambam's famous diatribe against "profiting" from Torah, in his commentary to Avos 4:5.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:ד-ז
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (10/5/21) we went over everything we did yesterday in an attempt to sharpen our questions and start to explore ways to answer them. I think we got as far as we can get for now. The next step is to read on, and to at least finish the next few halachos about the obligation to teach - if not the full first perek. Once we do that, we'll have a better shot at forming a comprehensive theory.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:א-ג
lots of assorted halachos I'm too lazy to look up
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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Since today (10/4/21) was our first REAL session of Rambam Bekius in the 2021-2022 academic year (now that the moadim are over), I decided it would be a good idea to review what the Mishneh Torah is and what approach we will be taking in our Rambam Bekius chavurah. We reviewed the essential excerpts from the Rambam's statements about the purpose and scope of the Mishneh Torah and we gave a recap of our methodology.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הקדמה
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה
עדות מבית מדרשו של ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (10/4/21) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began Hilchos Talmud Torah. As is our custom, we started by comparing the Rambam's formulation of the mitzvah in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, the Reshimos at the beginning of the Mishneh Torah, the Koseres, and the first halachos. Not surprisingly, we already have a plateful of questions! Tomorrow we'll begin by reading the Torah she'bi'Chsav and then reviewing the opening halachos to see if we can make sense of the Rambam's presentation.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה י"א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצוות עשה י"א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:א-ג
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (9/14/21) we attempted to answer the questions we raised yesterday. Using a combination of our own minds and the sources provided by R' Qafih in his digest, we were able to arrive at a decent understanding of two ways to learn the Rambam. We had a nice tangential discussion about the tension between the notion that our sins are completely erased by teshuvah and the idea of "my sin is before me always." We ended off with a reexamination of the classic question, "What is teshuvah gemurah?" for which we came up with two closely related answers.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ב:ב,ה (עם הערות הרב יוסף קאפח)
תלמוד בבלי - יומא דף פו עמוד ב (עם פירוש רש"י והמאירי)
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות ד:א-ב
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (9/13/21) we took up the question: Which sins should a person publicize his teshuvah on and which sins should he keep private? After reviewing the Rambam on the basic mitzvah of vidui, and going over a few "side ideas," we learned Hilchos Teshuvah 2:5, raising all the major questions and starting to develop an approach. Tomorrow we'll attempt to answer all of our unanswered questions.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה א:א; ב:ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה יט:יז כא:י,טו;
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (9/6/21) we had a special edition of Rambam Bekius in which we examined the three places where the Rambam utilizes the metaphor of "waking up." The three are (1) in Hilchos Teshuvah 3:4, when he explains the "message" of shofar, (2) in Hilchos Mezuzah 6:13, in his explanation of the purpose and importance of mezuzah, and (3) in Hilchos Avel 13:11-12 when he talks about how a person should react when a friend dies. In this session we raised a TON of questions. Will we think of answers over Rosh ha'Shanah? Only Hashem knows.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:ד; ב:א-ב; כותרת
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הלכות יסודי התורה א:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הלכות תפילין, ומזוזה, וספר תורה ו:יג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הלכות אבל יג:יא-יב
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of Torah content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (8/4/21 at YBT), in our last Rambam Bekius chavurah of the 2020-2021 year, we completed Hilchos Deios. After reviewing the Rambam's treatment of nekimah (taking revenge) and netirah (bearing a grudge) in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, we did the "hidden" source on revenge in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, in the Rambam's discussion of the prohibition to curse a fellow Jew. We then read the halachos about nekimah and netirah in the Mishneh Torah, including the case in which nekimah and netirah are praiseworthy. We concluded by reflecting on what we gained from Rambam Bekius this year. Blessed is the Merciful One Who assisted us.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, מצות לא תאשה שד-שה, שיז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:ז-ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ז:יג
Today’s Torah content is sponsored by Naomi Mann, in honor of Yeshiva Bnei Torah's 50th year. May Hashem grant YBT continued success!----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of Torah content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (8/2/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we finished the topic of lashon ha'ra, explaining the last couple of halachos in Deios Chapter 7 and then attempting to understand as much as we could of the end of Tumas Tzaraas, where the Rambam discusses another dimension of the harm of lashon ha'ra. We concluded by reading the Sefer ha'Mitzvos on our two remaining mitzvos in Hilchos Deios: the prohibitions against taking revenge and bearing a grudge. We'll begin learning those halachos tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:ה-ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר טהרה, הלכות טומאת צרעת טז:י
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, מצות לא תאשה שד-שה
Today’s Torah content is dedicated to the joyous occasion of the marriage of Jon Deutsch and Avigayil Lev. Jon has "graduated" from student, to coworker, to chavrusa and friend. Avigayil, another former student and fellow Slytherin, remains a daily presence in my virtual beis midrash. I am happy for them and I'm excited to see where their life leads them.----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of Torah content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (7/29/21 at YBT) we focused on two topics: avak lashon ha'ra (the "dust" of lashon ha'ra, i.e. the four categories of partial lashon ha'ra, which is still prohibited) and the halachos about other forms of lashon ha'ra, including the wide misconception that "if it's public, then it's okay to talk about."
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:ד-ה
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Sol and Chummie Azose, in honor of the upcoming 81st birthday of the Rosh ha'Yeshiva, Rabbi Yisroel Chait, and the 91st birthday of Sol's father, Hazzan Isaac Azose. ----------
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of Torah content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (7/28/21 at YBT) we revisited the question we spent yesterday working on, namely, "What is rechilus?" Thanks to some non-Rambam sources, we were able to come up with a clear definition of rechilus according to the Rambam and explain how lashon ha'ra is a subcategory. We then analyzed the statements the Rambam cited about the harm of lashon ha'ra.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:א-ג
ויקרא יט:טז עם פירוש רש"י, רלב"ג, תורה שלמה, ר"ש הירש
ספר החינוך, מצוה רלו
א' שמואל כב:ט-י
כסף משנה - הלכות דעות ז:א
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Sol and Chummie Azose, in honor of the upcoming 81st birthday of the Rosh ha'Yeshiva, Rabbi Yisroel Chait, and the 91st birthday of Sol's father, Hazzan Isaac Azose.
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of Torah content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (7/27/21 at YBT) we resumed our Rambam Bekius chavurah with the seventh and final perek of Hilchos Deios! Our plan is to finish by the end of next week so that we can start Hilchos Talmud Torah at the beginning of the 2020-2021 academic year. Today we focused on the surprisingly-difficult-to-define activity of rechilus ("gossip mongering"). We did a pretty thorough job of exploring the possibilities, but didn't QUITE arrive at a final formulation. We're going to attempt to do that tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, לא תעשה שא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ז:א-ב
This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Sol and Chummie Azose, in honor of the upcoming 81st birthday of the Rosh ha'Yeshiva, Rabbi Yisroel Chait, and the 91st birthday of Sol's father, Hazzan Isaac Azose.
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre
- AlHaTorah
- Daat
- Explanatory Essays
If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of Torah content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/17/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we concluded the sixth chapter of Hilchos Deios, which is about the treatment of widows and orphans. In the remaining time we took up a question that was raised yesterday: According to the Rambam, if yedias Hashem (knowledge of God) is the ultimate perfection, then where do mitzvos bein adam l'chaveiro (interpersonal commandments) fit in? We answered this question by reading - in bekius fashion - the final ideas in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, which made for a fitting conclusion to the last Rambam Bekius shiur of the 2020-2021 academic year. Tune in next time, at the end of July and beginning of August (bg"h) for our brief summer session, in which we will take up the 7th and final chapter of Hilchos Deios!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, לא תעשה רנו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ו:י
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נד
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/16/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued on in the sixth chapter of Hilchos Deios with the mitzvos of tochachah (rebuke) and she'lo le'halbin panim (not to embarrass). In addition to learning what the Rambam wrote, we also mused about the current state of the mitzvah of tochachah in Klal Yisroel today.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ו:ו-ט
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה רה; לא תעשה שג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/15/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued on in the sixth chapter of Hilchos Deios, which covers a variety of bein adam l'chaveiro mitzvos. Today we learned about three: loving your fellow Jew, loving the convert, and not hating your brother in your heart, which also touched upon the mitzvah to rebuke your fellow Jew. Tomorrow we will continue where we left off.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ו:ג-ו
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה רו-רז; לא תעשה שב
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/14/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began the sixth and penultimate chapter of Hilchos Deios, in which the Rambam writes about the importance of associating with chachamim and their talmidim. Will we finish the 6th perek before the summer? We shall see! Let's plan to do what we always try to do: let the momentum of the learning dictate the pace, and not allow ourselves to feel rushed. After all, we don't want to find ourselves in a position where we are forced to say what Averroes said about himself: "Ibn Rushd."
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ו:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ד:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ה:א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/10/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we (miraculously?) finished Hilchos Deios Chapter 5 today, which covered several other areas of chachamim conduct: perception of their speech, walking, dress, management of personal finances, and business conduct. Our goal is to try to finish Hilchos Deios Chapter 6 next week, which is our last week of yeshiva before the summer, then tackle Hilchos Deios Chapter 7 during our summer program, and then start Hilchos Talmud Torah towards the beginning of the 2021-2022 academic year.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ה:ז-יג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/9/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued the chapter about how talmidei chachamim should conduct themselves in the particulars of their lives, which covered the topics listed in the title. The most interesting thing (to me, anyway) was how the Rambam classified the many statements of Chazal on these topics. Certain statements we had assumed were standard for all people, but the Rambam codified them in this perek, which means that they're for chachamim. Other statements appeared to belong in a different halacha, and his codification in a different context led to a different interpretation.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ה:ג-ז
Seneca: Letter #5
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/8/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began the chapter about how chachamim (or talmidei chachamim) should conduct themselves in the particulars of their lives. Today's topic focused on how chachamim should and shouldn't eat. We contrasted this with some similar statements at the end of Hilchos Tumas Ochlin, and that comparison led to a key hypothesis about how this chapter fits into Hilchos Deios as a whole. We'll see how our theory plays out!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ה:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר טהרה, הלכות טומאת אוכלין טז:יב
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/7/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we decided to take a brief break from Hilchos Deios to learn some Rambams about Bris Milah, since there will be a bris in yeshiva tomorrow - the first one I've been to since pre-COVID! We began with the Rambam's four initial presentations of the mitzvah, then we read his explanations for the reason for Bris Milah in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, and we ended by going over the berachos one says on milah. (We ended the shiur on time and stopped the recording, but we ended up reading through the next few halachos and the last halachos in the third chapter; sorry they weren't recorded!)
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצות, עשה רטו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות מילה א:א-ב; ג:א-ג
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:מט
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/3/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finished the chapter in Hilchos Deios comprised of the Rambam's health guidelines. Although we encountered far more outdated statements this time compared to last time, we also encountered more enduring truths and insights into the Torah's approach to health. All in all, I definitely found it worthwhile to go through this chapter, and I think we were right not to skip it.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות פרק ד
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (6/1/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began learning a chapter that some would have preferred to skip. Although we acknowledged that there are many outdated elements of the Rambam's health guidelines, our goal was to see how much is still relevant, and what insight these principles have to offer for our avodas Hashem. We got about halfway through, and will endeavor to complete the chapter on Thursday. (No shiur tomorrow.)
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות פרק ד
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (5/31/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we started and finished Hilchos Deios Chapter 3 - arguably the most important chapter in all of Hilchos Deios, insofar as it outlines what the Torah holds ought to be the purpose of all of our actions. Tomorrow we'll attempt to get through as much of Chapter 4 as possible.
מקורות:
אבות ד:כז עם פירוש הרמב"ם
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות פרק ג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
This afternoon (5/27/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finally finished Hilchos Deios Chapter 2! The penultimate halacha followed the pattern of the previous paragraphs in that it clarified what would otherwise be a difficult deah to understand, but the final paragraph seemed to just be miscellaneous deios guidelines. We understood what we could, then noticed that he continues aspects of this topic at the beginning of Chapter 3. We'll just have to see where that takes us next week!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ז
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
Yesterday we learned the Rambam's strict view that "even a single word of pitui (seduction) and geneivas daas (trickery) is prohibited." We wondered what the Rambam would say about the classic cases when one is permitted to lie, and were puzzled by the omission of such cases from these halachos, and from Hilchos Deios in general. This afternoon (5/25/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we focused on the surprising place where the Rambam codifies these cases: in the laws of lost objects (shout out to David Fried for directing me to the source). Our goal was not to understand why these cases were exceptions, but to understand how these cases do not contradict or undermine what the Rambam wrote in Hilchos Deios 2:6. I believe we succeeded in answering that question.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נזקים, הלכות גזילה ואבידה יד:יב-יג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (5/24/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we had yet another workout trying to work out what the Rambam was saying in his halachos about divrei chalakos u'pitui (words of smoothtalking and seduction), achas ba'peh v'achas ba'leiv (duplicity), and geneivas daas (trickery). This proved to be quite the Rubik's cube of terminology. By the end, we think we got it. You can be the judge of that!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ו
אבות א:יב עם פירוש הרמב"ם
משלי א:יא-יד; ז:ז-כא
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (5/21/21 at YBT) we resumed our Rambam Bekius chavurah after a week's hiatus. We focused on the last two paragraphs in the Rambam about the deah of silence, and arrived at some nice ideas. (FYI, the title of this shiur is a joke based on something we said in the shiur itself.) We started working on 2:6, about geneivas daas (trickery), pitui (seduction), and echad ba'peh v'echad ba'lev (lack of integrity), but we'll have to revisit that topic next time.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ד-ו
Epictetus, Discourses 4.1.128b-129a
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
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This afternoon (5/13/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we INTENDED to finish the next two paragraphs about silence. We began, as usual, by reviewing what we did last time. I even recorded a 60-second recap yesterday to make sure that we'd review efficiently. What ended up happening instead? Basically, we ended up tackling a bunch of fundamental questions that we had raised earlier, and - using silence as our test-case - we refined and overhauled our understanding of the whole system of Hilchos Deios. You can plan how shiur is going to go, but ultimately, the learning will take you wherever it wants. I'm happy with how things turned out, and I think the other guys are as well.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ד
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, השורש התשיעי
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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This afternoon (5/12/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we set out to understand the Rambam's "silent treatment" ... or "treatment of silence." We wasted no time in getting our hands dirty, delving into questions major and minor. It was a real workout, but a very productive discussion which ended up clarifying our understanding of some of the very basic principles of Hilchos Deios that we've been discussing for weeks. Tomorrow will be the last day we spend on these halachos about silence before we break for Shavuos.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ד
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות א:יז
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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This afternoon (5/11/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we attempted to explain the remaining statements about anger in 2:3, and I think we did a decent job. We continued with the halachos about silence, and since we couldn't figure out how those halachos flowed from the previous ones or how they fit into the perek, we decided to just read the rest of the perek in its entirety, in order to get a birdseye view, with the intent of coming back to it tomorrow to analyze it more in-depth.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ג-ז
Seneca: Consolation of Helvia
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
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This afternoon (5/10/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finally managed (thanks to the footnote guy, and with Hashem's help, of course) to finally understand how and in what sense haughtiness and anger are exceptions to the "middle path" rule. Additionally, we were able to explain a number of the statements cited by the Rambam about the evils of haughtiness and anger. Tomorrow we'll try to wrap this up and move on to the other specific deios which the Rambam discusses in this perek.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ג
Aristotle: Rhetoric 2:2
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
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This afternoon (5/6/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we had one goal: to finish READING the exceptions to the Rambam's rule of the middle path. We had to actively fight against the impulse to start analyzing in-depth in order to make sure that we finished. We did permit ourselves to raise questions, but we tried to keep our speculations about answers to a minimum until we made sure that we had gotten all of the facts. And guess what? We succeeded! We'll see where we pick up next week, after the dust has had some time to settle.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
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This afternoon (5/5/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we took another couple of baby steps in our understanding of Hilchos Deios. We started reading about the two exceptions to the middle path rule, but decided after reading the first one that we'd use the exception to understand the rule itself. This led to a protracted discussion about what makes the middle path "good," as preparation for understanding why the extremes are good in the cases of the exception. After much hairsplitting and terminology crunching, we had a breakthrough, which answered an earlier question about the Rambam's definitions of chacham and chasid. Although we didn't tie up all the loose ends, we definitely had a productive analysis. (Should we change the title to Rambam b'Iyun? I don't even know anymore.)
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
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This afternoon (5/4/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we attempted to answer some of the questions we raised last Thursday while making sure we learned at least a couple more halachos. We did manage to clear up some of our terminology issues, while simultaneously getting bogged down in more. All in all, I think it was a productive day. We'll see where tomorrow takes us!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:א-ב
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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This afternoon (4/29/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we only made it through one halacha, but we covered a lot in terms of our analysis. Broadly speaking our goal was to understand the Rambam's terminology in Hilchos Deios. Specifically, we wanted to understand the differences between different types of deios problems, and we also wanted to understand why he calls them "deios" instead of just "middos." Although we didn't arrive at answers for either issue, it was a very good discussion.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:א
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
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This afternoon (4/28/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finished the first chapter of Hilchos Deios. Here the Rambam introduces us to the concept of "the middle path" (or "the middle deah"), and formulates the mitzvah of ve'halachta bi'drachav in those very terms. There were a number of questions we raised and couldn't answer, some having to do with terminology, others having to do with core concepts, and others which we couldn't classify. Tomorrow we plan on reading the Rambam's presentation of this material in Shemoneh Perakim to see if that helps us clarify things.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות א:ד-ז
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
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This afternoon (4/27/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began a new section: Hilchos Deios! As usual, we began with by reading the Rambam's formulation of the mitzvah in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos and in the minyan ha'mitzvos in the Introduction to the Mishneh Torah, and then we began the halachos with the koseres. Today's learning revolved around some basic questions: What are "deios"? Why does the Rambam call them that? How do we make sense of his seemingly inconsistent terminology? We ended today with the Rambam's introduction of the famous "middle path," which (בג"ה) we will continue with tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, עשה ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות א:א-ג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
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This afternoon (4/22/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued learning the Rambam's discourse on nevuah in the Introduction to the Commentary in the Mishnah. WARNING: since we were only learning this for the Rambam's new points, I sped-read and didn't translate anything that the Rambam already covered in the Mishneh Torah. Also, we wanted to finish this topic today so that we can start Hilchos Deios next week, AND because this was our 100th session of our Rambam Bekius chavurah, and we wanted to conclude Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah in its entirety on an even number! ;)
מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, הקדמה למשנה
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
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Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/21/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finished Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah! (Chas v'shalom that we FINISHED finished it! Rather, we completed one reading of it) We began by reading one more halacha about the distinction between prophecies for the good and prophecies for punishment, and then we leared the concluding halacha about the prohibition to doubt the established navi's prophecy or to test him exceedingly. After we finished the perek we began learning the Rambam's treatment of the same subject in his introduction to the Mishnah, which (בג"ה) we will conclude tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה פרק י
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, הקדמה למשנה
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/20/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began by going over the eighth and ninth yesodos in the Peirush ha'Mishnayos (i.e. the ikkarim that are covered in the last three chapters of Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah). After that we began the tenth and final chapter of Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah. After making a number of references to the procedure for authenticating a navi, the Rambam here spells it out. We didn't quite finish it, due to some sticky questions, but בג"ה we will tomorrow!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, סנהדרין, הקדמה לפרק חלק
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה פרק י
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/19/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we started and finished the ninth chapter of Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah, which focused on the topic of the immutability of Torah and the commandment to listen to the navi. We began by reading the Sefer ha'Mitzvos on the latter, and then learned through the halachos. בג"ה, we'll finish Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah this week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, מצות עשה קעב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה פירק ט
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/15/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we started and finished the eighth chapter of Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah, which focused on the topic of the relationship between the event at Sinai and Moshe's nevuah. In many ways, this was an extension of the topics covered in the previous chapter, especially because nevuas Moshe is the basis for our acceptance of all other neviim. Anytime the topic of Torah mi'Sinai comes up it is inevitable that questions will be raised without immediate answers. But this is a BEKIUS shiur, and our primary goal is to familiarize ourselves with the text and understand it on a basic level - not to answer every single question. That's what iyun is for.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה פירק ח
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/14/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finished the seventh chapter of Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah. First we learned the halachos about the unique nevuah of Moshe Rabbeinu, which we found surprisingly confusing. We took a brief detour to the first half of the Rambam's formulation of the 8th ikkar in the Peirush ha'Mishnayos, simply to reassure ourselves of the basis of our confusion. We then moved on and completed the halachos about regular neviim. Next time we'll begin Chapter 8.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ז:ו-ז
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, סנהדרין, הקדמה לפרק חלק
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/13/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued from where we left off last time. The Rambam begins describing the process of standard nevuah. He pauses to contrast this with the nevuah of Moshe Rabbeinu. We decided at that point to read his formulation of the seventh ikkar in the Peirush ha'Mishnayos, and since I had to end a few minutes early today, we stopped there. Next time we'll pick up with the Rambam's comparison of standard nevuah to nevuas Moshe Rabbeinu in the Mishneh Torah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ז:ב-ה
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, סנהדרין, הקדמה לפרק חלק
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/12/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we had an unprecedented accomplishment: we set out to review what we did last time (the three paragraphs which comprise 7:1) and we didn't even complete the review (we only covered two paragraphs)! I refer to this as an "accomplishment" because we achieved a level of clarity far beyond what we had last time, thanks to a special guest. Next time we'll begin with the third paragraph of 7:1 and see how far we get from there.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ז:א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/8/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began the next topic in Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah: nevuah. We started off by trying to guess what the Rambam included in his formulation of the ikkar of nevuah. We then read his definition of that ikkar in his Intro to Perek Chelek and tried to make sense of what he was saying. We ended off by reading his definition of nevuah, his description of neviim, and his account of the process of getting nevuah. Suffice it to say, there is a LOT to unpack here! We did manage to explain some of it, but we're definitely going to have to revisit it next week and see what we can decipher. One thing is for certain: if we can't understand the halachos of nevuah, there's no way we can become neviim!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, סנהדרין, הקדמה לפרק חלק
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ז:א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/7/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we concluded our side-topic of "the Omer." Today we learned about the procedure for preparing and bringing the Minchas ha'Omer in the Mikdash, then we learned some of the halachos regarding the prohibition to harvest produce before the bringing of the Omer, and we concluded with the Rambam's halachos of counting the Omer.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר עבודה, הלכות תמידין ומוספין ז:יב-כה
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (4/6/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began a side-topic: the Omer. The Rambam begins with the mussafim of Rosh Chodesh and Pesach. We took a brief moment to discuss ALL the mussafim. The Rambam then goes on to recount the procedure for harvesting the Omer, and the measures taken to refute the view of the Tzedukim.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר עבודה, הלכות תמידין ומוספין ז:א-יא
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/22/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we learned another shiur from The Kuntress. This one was about the meaning - yes, the meaning - of the mnemonic for the ten plagues. As expected, the Baal ha'Kuntress showed us a new perspective with far reaching implications.
מקורות:
בעל הקונטרס - סברות במשנה תורה להרמב"ם: דצ"ך עד"ש באח"ב
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This evening (3/18/21 at YBT) in our evening hashkafah shiur we learned another shiur from The Kuntress. This one focused on the berachah at the end of Maggid, but was really about the nature and purpose of sipur and the hagadah.
מקורות:
בעל הקונטרס - סברות במשנה תורה להרמב"ם: גאולה לנו ולאבותינו
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/18/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we learned through another shiur from The Kuntress (Sevaros b'Mishneh Torah le'ha'Rambam) on a major problem with the berachos we make on matzah, maror, and the korban Pesach - namely, they violate the Rambam's own rules about how to formulate our berachos on mitzvos! The Baal ha'Kuntress proposes an explanation that resolves this contradiction and sheds new light on the uniqueness of these berachos.
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/17/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we learned through a shiur from The Kuntress (Sevaros b'Mishneh Torah le'ha'Rambam) on the bizarre conclusion of the Rambam's Nusach ha'Haggadah, in which he implies that we might think we SHOULDN'T read the hagadah or do any of the mitzvos on the second night of Pesach. As is his wont, the Baal ha'Kuntress comes up with a creative sevara to explain this hava amina, which sheds light on the unique nature of the mitzvos of the second night of Pesach.
[Also, there's a surprise at the end, which was only recorded because I forgot to turn off the recording!]
מקורות:
בעל הקונטרס - סברות במשנה תורה להרמב"ם: סדר ליל הפסח ביום טוב שני של גליות
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/16/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finished Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah Chapter 8, in which the Rambam walks us through the rest of the seder and assorted other halachos. As I mentioned last time, our priority was to note differences between Ch8 and Ch7, differences between the Rambam's seder and our (Ashkenazic) seder, and to raise whatever other questions or problems we spotted.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ח:ט-יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות ו:א-ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות תעניות א:טז
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/15/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah Chapter 8, in which the Rambam walks us through the seder. Our priority was to note differences between Ch8 and Ch7, differences between the Rambam's seder and our (Ashkenazic) seder, and to raise whatever other questions or problems we spotted.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ח:א-ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר עבודה, הלכות עבודת יום הכיפורים ד:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח א:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות ז:א-ה
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/11/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finished Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah Perek 7. We began by looking up the pesukim cited as the source for the obligation to "see/show oneself as having left Egypt." We then read the halachos of the four cups, the obligation to recline, the mitzvah of charoses, and the mitzvah of maror. Next week we plan on learning Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah Perek 8.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ו-יג
דברים ו:כג; ה:יד; טו:טו; טז:יב; כד:יח,כב
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
Because we've been talking about the erroneous printed editions of the Mishneh Torah, I decided to read an excerpt from an English translation of R' Qafih's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah. I recommend reading this introduction in its entirety, which is why I recorded this pre-shiur discussion. See below for the link.
מקורות:
R' Qafih's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah (English translation)
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/10/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we continued learning through the halachos of the seder, raising questions, giving answers, and making observations (and jokes).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:ד-ו
דברים כו:א-י
ירמיהו ב:יג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/9/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began the halachos of Sipur Yetzias Mitzrayim. Now that we're here, we're going to slow down and think more into what we read. There are lots of questions and problems, some of which will be answered this year, and some of which will be left for future sedarim/generations.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:א-ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת כט:א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (3/8/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued through Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah, touching upon the critical halachos in Chapter 5 and 6 so that we could make it to the halachos of the seder with plenty of time. And guess what? We made it! Tomorrow (בג"ה) we will begin Chapter 7 and proceed at a much more thoughtful and leisurely pace.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה פרקים ה-ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות שבת ל:ד
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/4/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued through Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah, covering the topics of bal yiraei and bal yimatzei. Reminder: we're sticking to the "roshei perakim" and skipping over (no pun intended) the details, so that we can get to chapters 7 and 8 and focus on them in-depth.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה פרק ד
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/3/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued through Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah, covering the topics of tashbisu (a.k.a. bitul chametz) and bedikah. Reminder: we're sticking to the "roshei perakim" and skipping over (no pun intended) the details, so that we can get to chapters 7 and 8 and focus on them in-depth.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה פרקים ב-ג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/2/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah. The Rambam says at the end of the minyan ha'mitzvos in the introduction to the Mishneh Torah (and elsewhere) that each mitzvah has klalim, pratim, and dikdukim. We intend to do all of the klalim, some of the pratim, and none of the dikdukim for Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah chapters 1-6, and then focus on chapters 7-8 for the rest of the time. However, we ended up learning ALL of the first chapter today, in which the Rambam introduces all of the prohibitions involving chametz.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הקדמה, מנין המצוות, סיום
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה פרק א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (3/1/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began Hilchos Pesach in preparation for the upcoming chag. Because we know that there's no way we'll make it through all of the halachos in all eight chapters of Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah in the 13 sessions we have in march, we've decided to do an overview of all the mitzvos - using the Sefer ha'Mitzvos and the first couple halachos in each chatper - and then focusing primarily on chapters 7-8, which pertain to the seder, along with the nusach ha'hagadah. We finished going through the mitzvos in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos today, and we plan on starting the actual halachos tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות עשה קנו-קנח; לא תעשה קצז-רא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הקדמה, מנין המצוות עשה קנו-קנח; לא תעשה קצז-רא
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/24/21 at YBT) was our last Rambam Bekius chavurah before Purim. Seeing as how we finished the Hilchos Megilah section of Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah last time, we decided to do a shiur on megilah from Sevaros b'Mishneh Torah le'ha'Rambam, by the Baal ha'Kuntress. Although the shiur focused on megilah, it answered a ton of questions we raised when we went through the intro to the Mishneh Torah and gave us a lot to think about. We'd like to do more of these shiurim in the future from time to time.
מקורות:
בעל הקונטרס - סברות במשנה תורה להרמב"ם: מגילה מצוה מדברי סופרים
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/23/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we concluded Hilchos Megilah! We began with the remaining halachos of Mikra Megilah, then read the halachos about the Ymei ha'Purim, mishteh, mishloach manos, matanos la'evyonim, and the Rambam's concluding statements.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:ח-סוף
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/18/21 at YBT), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued in the halachos of Purim, making our way through the laws of megilah reading. My lazy title of this shiur is due to the fact that we covered a variety of topics under that heading which didn't easily lend themselves to a more specific theme.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה א:ט-ב:ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה א:יט
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/17/21 at YBT), in the second part of our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued in the halachos of Purim, focusing on the times established by Chazal for the reading of the megilah. We definitely faced some difficulties in understanding the structure of these times as presented by the Rambam, but we eventually solved the problem that had puzzled us.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה א:ד-ח
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/17/21 at YBT) we began our Rambam Bekius chavurah with an addendum to the halachos we learned yesterday about tefilin, mezuzos, and sifrei Torah written by heretics.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה א:יג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:ז,ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות מעשה קרבנות ג:ב-ד
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/16/21 at YBT), in the second half of our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began the halachos of Purim, starting with the Rambam's introduction of the mitzvah of krias ha'megilah, along with certain related sources - including one from Hilchos Nachalos, of all places!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצוות, סיום מצות עשה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה א:א-ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות א:יג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר משפטים, הלכות נחלות יא:י
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
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"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
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Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
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This afternoon (2/16/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we completed Chapter 6 of Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah. The last two halachos dealt with the halachos of destroying Kisvei ha'Kodesh, which involves distinctions between who wrote the text, as well as the halachos about names in specific parts of Tanaach which appear to be kodesh but are chol and vice versa.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ו:ח-ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין, ומזוזה, וספר תורה א:טו; י:א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/15/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we took up a side-quest: to defend the Rambam against a charge leveled by the Riaz (R' Yeshaya Acharon di'Trani). The Rambam famously held that one who believes that Hashem has a body or an appearance qualifies as a "min" (heretic). The Riaz, like the Raavad, disagreed with the Rambam's psak and explains his reasoning. Our defense was drawn from the best Rambam defender of them all: the Rambam himself! The Rambam reveals the mistaken premise on which the Riaz's conclusion is based. Since today is Presidents Day, we then read an excerpt from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson on the topic of Jewish morality in which he relies on an "expert" historian of philosophy who commits the same error as the Riaz. Lastly, we read an excerpt from Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman's book, "Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith," which frames the errors of both men as an example of fallacious anachronistic thinking.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All references to the Rid (רי"ד) in this shiur are really supposed to be references to the Riaz (ריא"ז). At the beginning of shiur I noted that there are two Rishonim named R' Isaiah di'Trani. I mistakenly thought that they were only differentiated by their titles "the Older" and "the Younger" and that the acronyms of רי"ד and ריא"ז were used for both. Turns out that they are really two different people! My sincerest apologies to the רי"ד for misrepresenting his views.
מקורות:
ריא"ז - קונטרס הראיות סנהדרין דף פח עמוד ב - צ עמוד א
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, מנחות ד:א
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams (10/12/1813)
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman - "Ani Maamin: Biblical Criticism, Historical Truth, and the Thirteen Principles of Faith," pp.191-193
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (2/11/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued learning the Rambam's presentation of the halachos of "destroying that upon which the Name of Hashem is proclaimed." We covered the detailed halachos of erasing Hashem's name, dwelling for a while on what we mean when we describe things as "kadosh" vs. "tahor," and on making some elementary conceptual analysis moves on some of the cases. We then moved on to the prohibition to destroy or deconstruct the altar (which I erroneously claimed was NOT codified in this perek), and we compared it to the Rambam's overlapping codification in Hilchos Beis ha'Bechirah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ו:ג-ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ד:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות בית הבחירה א:יז
MAPS!!
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
Note: I realize I made a mistake in this shiur when I said that the halacha of destroying the altar isn't mentioned in this perek. It is, as we'll see tomorrow.
This afternoon (2/9/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began a new mitzvah - one which is presented by the Rambam VERY differently in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos and the Mishneh Torah. We spent most of today noting and marveling at these differences. We then read the first two halachos of the new perek and discussed some of the implications of the 7 (read: 8) names of Hashem.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, לא תעשה ס"ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצוות + חלוקת הספרים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ו:א-ב
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:סא
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/8/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we concluded Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 5. The penultimate halacha in the chapter deals with relatively unknown and difficult to understand form of chilul ha'shem and kidush ha'shem. The last halacha is what many think of as the ONLY form of chilul ha'shem and kidush ha'shem. After reading these halachos we attempted to answer some of the questions we raised along the way.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ה:י-יא
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, מכות ג:טז
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/4/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued in Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 5. After a brief review of what we covered yesterday we moved on to the halachos of mesirah (i.e. giving up a Jewish person to be killed or raped), followed by the halachos about when we are and aren't permitted to violate a prohibition for the sake of healing. We concluded with the perplexing case of the "terminally lovesick" individual, which seemed to be at odds with everything we've learned up until this point. After reviewing a few halachos in Hilchos Issurei Biah, we proposed (no pun intended) a solution based on the words of the Rambam and supported by the Gemara in Sanhedrin which was the source of the Rambam's psak.
מקורות:
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ה:ה-ט
ב' שמואל כ:א-ב, כ-כב
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר קדושה, הלכות איסורי ביאה כא:א-ג
תלמוד בבלי - סנהדרין דף עה עמוד א עם פירוש רש"י
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/3/21 at YBT) we began Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 5. We were quite taken aback by the difference in his presentation when compared to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos. As usual, we made many observations raised many questions, and were even able to answer a few of them. We finished the overview today, and we'll continue tomorrow with the particular cases the Rambam mentions.
מקורות:
רמב"ם: משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ה:א-ד
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/2/21 at YBT, from Seattle) we reviewed what we learned yesterday in preparation for today's topic: chilul ha'Shem, as formulated by the Rambam in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos. Considering the Rambam's opening statement that this mitzvah is simply "the opposite of kidush ha'Shem," we were surprised by how many differences there were! These differences will be explored in detail when we learn Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 5 which (God willing) we will begin tomorrow.
מקורות:
ישעיהו כט:כב-כד עם פירוש הרד"ק
רמב"ם: ספר המצוות, מצות לא תעשה ס"ג - חילול השם
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
Today was the first day of our spring semester, and our first day back after a two-week break! This afternoon (2/1/21 at YBT, from Seattle) we began with a brief interlude prompted by a friend's comment on a Facebook post of mine in which he said about the Rambam: "the dude liked making lists." That comment, even though it was made in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner, nevertheless rubbed me the wrong way. I thought it would be a good to discuss it with my Rambam Bekius chavurah. Plus, this gave us a good excuse to an excerpt from the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I decided to post this as a separate video and podcast in case people want to skip over it and just focus on the ACTUAL Rambam Bekius.
מקורות:
The American Scholar (1837), by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (2/1/21 at YBT, from Seattle) we began learning the next pair of topics on our agenda: kidush ha'Shem and chilul ha'Shem. We started with the mitzvah of kidush ha'Shem as formulated by the Rambam in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, which differs markedly from his presentation in the Mishneh Torah and also from the conception of the mitzvah in the minds of the populace. Tomorrow we will continue with his presentation of chilul ha'Shem in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos and then move on to Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 5.
מקורות:
רמב"ם: ספר המצוות, מצות עשה ט' - קידוש השם
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
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This afternoon (1/13/21 at YBT) we (re)learned the final halachos in Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 4, thereby concluding the chapters about the topics referred to as "Pardes" (the "Orchard"). We then compared and contrasted the Rambam's descriptions of ahavas Hashem and Yiras Hashem here and in Chapter 2. We then read the Talmudic anecdote about "the four who entered Pardes" as explained by the Rashbatz in his commentary on the Haggadah. Then we attempted to understand the Rambam's explanation for why "davar katon" (i.e. understanding the mitzvos) must precede "davar gadol" (i.e. metaphysics). We took another stab at the question of why the Rambam doesn't explicitly say in the Mishneh Torah that ahavas Hashem can be achieved through the study of mitzvos. Finally, we ended off with an unanswered question about his metaphor of "you shouldn't take a stroll in the orchard until you've eaten your fill of bread and meat." Hadran alach Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapters 1-4!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב: א-ב; ד:י-יג
תלמוד בבלי חגיגה דף יד עמוד ב
רשב"ץ - פירוש ההגדה, ארבעה בנים
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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This afternoon (1/11/21 at YBT) we went back to the difficult halachos we did last Thursday in an attempt to understand the Rambam's definition of the soul - or should I say definitions (plural) of souls (plural). This time around we got it much clearer, thanks in part to Mortimer J. Adler, Leon R. Kass, and the rest and recharging provided by the Yom ha'Shabbos. There are plenty of questions left unanswered, but I we definitely emerged with a clearer idea of what the Rambam is saying about the human soul.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ד:ז-ט
"The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature" (1999), by Leon R. Kass
"Intellect: Mind Over Matter" (1990), by Mortimer J. Adler
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.com
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This afternoon (1/7/21 at YBT) we continued in the Rambam's overview of Maaseh Bereishis. After a few halachos about the elements we arrived at what is, to me, one of the most vexing passages in the Mishneh Torah: the Rambam's explanation of the human soul. Every time I learn these halachos, I understand some things and fail to understand others. Each time I revisit this topic, there seem to be more questions and problems. We tried puzzling it out from the text, then decided to start the Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:1 where the Rambam defines the term "tzelem," but then we realized that we were all too tired to really give it our all, and decided to save it for next week.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ד:ג-ט
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (1/6/21 at YBT) we plunged headfirst into the Rambam's perek about Aristotelian astronomy - or, as one of my friends put it, neuroastrophysics. Some might be surprised by how much insight we were able to gain from this perek, despite it almost all being outdated. We started Chapter 4 and will HOPEFULLY get to the part where he discusses the human soul tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ג:ד - ד:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ה:א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (1/5/21 at YBT) finished the Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:34 on why a person shouldn't begin with metaphysics, raising additional questions along the way which we hope to revisit one day. We then began Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 3, which is an overview of Maaseh Bereishis in accordance with Aristotelian astronomy and physics. We prefaced this by talking about why we're even bothering to read something which has long been debunked.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:לד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ג:א-ג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (12/31/20 at YBT) we began reading the Rambam's explanations/warnings in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim about metaphysics. We read through Book 1 Chapters 31-32 on the limitations of the human intellect, Chapter 33 on the danger of beginning with metaphysics, and we made it part way through Chapter 34 on the five reasons why one should not engage in the premature subject of metaphysics. We'll have to wait until next week to finish this chapter.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:לא-לד
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (12/30/20 at YBT) we finished the Rambam's commentary on Chagigah 2:1, in which he explained why the teaching and learning of Maaseh Merkavah (metaphysics) and Maaseh Bereishis (physics) are restricted. We then skipped ahead in the Mishneh Torah to Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 4:10-13, where he compares and contrasts Maaseh Merkavah and Maaseh Bereishis and discusses their role in a person's development. We concluded by reading the Rambam's introduction to the Moreh ha'Nevuchim Book 3, in which he explains how it will be possible for him to write about Maaseh Merkavah without violating Chazal's injunctions against teaching it publicly.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות חגיגה ב:א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ד:י-יג
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים הקדמה לחלק ג
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (12/29/20 at YBT) we read the Rambam's remarks about maaseh merkavah (a.k.a. "the work of the chariot" a.k.a. "metaphysics") at the end of the 2nd chapter of the Mishneh Torah, then took a detour to the first source where he addresses this topic, which is his commentary on Chagigah 2:1. Tomorrow we will finish that source and then read his warnings about Maaseh Merkavah and Maaseh Bereishis in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:יא-יב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות חגיגה ב:א
Bekius Disclaimer:Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (12/29/20 at YBT) we went on a little side-quest in an attempt to answer a question we raised yesterday. The Rambam raised the question: How can angels be differentiated from each other if they aren't physical, since it would seem that non-physical things can only be differentiated based on corporeal qualities? He then answers by saying that angels are on different "levels" based on their knowledge, and proceeds to enumerate the ten levels of angels. Our question was: it's very nice to say that there are ten "types" of angels, but how can there be individual angels within each type? We decided to consult the only book on angelology I own, the author of which was an Aristotelian and usually makes for a good companion commentary to Aristotelian texts in the writings of the Rishonim. Sadly, we were unable to answer our question based on what he wrote here. Perhaps we'll find an answer elsewhere!
I chose to end the recording after this because I'm sure some people just want to do Rambam Bekius, and this is too far afield.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:ה-ח
"The Angels and Us" (1982), by Mortimer J. Adler, pp. 123-128
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (12/28/20 at YBT) we learned through the first part of the Rambam's overview of "maaseh merkavah" (metaphysics) in the Mishneh Torah which focused primarily on angels and secondarily on Hashem's knowledge. Needless to say, there was a lot we didn't understand. By definition, these are the most esoteric topics in the entire Torah. We raised several questions along the way, but we do not plan on getting bogged down in the details. We even attempted to confine ourselves to the Mishneh Torah, without making reference to the Rambam's comments about angels in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, but this was difficult, given the minimalist treatment of these topics that the Rambam gives us here.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:ג-י
"The Angels and Us" (1982), by Mortimer J. Adler
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
This afternoon (12/24/20 at YBT) we set out to answer as many questions as we could on the Rambam's views of ahavas Hashem and yiras Hashem, and - with help from the Almighty - we succeeded in large measure! We managed to put together a comprehensive picture of the relationship between the Rambam's varied presentations of these topics, and although we didn't answer all of our questions, we certainly exceeded the bekius threshold we set out for ourselves.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: מצות עשה ג-ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה פרק י
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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This afternoon (12/22/20 at YBT) we continued trying to reconcile the differences and contradictions between the Rambam's presentations of ahavas Hashem and yiras Hashem in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, in Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah, and in Hilchos Teshuvah. We began with an unlikely source: the Rambam's commentary on Pirkei Avos 1:6, which - thanks to the Ralbag's explanation of ahavas Hashem - we were able to use to answer one of the questions we raised yesterday. After that we read the Rambam's presentation of yiras Hashem in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, which was MARKEDLY inconsistent with his presentation in the Mishneh Torah. We concluded by taking stock of our major questions, in hopes that we'll be able to make some headway tomorrow.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות א:ו
רלב"ג - ספר דברים, ביאור הפרשה דברים ו:ה
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: מצות עשה ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה פרק י
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
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This afternoon (12/21/20 at YBT) our Rambam bekius chavurah took up the mitzvah of ahavas Hashem (love of God). We consulted three sources: the Rambam's initial presentation in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos: Aseh #3, his formal presentation of the laws in Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 2:1-2, and his description of the oved me'ahavah (one who serves Hashem out of love) in Hilchos Teshuvah Chapter 10. We encountered MANY questions, problems and contradictions, which we will attempt to sort through tomorrow to attain at least SOME degree of clarity before moving on to the related mitzvah of yiras Hashem (fear/awe of God).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: מצות עשה ג
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה פרק י
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, סנהדרין, הקדמה לפרק חלק
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
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This afternoon (12/17/20 at YBT), on the eve of the Eighth Night, we concluded our bekius learning of the Rambam's Hilchos Chanukah. Since this was the first time in our Rambam Bekius Chavurah that we reached the end of one of the 14 books of the Mishneh Torah, we spent some time discussing what the Rambam typically does at the end of these books. We then examined the Rambam's surprising take on what we mean by "darchei shalom," and we concluded with an overview of the Rambam's understanding of the obstacle to shalom and how shalom will ultimately come about in the world.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ד:ט-יד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה י:ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות מילה ג:ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים י:ה
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות יב
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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This afternoon (12/16/20 at YBT), after a Chanukah break, we resumed our bekius learning of the Rambam's Hilchos Chanukah. We read through the halachos of Hallel, which raised quite a few eyebrows - especially when we saw what the Rambam's Hallel looks like in the Rambam Siddur. We got about halfway through the halachos of Neiros Chanukah and should have no trouble finishing tomorrow (barring any power outages from the snow storm that just started).
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:ז - ד:ח
רמב"ם סידור (נוסח תימן) - הלל
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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Seeing as how it's Erev Chanukah, in today's Rambam Bekius chavurah (12/10/20 at YBT) we decided to learn the Chanukah portion of Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah. We read the opening halachos about the establishment of Chanukah, raising questions and making observations as is our wont, and I briefly gave over my working theory as to what the theme of Chanukah is, based on the Rambam's presentation. We started learning the halachos of Hallel, but didn't get much further. We'll resume on Wednesday next week, bg"h. Happy Chanukah!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ג:א-ו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר שופטים, הלכות ממרים א:ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הקדמה, סיום מנין המצוות
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ט:ב
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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In today's Rambam Bekius chavurah (12/9/20 at YBT) we reviewed the halachos we learned yesterday with the goal of understanding each new point the Rambam was making, with all of its nuances. As we have found throughout our Rambam Bekius journey, a close-reading of the Rambam reveals far more questions and problems than a first, second, or tenth superficial reading! After puzzling over these issues, we decided to read through the first four ikkarim (or yesodos) in the Rambam's introduction to Perek Chelek, since these were all addressed in the first chapter of Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah. Beginning tomorrow we'll take a hiatus from Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah to learn the Chanukah portion of Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:ח-יב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: סנהדרין, הקדמה לפרק חלק
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
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In today's Rambam Bekius chavurah (12/8/20 at YBT) we read through the Rambam's detailed treatment of Hashem's incorporeality in the second half of Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 1. We had been through these halachos before, but we - well, at least I - had never really thought into each point. When we did, we realized how many nuances we had missed, and how much the Rambam was evidently getting at which we didn't understand. It was an eye-opening (and bushah-inducing) experience!
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:ח-יב
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
Today's Rambam Bekius chavurah (12/7/20 at YBT) entailed more questions than answers, among them: What does the Rambam mean in Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 1:6 by "the great fundamental principle which everything else is dependent upon"? What is the relationship between this phrase here and the same phrase in Hilchos Krias Shema 1:2? How should the Rambam's strict definition of God's Oneness be taught to young children? Why does the Rambam include the argument about God's Oneness being tied to his non-physicality and His infinite power? What do we make of that in light of our knowledge that Aristotelian physics - and thus, the argument about God operating the sphere - is invalid? What is the progression from Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 1:7 through 9?
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:ו-ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות קריאת שמע א:ב
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:לה
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
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In today's Rambam Bekius chavurah (12/3/20 at YBT) we addressed the classic "contradiction" between the Rambam's formulation of the first mitzvah in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, which uses the Arabic term translated by ibn Tibbon as "emunah" (belief), and his formulation of that same mitzvah in the Mishneh Torah, which uses the term "yediah" (knowledge). I put quotation marks around the word "contradiction" because it's actually not a contradiction, as we see when we examine the Rambam's definition of the term in question in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:50.
Link to an article I wrote on this topic: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2016/01/parashas-yisro-mitzvah-of-emunah.html
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:א-ו
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:נ
סעדיה גאון - אמונות ודעות הקדמה פרק ד
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
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In today's Rambam Bekius chavurah (12/2/20 at YBT) we attempted to answer the questions we raised yesterday on the Rambam's Mishneh Torah: Sefer ha'Mada, Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 1:1-6. We got some answers and didn't get others, but we definitely achieved our goal of thinking into the halachos! We conluded by going over a 15-minute summary of Ed Feser's "refurbished" version of the "prime mover argument" for God's existence, which the Rambam references in 1:5.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:א-ו
"Five Proofs of the Existence of God" (2017) by Edward Feser
Link to my video on the etymology of the tetragrammaton: https://youtu.be/Q7ZFXzcub7I
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
My apologies for the interruption in the middle of shiur! My computer froze, the Zoom kept recording, and I don't yet know how to edit audio files.
In today's Rambam Bekius chavurah we began Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah in the Mishneh Torah. We began by defining the parameters of what we mean by "bekius" based on assorted statements from the Rambam in the Mishneh Torah. We then stated our game plan which will involve going through the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, the Minyan ha'Mitzvos, the Koseres, and the halachos for each and every mitzvah we learn. After that introduction we read and translated Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 1:1-6 and raised questions on the first paragraph.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה; עשה א; לא תעשה א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, הקדמה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות שופר וסוכה ולולב ו:ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר עבודה, הלכות מעילה ח:ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה א:א-ו
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
Today in our Rambam Bekius chavurah (given on 11/30/20 at YBT) we began Sefer ha'Mada. No, we did not start Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah quite yet. Instead, we began with the "crowning pasuk" of Sefer ha'Mada, Tehilim 36:11, which is where the Rambam clearly wanted us to begin. We learned the pasuk based on the commentary of the Radak and Ibn Ezra, which led us into the Rambam's Hilchos Teshuvah 9:1, and we also learned the pasuk in light of the Rambam's interpretation of Shemos 33:13 as stated in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:54. We concluded by attempting to contextualize the five sections of halachos in Sefer ha'Mada in light of our understanding of the crowning pasuk.
מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הקדמה
רד"ק - תהלים לו:יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ט:א
אבן עזרא - תהלים לו:יא
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:נד
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
Welcome! Most intros belong at the beginning, but since today is the official launch of this podcast, and since we'll be starting the Mishneh Torah proper, I thought this would be a good occasion to formally introduce this podcast.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
Today was the day (YBT on 11/25/20) ... the day we FINALLY finished the Rambam's introduction to the Mishneh Torah in its entirety! :D We read through the list of mitzvos in Sefer Shoftim, making observations and asking questions as we have in the past, and then we were done! It's been a wonderful, enlightening, and bushah-filled experience. Next project: Sefer ha'Mada, beginning with Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah!
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/24/20) we made it not two, not three, but FOUR books! Taharah, Nezikin, Kinyan, and Mishpatim! We were surprised by how easy Taharah was to read through, how few mitzvos there were, and how many chapters it made up compared to the other books. The other three books brought pleasant surprises with them as well. Now all we have left is Shoftim, and then we're done with the Rambam's Intro!
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/23/20) we made it through the Rambam's list of mitzvos in Sefer Avodah and Sefer Korbanos, attempting - as has been our wont - to understand his ordering of the sections and musing on the differences in his formulation between the koseres version and the minyan ha'mtizvos version. We were astounded by how many mitzvos are practically no longer relevant nowadays. We were semi-conscious of this when we went through the minyan ha'mitzvos, but the Rambam's tallies at the end of each sefer drove this point home.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/18/20) we slogged through the Rambam's list of mitzvos in Sefer Haflaah and Sefer Zeraim attempting to understand his ordering of the sections and musing on the differences in his formulation between the koseres version and the minyan ha'mtizvos version. I say "slogged" because the bushah was heavy with this installment. Let's just say that we all have our favorite sections of the Mishneh Torah, and these are not mine. Not yet!
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/17/20) we learned through the Rambam's list of mitzvos in Sefer Nashim and Sefer Kedushah attempting to understand his ordering of the sections and musing on the differences in his formulation between the koseres version and the minyan ha'mtizvos version.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/12/20) we learned through the Rambam's list of mitzvos in Sefer Ahavah and Sefer Zmanim, attempting to understand his ordering of the sections and musing on the differences in his formulation between the koseres version and the minyan ha'mtizvos version.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/11/20) we learned through the Rambam's enumeration of all the mitzvos in Sefer ha'Mada, after first reading an excerpt from the Mif'al Mishneh Torah which proposed a theory about the order of the 14 books.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/9/20) we did the conclusion of the Minyan Mitvos Lo Taaseh (which we forgot last time!), followed by the Rambam's definitions of the 14 books of the Mishneh Torah.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/4/20) we finished the Minyan ha'Mitzvos! Yay! :D We ended off by talking about the value of bekius in general, with a spotlight on the unique kind of bekius we just did.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/3/20) we made it far enough to see the light at the end of the Lo Taaseh tunnel! Today brought more mitzvos we didn't know existed, and more bushah. Will we finish tomorrow?
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 11/2/20) we made significant progress through list of the Mitzvos Lo Taaseh in the Rambam's Intro to the Mishneh Torah, covering nearly 100 mitzvos! It seems we have finally exited Mikdash territory, passing through maachalos assuros, agricultural prohibitions, and are now in the section dealing with monetary prohibitions and matters related to ownership.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/29/20) we trudged onward in the list of the Mitzvos Lo Taaseh in the Rambam's Intro to the Mishneh Torah. This was an especially bushah-filled day, since the vast majority of the mitzvos we read are not practiced today, and we were unfamiliar with many of the details. We're just about halfway there!
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/28/20) we continued on in the list of the Mitzvos Lo Taaseh in the Rambam's Intro to the Mishneh Torah, and boy did we make some progress! Still only a little more than a third of the way through, though.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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Sadly, today's Rambam Bekius shiur didn't successfully record. We covered mitzvos #53-73.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/26/20) we began the list of the Mitzvos Lo Taaseh in the Rambam's Intro to the Mishneh Torah. We made it through all of the mitzvos involving avodah zarah (we think?) noting the discrepancies between the categorizations and formulations here and in the Mishneh Torah proper.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/22/20) we went back to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos to read and discuss the little "blurb" at the end of the Mitzvos Aseh section in which the Rambam categorizes the mitzvos aseh based on how, when, and in what situations they apply. We ended off by doing the Sefer ha'Chinuch on one of our "flagged mitzvos": the mitzvah of maaser min ha'maaser.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/21/20) we completed the minyan mitzvos aseh! YAY!
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/20/20) we continued past the halfway point of the mitzvos aseh, finally returning to mitzvos which we would identify as familiar in practice. Almost done with the mitzvos aseh!
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/19/20) we made it out of the forest (for now) of mitzvos related to the Mikdash and Tumah v'Taharah which we really weren't familiar with. We ended with the first of the agricultural mitzvos, and it looks like we'll be headed back towards Mikdash tomorrow.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/15/20) we continued making our way through the Rambam's "minyan ha'mitzvos" in his introduction to the Mishneh Torah, picking up where we left off at Aseh #39. We hit another couple of "micro-mysteries" along the way, such as the רמב"ם's treatment of the חצוצרות and of וידוי, but for the most part, this was easy-going.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/14/20) we continued making our way through the Rambam's "minyan ha'mitzvos" in his introduction to the Mishneh Torah, picking up where we left off at Aseh #24. We fell into the "black hole" sugya of trying to understand how the Rambam formulates the mitzvah of aveilus. We ended off trying to define the thematic breakdown of mitzvos #20-38. Did we succeed? Eh ...
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given at YBT on 10/13/20) we began the Rambam's "minyan ha'mitzvos" in his introduction. We outlined our objectives and then set out to achieve them. Today we got up through mitzvas aseh #24.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" series (given at YBT on 10/01/20) we analyzed the Rambam's use of "Then I will not be ashamed when I look upon all of Your commandments" (Tehilim 119:6) as the crowning pasuk of the Mishneh Torah. First we analyzed it on our own in isolation, then we analyzed it in context, then we consulted the meforshim.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" series (given at YBT on 9/30/20) we finished reading the Rambam's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah, making an effort to understand his contextualization of the Mishneh Torah within the evolution (or devolution) of the Mesorah.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/
In today's "Rambam Bekius" series (given on 9/23/20) we continued with the Rambam's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah with the goal of getting through an initial reading of his account of the chain of transmission from Moshe Rabbeinu until the sealing of the Talmud. Tomorrow we plan on going back to address some of the questions we raised along the way.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" series (given at YBT on 9/22/20) we began the Rambam's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah, but quickly took a detour to the Rambam's Introduction to the Mishnah in order to get a clearer understanding of his view on the relationship between the Written and Oral Torahs.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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In today's "Rambam Bekius" series (given on 9/21/20) we read through translations of various sources attributed to the Rambam in which he explicitly discusses the purpose of the Mishneh Torah. We had already read his statement of purpose in the introduction to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos and tomorrow we'll begin his introduction to the Mishneh Torah itself, which concludes with his formal statement of purpose. The sources we covered today were culled from his other writings.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
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In the sequel to our brief interlude within our "Rambam Bekius" series (given at YBT on 9/17/20) we take a deeper look at the Rambam's citation of בשם ה' אל עולם in Hilchos Avodah Zarah Chapter 1 in attempt to understand why this is the "crowning pasuk" of every book he wrote.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
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In this brief interlude within our "Rambam Bekius" series (given on 9/16/20) we attempted to understand why the Rambam begins every one of his books with בשם ה' אל עולם, using the three places in the Rambam's writings where he explains this pasuk.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
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In Part 5 of the "Rambam Bekius" shiur series (given on 9/15/20) we discussed why the Rambam maintained that he needed to write the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, yet he didn't include any of its content in the Mishneh Torah except for the general minyan ha'mitzvos list at the beginning. This led to a discussion of the Rambam's views on what our focus in our learning should be - a discussion which we will no doubt continue later on in this series. We read an excerpt from his letter to R' Yosef ben Yehuda and compared this to a recent article written by Rav Herschel Schachter in which he expresses similar views. Lastly, we discussed a possible approach for how to learn the Rambam's 14 shorashim/klalim in light of the Rambam's invocation of Yeshayahu 29 to critique the Bahag et al.
(Sorry for the interruption at around 31 minutes. We lost internet and I had to edit the footage.)
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a BEKIUS chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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In Part 4 of the "Rambam Bekius" shiur series (given on 9/14/20) we further analyze the Rambam's application of the prophecy in Yeshayahu 29 to the authors of other Sifrei ha'Mitzvos. We then conclude the Rambam's introduction to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, and - mostly out of Rambam-induced guilt - quickly read through his 14 shorashim. (My apologies for not being prepared for this, since it wasn't part of the original plan; we'll review it more accurately tomorrow.)
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a BEKIUS chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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In Part 3 of the "Rambam Bekius" shiur (given on 9/10/20) we take a detour into Yeshayahu Perek 29 to examine the prophecy which the Rambam said was fulfilled through the misguided efforts of the "Sefer ha'Mitzvos" authors who preceded him.
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a BEKIUS chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur! Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen.
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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This is Part 2 "Rambam Bekius" shiur, given at YBT on 9/9/20, with a continuation of the introduction to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos (a.k.a. the SECRET introduction to the Mishneh Torah).
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a BEKIUS chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
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"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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This is the introduction to our "Rambam Bekius" shiur, given at YBT on 9/8/20. Although the shiur will focus primarily on the Mishneh Torah, we began with the Rambam's plan for writing the Mishneh Torah which he states at the beginning of the Sefer ha'Mitzvos.
Borrowing a method from AP English Language and Composition (i.e. SOAPS), our aim is to answer the following questions as we make our way through this introduction:
(1) What is the SUBJECT of the Mishneh Torah?
(2) What OCCASIONED its composition?
(3) Who is its intended AUDIENCE?
(4) What is its intended PURPOSE?
(5) Who is its SPEAKER?
Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, butare quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah,
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss
"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com/
Our Yeshiva: https://www.yeshivabneitorah.org/
Our Women's Program: https://www.lomdeha.org/