Bodies and Souls: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 4:3-9

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!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-טרמב"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, 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.----------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/rabbischneeweissYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweissBlog: 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/