Rambam Bekius

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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 assor...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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 comment...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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&apo...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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 &q...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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. -------...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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. --------...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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. ----------------------------------------------------...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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: Not...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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:...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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 n...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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....

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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 togethe...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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 p...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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'...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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: N...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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. -...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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&ap...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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 formulat...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beki...