Rambam Bekius

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 15 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (4/27/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned through the halachos of avak lashon ha'ra (the "dust" of evil speech). We were able to understand the first three categories, but not the fourth. We began reading the Yad Peshutah but only got through his commentary on the firs...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 21 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (4/26/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we focused on Chazal's statement cited by the Rambam that "lashon ha'ra kills three people: the one who says it, the one who accepts it, and the one about whom it is said - and the one who accepts it more than the one who says it." W...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 15 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (4/25/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by reviewing our definitions yet again - albeit very briefly! We then attempted to take up the question of what it means that the Meraglim spoke lashon ha'ra about the land of Israel, only to discover that the topic was too big for us. We...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 19  minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (4/24/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we refined our definitions of rechilus and lashon ha'ra from last week and segued into the Rambam's discussion of the severity of lashon ha'ra, which we'll continue tomorrow (בג"ה). ----- מקורות: רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, הקדמה;...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 20 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (4/20/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we did a comprehensive review of yesterday - since nobody who was in shiur yesterday was here today, and the only person in shiur today wasn't there yesterday - and then we followed the Rambam's directive to "go and learn what happened to...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 19 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (4/19/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we decided to revisit the halachos about lashon ha'ra. I didn't initially plan on doing this, but the guys in the shiur wanted to, and I'm definitely game! Today we read through the basic sources on the Rambam's understanding of Lo T...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 16 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (4/18/23), in our first Rambam Bekius mini-shiur after Pesach, I decided that before we return to complete Hilchos Matnos Aniyim, I'd like to start with something relevant to this week's parashah. I learned with someone this week who had never been through the "hidden" Rambam...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 23 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/29/23), in our last Rambam Bekius mini-shiur before Pesach, we learned through a piece (ha!) in Hararei Kedem on the Rambam's view that yachatz is done AFTER Magid, rather than before. Note: if you're listening to this shiur and you share in our confusion towards the end, then I&apos...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 20 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/28/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we finished the Hararei Kedem piece we started yesterday and learned more about the kiyum of pouring each of the four cups. We also learned the source (well, a source) for the basis of minhag to pour for each other. ----- מקורות: ר' מיכל שורקין - ה...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 21 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/27/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we started learning a piece in Hararei Kedem about the first halacha in the Rambam's seder procedure: mixing the cup. We plan on finishing the piece tomorrow (בג"ה). ----- מקורות: ר' מיכל שורקין - הררי קדם חלק ב סימן עה רמב"ם - משנה...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 23 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/22/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we learned about the strangely structured mitzvah of charoses, and the botanically ambiguous mitzvah of maror. We concluded by answering a question we raised last week about whether a person would be obligated in sippur if they don't have matzah an...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 19 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/22/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began by going over one more idea about haseivah and another idea about Mah Nishtanah. We then learned the remaining halachos of the four cups, taking some brief detours to see if there was overlap with other halachic cup requirements. Tomorrow we&ap...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 16 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/21/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we moved on to the two topics of the four cups and reclining. We covered most of the halachos, with a brief detour into the Rambam's procedure for the obligatory eatings of the night in Chapter 8. Tomorrow we'll continue, with the goal of fini...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 19 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/20/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we didn't focus  We started off with a halacha we learned last week, but only so that I could make sure that everyone was familiar with the two ways to translate the word "Pesach." This led us to look into the pesukim, the Targum, and som...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 18 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/16/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took up the classic question of liros vs. leharos in the Rambam. I hope I was able to take it a little further than it's usually taken, thanks to all the resources on AlHaTorah, plus R' Qafih and the Yad Peshutah. I also did teshuvah for in...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 22 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/15/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we read through select portions of the Yad Peshutah's commentary which provided insights into the halachos we learned last week, and answered some of our questions. ----- מקורות: רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ז:א-ה עם פירוש היד...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 26 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/9/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, our goal was to cover all the halachos which the Rambam collectively refers to as "hagadah," so that we can get the big picture - and we did just that! Next week (בג"ה) we'll either delve into the questions we raised or we'll do...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 39 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/8/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we kicked off our Pesach-prep by reviewing the Rambam's four formulations of the mitzvah of sippur: (1) in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, (2) in the Mishneh Torah's minyan ha'mitzvos, (3) in the koseres for Hilchos Chametz u'Matzah, and (...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 26 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/2/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we had one mission: to gain insight into the idea of emulating the shechinah by increasing our matanos la'evyonim and by giving tzedakah to aniyim in a manner that enlivens their souls. It took us longer than I anticipated to go through the facts, a...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 21 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (3/1/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we attempted to understand the halachos of matanos la'evyonim, but ended up with more questions than answers. Tomorrow our goal is to understand Yeshayahu 57:15 in context, now that we know it's a universal principle in relating to the poor and...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 20 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (2/28/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we concluded this year's analysis of the Rambam's shitah on mishloach manos. We finished reading the Yad Peshutah and attempted to answer our remaining questions and tie up the loose ends. ----- מקורות: רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 22 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (2/27/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we continued on in the halachos of Purim with the mitzvah of mishloach manos. We learned through the Rambam, raised several questions, and then began reading the Yad Peshutah. ----- מקורות: רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות מגילה וחנוכה ב:טו יד פ...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 25 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (2/23/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we spent the first 15 minutes of shiur reading excerpts from Avraham Feintuch's article about the methodoloy of R' Nachum L. Rabonivitch in his Yad Peshutah commentary on the Rambam. We then read his Yad Peshutah on the halacha in the Rambam a...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 17 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (2/22/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we took our first steps into THIS year's understanding of Simchas Purim. We read through an excerpt on the Yad Peshutah's commentary which we used as the basis for understanding the "classic" problem of how the Rambam can hold that d...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 20 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (2/21/23), in our Rambam Bekius mini-shiur, we began our review of Hilchos Megilah. Since we only have (בג"ה) seven sessions of Rambam Bekius before Purim, and since we wanted to examine the halachos of the mishteh and matanos la'evyonim, we figured it would be good to start with the ha...