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Some Thoughts on the Seudah ha'Mafsekes (Hilchos Taaniyos 5:7-9)
Tearing Kria Over the Destruction (Hilchos Taaniyos 5:16-18)
Commemorations of the Destruction (Hilchos Taaniyos 5:12-15)
Prohibitions on Tishah b'Av and Manuscript Methodology (Hilchos Taaniyos 5:10-11)
Rosh Chodesh Av to Erev Tishah b'Av (Hilchos Taaniyos 5:6-9)
Days on Which All Jews Fast (Hilchos Taaniyos 5.1-5)
Different Davening for Different Daveners (Hilchos Tefilah u'Birkas Kohanim 1:3)
Inferences from the Formulation of Tefilah de'Oraisa (Hilchos Tefilah u'Birkas Kohanim 1:2-3)
How to Receive Divine Mercy (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:53)
Tefilah and Tachanunim as Hendiadys (Hilchos Tefilah u'Birkas Kohanim 1:2)
Women's Obligation in Tefilah Part 4 (Psak of Mishnah Berurah)
Women's Obligation in Tefilah Part 3 (Psak of Aruch ha'Shulchan)
Zaakah on the 17th of Tammuz
Women's Obligation in Tefilah Part 2 (Gemara Reading: Rambam vs. Rashi)
Bookkeeping, Fridays, and a Listener Question
Women's Obligation in Tefilah Part 1 (the Rav on the Rambam)
Machlokess Rambam and Ramban on Tefilah De'Oraisa (Our Theory)
Machlokess Rambam and Ramban on Tefilah De'Oraisa (Aruch ha'Shulchan)
Machlokess Rambam and Ramban on Tefilah De'Oraisa (The Rav's Theory)
Ramban on Tefilah De'Oraisa: Facts (Hasagos ha'Ramban - Aseh #5)
Halbertal on Rambam's Theory of Hermeneutics
Listener Question on the 13 Middos she'ha'Torah Nidreshes Ba'hen
Listener Questions on the Previous Episode on Avodah, Tefilah, and Talmud Torah
What is Avodah? (Sefer ha'Mitzvos Aseh #5; Ralbag - Devarim 6:13)
Formulation of Mitzvas Tefilah in ShM (Questions) and MT (Facts)
Formulation of Mitzvas Tefilah in ShM (Facts)
How to Master the Mishneh Torah
How to Read the Mishneh Torah
Relaunching the Rambam Bekius Podcast: Introduction
Two MAJOR Professional/Life Updates for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
Rambam on the Purpose of OTHER Human Beings (Introduction to the Mishnah)
Rambam on the Purpose of Human Beings (Introduction to the Mishnah)
Why Chazal Concealed Ideas in Midrashim (Introduction to the Mishnah)
Chukos ha'Goyim (Part 4) - a Shiur from the Kuntress
Chukos ha'Goyim (Part 3) - a Shiur from the Kuntress
Chukos ha'Goyim (Part 2) - a Shiur from the Kuntress
Chukos ha'Goyim (Part 1) - a Shiur from the Kuntress
Sidran shel ha'Mitzvos - a Shiur from the Kuntress
Rambam vs. Rav Moshe on Standing for the Aseres ha'Dibros (Tshuvah #263)
Being Dependent on Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:18-19)
Giving Tzedakah to Your Own [Expanded] Household (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:16-17)
Other Kingly Prohibitions and Privileges (Hilchos Melachim u'Milchamos 3:6-10)
The King's Prohibitions: Women, Horses, and Wealth (Hilchos Melachim u'Milchamos 3:1-4)
The King's Sefer Torah (Hilchos Tefilin, u'Mezuzah, v'Sefer Torah 7:1-2)
How "Write this Song" Means "Write a Torah Scroll" (Hilchos Tefilin, u'Mezuzah, v'Sefer Torah 7:1-2)
The Mitzvah to Write a Sefer Torah ... or Buy Books from a Publisher? (Sefer ha'Mitzvos #18)
Kavod ha'Melech Continued (Hilchos Melachim u'Milchamos 2:5)
Kavod ha'Melech (Hilchos Melachim u'Milchamos 2:1-5)
Anointing a King (Hilchos Melachim u'Milchamos 1:6-12)
The Mitzvah to Appoint a King (Hilchos Melachim u'Milchamos 1:1-5)
Four Examples of Avak Lashon ha'Ra Hilchos (Hilchos Deios 7:4)
Lashon ha'Ra as Homicide-Suicide (Hilchos Deios 7:3)
Lashon ha'Ra = Avodah Zarah, Gilui Arayos, Shfichus Damim (Hilchos Deios 7:3)
Refining Our Definitions of Rechilus and Lashon ha'Ra (Hilchos Deios 7:1-3)
A Tentative Approach to Defining Rechilus (Hilchos Deios 7:1-2)
"Do Not Go As Gossipmonger" (Hilchos Deios 7:1-2)
Rambam on Tzaraas from Lashon ha'Ra (Hilchos Tumas Tzaraas 16:10)
Rambam's Yachatz (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 8:6)
Mezigas ha'Kos as a Kiyum in Seder - Part 2 (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 8:1)
Mezigas ha'Kos as a Kiyum in Seder - Part 1 (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 8:1)
Charoses and Maror (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:11-13)
Requirements for the Four Cups (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:9-10)
Four Cups and Reclining (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:7-8)
The Meaning of Pesach and Cheirus (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:5)
Liros vs. Leharos: the FULL Story (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:6)
Yad Peshutah's Answers to Our Questions on Sippur (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:1-5)
Rambam's Definition of "Hagadah" (Hilchos Chametz u'Matza 7:1-5)
Mitzvas Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim (Aseh #157; Hilchos Chametz u'Matza 7:1)
Rambam on Matanos la'Evyonim - Part 2 (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 2:17; Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:5)
Rambam on Matanos la'Evyonim - Part 1 (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 2:16-17)
Rambam on Mishloach Manos - Part 2 (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 2:15)
Rambam on Mishloach Manos - Part 1 (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 2:15)
Yad Peshutah's Methodology Applied to the Rambam on Purim Drinking (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 2:15)
Mishteh vs. Simchah (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 2:13-15)
Mitzvas Yom 14 and Yom 15 (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 2:14)
The Eight Levels of Tzedakah - Halacha l'Maaseh (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10.8-15)
The Eight Levels of Tzedakah - Facts (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10.8-15)
The Reward for Enforcing Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:6-8)
How (Not) to Interact with the Poor - Part 2 (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:4-5)
How (Not) to Interact with the Poor (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:3-5)
Aveilus and Talmud Torah (Hilchos Avel 5:1,15-16; 13:9)
Review of Nichum Aveilim (Hilchos Avel 13:1-4,12)
Hiding Your Eyes from Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:3)
Hiding Your Eyes from Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:3)
Chesed, Mishpat, Tzedakah Revisited - Part 3 (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:53)
Chesed, Mishpat, Tzedakah Revisited - Part 2 (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:53)
Chesed, Mishpat, Tzedakah Revisited - Part 1 (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:53)
No Harm Comes from Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:2)
How You Will Be Treated Based on Your Tzedakah and Rachamim - Questions (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:2)
The Importance of Tzedakah: Some Answers (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:1)
The Importance of Tzedakah: Questions (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 10:1)
A BRIEF User's Guide to the R' Sheilat's Rambam Ha'Meduyak
The Beloved Mitzvah of Ner Chanukah - Answers (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 4:12)
The Beloved Mitzvah of Ner Chanukah - Answers (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 4:12)
The Beloved Mitzvah of Ner Chanukah (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 4:12)
Recap of My Understanding of What Chanukah Is and What It's About
Megilas Antiochus and Rambam's Al ha'Nissim (Seder Tefilos)
What, Exactly, Did the Greeks Do to Us? (Part 2) (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 3:1-3)
What, Exactly, Did the Greeks Do to Us? (Part 1) (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 3:1)
Interpreting Unclear Tzedakah Donations (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:14-15)
Tzedakah on a Business Trip (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:14)
Meat and Wine on Shabbos: An Approach (Hilchos Shabbos 30:7-11)
Meat and Wine on Shabbos: Facts and Questions (Hilchos Shabbos 30:7-11)
Practical Applications of Tzedakah Prioritization (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:13)
Are You Obligated to Support Your Kids? (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:13)
Avunculate Marriage (Hilchos Issurei Biah 2:14)
Strengthening the Bonds Between Relatives (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:42)
Hierarchy of Tzedakah Distribution (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:13)
Collecting Tzedakah from Women, Then and Now (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:12)
Others From Whom We Don't Collect Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:11-12)
How Halacha Deals with the Miser and the Overly Generous (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:10-11)
Refusing to Take and Refusing to Give Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:9-10)
Aniyim Who Travel from Town to Town (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:8-9)
Not Turning Away a Poor Person Emptyhanded (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:7)
Giving Tzedakah to Non-Jews (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:7)
Kavod ha'Briyos Detour (Hilchos Kilayim 10:29)
When to Investigate the Poor (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:6)
What is Maaser Kesafim? (Aruch ha'Shulchan Yoreh Deah 249:5-7; Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:5)
How Much Tzedakah One Must Give mi'de'Oraisa and mi'de'Rabbanan (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:5)
Helping an Orphan Marry + How Much to Give (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:4-5)
Who Pays for Dei Machsoro Asher Yechsar Lo? (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:3)
What to Give for Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:3)
The Mitzvos of Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:1)
The Mitzvos of Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim Minyan ha'Mitzvos + Koseres)
The Mitzvos of Tzedakah (Aseh #195, Lo Taaseh #232)
Why Mashiv ha'Ruach u'Morid ha'Geshem is Me'akev (Hilchos Tefilah u'Birkas Kohanim 2:15; 10:8)
Kaparah u'Teshuvah: (Part of) a Shiur from The Kuntress
Teshuvah on Deios vs. Ve'Halachta bi'Drachav - Another Answer (Hilchos Teshuvah 7:2)
Teshuvah on Deios vs. Ve'Halachta bi'Drachav - An Answer (Hilchos Teshuvah 7:2)
Teshuvah on Deios vs. Ve'Halachta bi'Drachav - Facts and Questions (Hilchos Teshuvah 7:2)
Vidui Without Teshuvah and Without Specificity - How Mishlei Fits In (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:3)
Vidui Without Teshuvah and Without Specificity - Refining Yesterday's Ideas (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:3)
Vidui Without Teshuvah and Without Specificity - Two Approaches (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:3)
Vidui Without Teshuvah and Without Specificity (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:3)
Guilt vs. Regret & Rambam's Presentation of Hilchos Teshuvah (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:1-2)
Calling Upon God as a Witness to Your Teshuvah (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:2)
Defining Teshuvah: Facts and Questions (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:2)
Defining Teshuvah Gemurah and Teshuvah: Facts and Questions (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:1-2)
Rambam's Formulations of Mitzvas Vidui/Teshuvah - Part 2 (Aseh #73, Hilchos Teshuvah - Koseres, 1:1)
Rambam's Formulations of Mitzvas Vidui/Teshuvah - Part 1 (Aseh #73, Hilchos Teshuvah - Koseres, 1:1)
Introduction to Hilchos Teshuvah
On Reading the Rambam's Mishneh Torah Like a Love Letter
The Rambam's Ambitious Plan for the Centralization of Halacha (Part 2)
The Rambam's Ambitious Plan for the Centralization of Halacha (Part 1)
Rambam vs. Aruch ha'Shulchan on Shnayim Mikra (Part 1)
Why We Don't Paskin Out of the Mishneh Torah
Birkas Kohanim in Mikdash (Hilchos Tefilah u'Birkas Kohanim 14:7-11)
The Mitzvah and Procedure of Birkas Kohanim (Hilchos Tefilah u'Birkas Kohanim 14:1-7)
Shavuos in Mikdash (Hilchos Temidin u'Mussafin 8:1-15)
Tearing Kria for a Rav Muvhak and Other Torah Scholars (Hilchos Talmud Torah Chapters 8-9)
My Eulogy for Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l
Nidui, Cherem, and Vengeance for Kavod ha'Torah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 7:13)
Rambam on Dreams: A Desperate Gambit to Understand "Dream Nidui" (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:26)
Nidui in a Dream (Hilchos Talmud Torah 7:12)
Clarification of Nidui (Hilchos Talmud Torah 7:1-12)
Yesterday's Halachos Take #2 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 7:1-12)
Nidui for Shem Shamayim Levatalah + Nidui/Cherem Procedures (Hilchos Shevuos Ch12; Hilchos Talmud Torah Ch7)
Noisy Children and "Mishneh Torah Eyes" (Hilchos Talmud Torah 2:7)
The Ban List: Second Half (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:14)
The Ban List: First Half (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:14)
Bizui, Sinah, and Nidui (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:10-13)
Bizui Talmidei Chachamim (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:11)
Privileges of Talmidei Chachamim (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:10-11)
Birkas ha'Mitzvah on Sefiras ha'Omer - Part 2 (Hilchos Temidin u'Mussafin 7:25)
Birkas ha'Mitzvah on Sefiras ha'Omer - Part 1 (Hilchos Berachos 11:5)
Why Don't We Say Shehecheyanu on Sefiras ha'Omer According to the Rambam, Specifically? (Hilchos Berachos 11:9)
Counting the Omer (Hilchos Temidin u'Mussafin 7:17-25)
Harvesting and Bringing the Omer (Hilchos Temidin u'Mussafin 7:1-16)
The Mitzvos Associated with the Omer and Shavuos (Sefer ha'Mitzvos: Aseh #44,45,46,161)
R' Avraham ben ha'Rambam on the Mysterious Incident of Tziporah and Bris Milah (Shemos 4:24-26)
Who Can and Can't Eat the Korban Pesach? (Hilchos Korban Pesach 9:7-9)
Rambam on: What is Avodas Hashem? (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:51; Hilchos Deios 3:2-3)
Eating the Korban Pesach in a Group (Hilchos Korban Pesach 9:1-9)
Why Learn About Korban Pesach? (Makbili, Soloveitchik, Hilchos Korban Pesach 8:10-15)
Preparing the Korban Pesach for Eating (Hilchos Korban Pesach 1:14-15; 8:1-10)
The Procedure of Shechitas Korban Pesach in Mikdash (Hilchos Korban Pesach 1:9-14)
The Experience of Using the Mishneh Torah to Answer a Halachic Question
Laws of Slaughtering the Korban Pesach (Hilchos Korban Pesach 1.1-8)
The Mitzvos of Pesach (Koseres to Hilchos Korban Pesach & Chametz u'Matzah)
Review of Torah she'baal Peh Bracketed by Korban Pesach Pesukim (Hakdamah to the Mishneh Torah)
Rambam Purim Exploration 5782 - Part 3 (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah)
Rambam Purim Exploration 5782 - Part 2 (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah)
Rambam Purim Exploration 5782 - Part 1 (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah)
Two Types of Reasons for Mitzvos (Conclusion of Hilchos Meilah and Temurah)
Did Rambam Recant All His Philosophy and Become a Kabbalist at the End of His Life?
Halachos Learned from Middos she'ha'Torah Nidreshes ba'Hen - Part 2 (Sefer ha'Mitzvos Shoresh #2)
Halachos Learned from Middos she'ha'Torah Nidreshes ba'Hen - Part 1 (Sefer ha'Mitzvos Shoresh #2)
Rambam on Counting Mitzvos de'Rabbanan in Taryag (Sefer ha'Mitzvos Shoresh #1)
Honoring a NON-Chacham Elder - Part 2 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:9)
Honoring a NON-Chacham Elder - Part 1 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:9)
How to Make a Rav, Buy a Fiend, and Judge a Person (Avos 1:6)
Public Shiur Protocols (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:6-8)
Kavod Hierarchies for Chachamim (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:6-7)
Tantalizing (but Unanswered) Questions About Standing for Chachamim (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:4-6)
Special Cases of Standing for Chachamim (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:1-3)
The Mitzvah of Glorifying Chachamim (Hilchos Talmud Torah 6:1-2)
Which Chachamim Do We Honor? (Iggros Moshe Orach Chayim 2:34)
Mechilas Kavod ha'Rav + Kavod ha'Talmidim (Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:11-12)
More on Rav Muvhak (Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:10-11)
What is a Rav Muvhak? (Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:9-10)
More Kavod ha'Rav Conduct (Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:6-9)
Supplanting Your Rav's Place and Position (Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:6)
Kavod ha'Rav Conduct (Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:5-6)
Restoration of Semichah and Other Confusing Topics (Hilchos Sanhedrin ve'ha'Onshin ha'Mesurin Lahem 4:11-16)
Semichah: Then and Now (Hilchos Sanhedrin ve'ha'Onshin ha'Mesurin Lahem 4:1-11)
Truth in Halacha and What it Means to Paskin (Hakdamah to Iggros Moshe Part 3)
Truth in Halacha and What it Means to Paskin (Hakdamah to Iggros Moshe Part 2)
Truth in Halacha and What it Means to Paskin (Hakdamah to Iggros Moshe Part 1)
Permission to Paskin (Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:2-4)
Undermining the Authority of Your Rav and the Shechinah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:1-2)
Some Basic Halachos of Tzedakah (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 7:1-7; 10:4-5)
An Overview of Pidyon Shevuyim - The Redemption of Captives (Hilchos Matnos Aniyim 8:1-18)
The Mitzvah of Kavod Chachamim/ha'Rav (Sefer ha'Mitzvos #209 + Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:1)
Etiquette for Answering Questions and Beis Midrash Learning (Hilchos Talmud Torah 4:6-9)
Talmid Rav Etiquette (Hilchos Talmud Torah 4:4-8)
Impatient Teachers and Timid Students (Hilchos Talmud Torah 4:4-5)
Seating Arrangements and Turgaman in Shiur (Hilchos Talmud Torah 4:3)
Must a Rav Be ABSOLUTELY Perfect? (Hilchos Talmud Torah 4:2)
Explanations of the Entry Requirements for the Beis Midrash (Hilchos Talmud Torah 4:1-2)
Questions on the Entry Requirements for the Beis Midrash (Hilchos Talmud Torah 4:1-2)
Rambam on Assorted Chanukah-Related Topics (Part 3)
Rambam on Assorted Chanukah-Related Topics (Part 2)
Rambam on Assorted Chanukah-Related Topics (Part 1)
How to Convert to Judaism According to the Rambam (Hilchos Issurei Biah 13-14)
Bitul Torah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:13)
Learning at Night (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:13)
Tying Up Loose Ends in Hilchos Talmud Torah: Women Learning, Seneca and Philosophy, Shul vs. Beis Midrash
Rambam on Beis Ha'Kneses (Hilchos Tefilah 8:1-3; 11:1-13)
The Perks of Learning Loudly but Modestly in Shul (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:12c)
Killing Your Coddled Self for Torah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:12)
How to Balance Torah with Work and Pleasure (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:8-12)
Big Torah, Big Business, and Big Ego (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:6-9)
Prioritizing the Crown of Torah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:6-7)
The Price of the Crown of Torah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:6)
Rambam on Lishmah and she'Lo Lishmah: Some Answers (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:5 + Intro to Chelek)
Rambam on Lishmah and she'Lo Lishmah: Some Questions (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:5 + Intro to Chelek)
Torah Study and the Purpose of Man (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:4 + Intro to the Mishnah)
Heavy Is the Crown of Torah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:1-4)
Early Childhood Metaphysical Education (Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:35)
Early Childhood Literacy Education (Hilchos Talmud Torah Chapter 2)
Rambam: On Women Learning Torah - Part 2 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:13)
Rambam: On Women Learning Torah - Part 1 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:13)
Rambam: On Learning Talmud - Part 2 (Letter to R' Yosef; Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:34)
Rambam: On Learning Talmud - Part 1 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 1:11; Yesodei ha'Torah 4:13)
Rambam: On Being Paid for Torah - Part 5 (Various Letters + Hilchos Talmud Torah 1:8-11
Rambam: On Being Paid for Torah - Part 4 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:10-11)
Rambam: On Being Paid for Torah - Part 3 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:10-11)
Rambam: On Being Paid for Torah - Part 2 (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:10-11)
Rambam: On Being Paid for Torah - Part 1 (Avos 4:7)
Precedence and Payments in Talmud Torah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 1:4-7)
Review and Sharpening of Yesterday's Questions (Hilchos Talmud Torah 1:1-3)
The Mitzvah of Talmud Torah (Hilchos Talmud Torah 1:1-3)
Rambam Bekius (Re)Introduction
On Publicizing One's Sins (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:5) Part 2 of 2
On Publicizing One's Sins (Hilchos Teshuvah 2:5) Part 1 of 2
Rambam on the Metaphor of Awakening (Questions)
Revenge and Bearing a Grudge (Hilchos Deios 7:7-8)
Lashon ha'Ra Wrap-up (Hilchos Deios 7:5-6; Hilchos Tumas Tzaraas 16:10)
Avak Lashon ha'Ra + the Myth of "It's Public So It's Okay" (Hilchos Deios 7:4-5)
Refining Rechilus + the Harm of Lashon ha'Ra (Hilchos Deios 7:1-3)
The Definition of Rechilus (Hilchos Deios 7:1-2)
Treatment of Widows and Orphans + Bein Adam l'Chaveiro (Hilchos Deios 6:10; Moreh 3:54)
The Mitzvah of Tochachah and She'Lo le'Halbin Panim (Hilchos Deios 6:6-9)
Loving Jews and Converts, and Harboring Hatred Towards Brethren (Hilchos Deios 6:3-6)
How to Cling to the Schechinah (Hilchos Deios 6:1-2)
Conduct of Chachamim - Conclusion (Hilchos Deios 5:7-13)
Conduct of Chachamim in Drinking, Intercourse, Bathrooms, and Speech (Hilchos Deios 5.3-7)
How Talmidei Chachamim Should and Shouldn't Eat (Hilchos Deios 5:1-2)
Assorted Rambams on Bris Milah (Hilchos Milah + Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:49)
Rambam's Health Guidelines: Part 2 (Hilchos Deios Chapter 4)
Rambam's Health Guidelines: Part 1 (Hilchos Deios Chapter 4)
The Bad Derech and the Good Derech (Hilchos Deios Chapter 3)
Miscellaneous Deios Guidelines (Hilchos Deios 2:7)
How Can the Rambam Permit ANY Lying? (Hilchos Gezeilah v'Aveidah 14:12-13)
Speech of Duplicity and Integrity (Hilchos Deios 2:6)
The Final Word on Silence (Hilchos Deios 2:4-6)
Refining Our Understanding of Silence AND All of Hilchos Deios (Hilchos Deios 2:4)
A Discussion About Silence (Hilchos Deios 2:4)
Finishing Anger and the Rest of Chapter 2 (Hilchos Deios 2:3-7)
An Explanation for Haughtiness and Anger (Hilchos Deios 2:3)
Haughtiness, Anger, and the Problems They Raise (Hilchos Deios 2:3)
Understanding Exceptions to the Rule of the Middle Path (Hilchos Deios 2:3)
The Cure for Soul Illnesses, with a Side of More Terminology Confusion (Hilchos Deios 2:1-2)
Attempts to Clarify Deios Terminology (Hilchos Deios 2:1)
The Mitzvah of ve'Halachta bi'Drachav (Hilchos Deios 1:4-7)
What Are "Deios"? (Hilchos Deios 1:1-3)
100 Episodes of Rambam Bekius!
Rambam's Treatment of Prophecy in the Introduction to the Commentary on the Mishnah
Testing a Navi (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 10)
How to Authenticate a Navi (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 10)
Torah's Immutability and Prophetic Authority (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 9)
The Revelation at Sinai and Moshe's Prophetic Status (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah Chapter 8)
Nevuas Moshe Rabbeinu (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 7:6-7)
Conditions of Standard Nevuah (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 7:2-5)
How to Become a Navi (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 7:1)
What is Nevuah (Prophecy)? (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 7:1)
Offering and Counting the Omer (Hilchos Temidin u'Mussafin 7:12-25)
Harvesting the Omer (Hilchos Temidin u'Mussafin 7:1-11)
Datzach Adash b'Achav: a Shiur from The Kuntress
Geulah Lanu v'la'Avoseinu: a Shiur from the Kuntress
Birkas al Achilas Matzah: a Shiur from The Kuntress
The Seder of the Second Night in Exile: a Shiur from The Kuntress
The Rambam's Seder: Shulchan Oreich - End (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 8.9-14)
The Rambam's Seder: Kadeish through Koreich (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 8:1-8)
4 Cups, Reclining, Charoses, Maror (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:6-13)
Excerpt from R' Qafih's Introduction to the Mishneh Torah (Pre Shiur Discussion)
More Halachos of Sipur and Hagadah (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:4-6)
The Mitzvah of Sipur and ve'Higadeta l'Vincha (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah 7:1-4)
The Definition of Chametz and the Mitzvah of Matzah (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah Chapters 5-6)
Bal Yeraei u'Bal Yimatzei (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah Chapter 4)
Tashbisu and Bedikah (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah Chapters 2-3)
Overview of the Chametz Prohibitions (Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah Chapter 1)
The Mitzvos in Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah
Megilah Mitzvah mi'Divrei Sofrim: a Shiur from The Kuntress
The Other Mitzvos of Purim (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 2:8-end)
More Laws of Megilah Reading (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 1:9 - 2:7)
The Mitzvah of Krias ha'Megilah (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 1:4-8)
More on Heretical Sofrim: addendum to Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 6:8-9
The Mitzvah of Krias ha'Megilah (Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 1:1-3)
Destroying Scripture and the Divine Names Therein: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 6:8-9
Defending Rambam Against the Riaz and Jewish Morality Against Thomas Jefferson's Expert Witness
Destroying That Upon Which the Name of Hashem is Proclaimed (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 6:3-7)
Destroying That Upon Which the Name of Hashem is Proclaimed (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 6:1-2)
The Unknown and Well-known Definitions of Kidush/Chilul ha'Shem (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 5:10-11)
Forfeiting a Jewish Life and Violating Halacha for Healing Purposes (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 5:5-9)
Overview of Kidush ha'Shem and Chilul ha'Shem: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 5:1-4
Sefer ha'Mitzvos, Lo Taaseh #63 - Chilul ha'Shem
Sefer ha'Mitzvos: Aseh #9 - Kiddush ha'Shem
Ralph Waldo Emerson on the Rambam's Alleged Penchant for "List-Making"
Davar Gadol and Davar Katon: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 4:10-13
Rambam's Definition of the Soul: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 4:7-9
Bodies and Souls: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 4:3-9
Overview of Maaseh Bereishis Part 1: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 3:4 - 4:2
Maaseh Merkavah and Maaseh Bereishis Part 4: Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:34 / Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 3:1-3
Maaseh Merkavah and Maaseh Bereishis Part 3: Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:31-34
Maaseh Merkavah and Maaseh Bereishis Part 2: Chagigah 2:1, Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 2:11-12, Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:0
Maaseh Merkavah and Maaseh Bereishis Part 1: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 2:11-12, Chagigah 2:1
Side-quest: Can Individual Angels Exist? (Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 2:5-8)
Angels as Presented in the Mishneh Torah: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 2:3-10
Love of Hashem and Fear of Hashem: Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 2:1-2 (Part 3)
Love of Hashem and Fear of Hashem (Part 2): Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 2:1-2
Love of Hashem and Fear of Hashem (Part 1): Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 2:1-2
On Shalom and Conclusions of Books: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 4:9-14
Rambam's Hallel: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 3:7 - 4:8
Intro to Chanukah: Hilchos Megilah v'Chanukah 3:1-6
Nuances in Ikkarim #1-4: Yesodei ha'Torah 1:8-12
Hashem's Incorporeality: Yesodei ha'Torah 1:8-12
Ikkar ha'Gadol and Yichud Hashem: Yesodei ha'Torah 1:6-9
Rambam's Definition of "Emunah" / Moreh ha'Nevuchim 1:50 / Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah 1:1-6
The Mitzvah of Anochi (Part 2): Yesodei ha'Torah 1:1-6
The Mitzvah of Anochi (Part 1): Yesodei ha'Torah 1:1-6
Sefer ha'Mada: Introduction (Tehilim 36:11)
Welcome to the Rambam Bekius Podcast!
Chalukas ha'Seforim: Book 14 - Shoftim
Chalukas ha'Seforim: Books 10-13 - Taharah, Nezikim, Kinyan, and Mishpatim
Chalukas ha'Seforim: Books 8-9 - Avodah and Korbanos
Chalukas ha'Seforim: Books 6-7 - Haflaah and Zeraim
Chalukas ha'Seforim: Books 4-5 - Nashim and Kedushah
Chalukas ha'Seforim: Books 2-3 - Ahavah and Zmanim
Chalukas ha'Seforim: Book 1 - ha'Mada
Siyum Mitzvos Lo Taaseh (MT) / Chalukas ha'Seforim
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Lo Taaseh #308-365
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Lo Taaseh #262-307
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Lo Taaseh #169-261
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Lo Taaseh #126-168
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Lo Taaseh #74-125
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Lo Taaseh #53-73
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Lo Taaseh #1-52
Minyan ha'Mitzvos: Siyum Mitzvos Aseh (MT and ShM)
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Aseh #180-248
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Aseh #125-180
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Aseh #74-124
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Aseh #39-73
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Aseh #25-38
Minyan ha'Mitzvos (MT): Aseh #1-24
Intro to the Mishneh Torah (Part 4 of 4) Az Lo Eivosh (Tehilim 119:6)
Intro to the Mishneh Torah (Part 3 of 4)
Intro to the Mishneh Torah (Part 2 of 4)
Intro to the Mishneh Torah (Part 1 of 4)
Rambam's (Other) Statements of Purpose
b'Shem Hashem El Olam (Part 2 of 2)
b'Shem Hashem El Olam (Part 1 of 2)
Intro to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos (Part 5 of 5)
Intro to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos (Part 4 of 5)
Intro to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos (Part 3 of 5)
Intro to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos (Part 2 of 5)
Intro to the Sefer ha'Mitzvos (Part 1 of 5)