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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?
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מקורות:
ערוך השולחן פט:א-ה
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: עשה ה
רלב"ג - שמוה כג:כה
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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.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: עשה ה
רלב"ג - דברים ו:יג
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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.
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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
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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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