Maimonides’ Introduction to the Talmud Translator: Zvi Lampel Publisher: The Judaica Press, Inc. Year: 1998 Pages: 183 plus addendums Maimonides’ Introduction to the Talmud is the attempt by Rambam to give a precise introduction to the Talmud for the non-scholar.…
The Mishneh Torah (“Repetition of the Torah”) subtitled Sefer Yad HaHazaka (“Book of the Strong Hand,”) is a code of Rabbinic halakhah (Jewish religious law) authored by Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, also known as RaMBaM or “Rambam”), one of…
Shabbat 27. Instructor using lamplight in Shabbat; 28. A woman must bring a sin offering if she transports something in her apron on Shabbat; For six days, you are to serve, and are to make all your work [מְלָאכָה], but…
Cohabitation 22. Girls below the age of three years and one day retains her virginity despite cohabitation; Where in the Tanakh is there even any indication that “cohabitation” between an adult man and a child is even permitted? This is…
Tefillin and Mezuzot 10. Skin used for the parchment of tefillin; 11. Skin used for the parchment of the mezeuzah; 12. Skin used for the parchment of the Sefer Torha; 13. Formation of the shin on the head tefillin; 14.…
The argument for the “Oral Law” is that one of the components of the “Oral Law” is the laws given to Moshe at Sinai. Rambam argues that the Yisraelites heard these instructions from Moshe and they in turn passed these…
