...of 71", is the "Supreme Court" of Jewish law (known as ''halachah''). The Torah's legal system is predicated upon the Jewish people
having a centralized Court to implement the Torah Law, instruct the people,
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<center>Based upon an analysis of the Talmud, the Rambam ז"ל and other sources</center>
...-kosher animals{{hcite|p/pt/pt0311.htm#4|Lev 11:4}}. However, the written Torah does not tell us what amount of food is required or forbidden -- or indeed,
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...essarily, we use an indirect reference. "hashem" just means, "the name". "Torah" refers to the "Pentateuch", or the first five books of the Bible.
First and foremost, there is an obligation to live in the Land of Israel. The Torah says in {{hcite|p/pt/pt0433.htm#53|Numbers 33:53}} "And you will possess Th
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...eriod). Indeed, the Ramban commented to that effect in his annotations to Rambam's "Book of the Commandments".
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==Living by the Rambam==
...ulgating the learning of and living by the teachings of [[wikipedia:Rambam|Rambam]]. It is also unfortunate that many were dissuaded from posting by the oft
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...the story of the creation of the universe? After all, the majority of the Torah deals with the Children of Israel and the commandments they were given! It
...ot even one of them"'''. {{hcite|i/1101.htm#1|Laws of the Fundamentals of Torah 1:1}}
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..."D 293:2}}. And in the Mishna it states: '''New grain is forbidden by the Torah, everywhere'''.{{hcite||Orla 3:10}}
I saw a religious web-site (www.daat.ac.il), which states that: "The Rambam ruled that the prohibition of new grain only takes effect in the Land of Is
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...e faithful to the simple meaning of our Sages words as formulated by the [[Rambam]]; please send me your comments if you think I have done otherwise.
חז"ל כמובא ע"י [[Rambam|ברמב"ם]] - נא להעיר לי מידה ואתה חושב שלא עש
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...let them make Me a sanctuary" {{hcite|p/pt/pt0225.htm#8|Ex 25:8}}; and the Torah already elaborated on the sanctuary which Moses our teacher made, and that
...her building materials or even to make the holy vessels. According to the Rambam's approach, we have a national obligation -- as the People of Israel -- to
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...ition'''], or perhaps you are looking for [[ron:rambam/|the "Living by the Rambam"]] discussion forum.
*[[Devar|Diverei Torah - דברי תורה]]
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...the LORD thy God"'''. {{hcite|i/1101.htm#1|Laws of the Foundations of the Torah 1:1-4}}
...is long, but the best approach in my opinion is to start learning "Mishne Torah" from the beginning, and to repetitively learn it, and to think about what
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...eeds" and repent, in order to be worthy of rain. To have a presumably non-Torah aware Gentile reinforce this to me was very impressive. Only in Israel!
...ing-cycle of the Rambam's [http://www.mishnetorah.com/en/book.html Mishneh Torah] this week (yesterday, actually). So I'm feeling energized and excited to
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...a ''public'' domain, the exact definitions of which are up to some debate. Rambam codifies that roads in cities which are wider than 16 cubits and are not co
...ains by Torah law” because our streets aren’t straight through the cities. Rambam doesn’t say they have to be, for one; but in addition, there certainly ''
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...", as our verse states. But this expression is unclear -- why doesn't the Torah state "the morrow after the holiday", or something similar?
...ple during the period of the Second Temple, and said that the verse in the Torah which states "the morrow of the ''shabbat''" refers to the ''shabbat'' of C
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In parallel the Torah commands us to send one goat to Azazel and to slaughter another one: '''An
...o the satyrs" -- as if the goats had the power to benefit or do ill -- the Torah commanded we sacrifice the goats. That is, the Creator is the only God, an
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...th males and females…''' {{hcite|i/a402n.htm#11|ibid 2:11}}. Why does the Torah not consider Gentiles as affected by issues of ritual impurity?
...mé'' -- while before that time, he could not, according to Torah law. The Torah wishes to make it abundantly clear to us that these matters of ritual purit
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...e faithful to the simple meaning of our Sages words as formulated by the [[Rambam]]; please send me your comments if you think I have done otherwise.
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What do the words "pure olive oil beaten for the light" mean? Rambam brings as halachah: '''There are nine kinds of (olive) oil, due to the diff
...from the very best of the particular variety he is bringing. Behold, the Torah says "And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the f
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In this week’s Torah portion, the Israelites become distressed that Moshe “disappeared”. The
Rambam states as ''halakha'' that a prophet only prophecies [https://mechon-mamre.
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...ppur. And not by chance -- as the Rambam says: '''There is nothing in the Torah so difficult for most people as staying away from illicit relations and for
....htm#12|Laws of Prayer 8:12}}), so too is proper behavior according to the Torah, that a person must be extremely careful of his own behavior and stay away
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