Rambam's Sefer ha-Mitzvot

This closing class reviews some of the principles and explores how Maimonides counted negative and positive commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM23. A special thanks to all listeners and to Congregation Israel of Springfield for hosting. Please be in touch with any comments, questions, and suggestions: hermanm@yorku.ca. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class deals with the question of how to count the punishments as distinct commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM22. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class looks at some of the ways that Maimonides identifies "parts" and "whole" commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM21. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class begins the discussion of how Maimonides distinguished between whole commandments and parts of commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/SHm20. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class evaluates two distinct complications of the lav shebe-khlalot prohibitions in the second half of Principle Nine. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM19. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class introduces the second half of Principle 9 and the various ways that Maimonides defines the talmudic term lav shebe-khlalot (loosely, overly broad prohibitive language) . Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/Shm18. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class focuses on the first half of Principle 9 and investigates the ramifications of Maimonides's claims that repeated verses teach a single commandment and the violation of each negative incurs just one punishment. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM17. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class introduces Principle #9 and outlines some evidence that Maimonides uses for identifying distinct "concepts" that constitute distinct commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/Shm16. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class considers the scope of Maimonides's insistence to count only prohibitions ("do not") and not negations ("is not). Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM15 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class explores Maimonides's attempts to identify different "manifestations" or "expressions" of a single commandment. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/Shm14 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class investigates one aspect reducing Jewish law to precisely 613 commandments, Maimonides's claims about the "manifestations" of larger commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/shm13 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class explores the how Maimonides and Saadia Gaon treat overlapping positive and negative commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/shm_12. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This case explores the complications of Maimonides's claim that verses formulated as "reasons" do not count as commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM11. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class investigates Maimonides's understanding of biblical verses that cover all of the commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/Seferhm10. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class turns to some of the ways that the Rambam navigated ambiguities that pertain to permanent and temporary commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/shm09. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class addresses Maimonides's claim that the list of the 613 commandments contains only eternal laws. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/SHM08. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class explores Maimonides's categories for unwritten law, such as mi-pi ha-shemu'ah, divre kabbalah, and divre sofrim. Sources are available here: bit.ly/ShM07. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class identifies some of Maimonides's guidelines for the determination of whether or not a midrash contains a Sinaitic tradition. Sources are available here: bit.ly/SeferhaMitzvot06 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class proposes that the second shoresh (principle) addresses only the enumeration of a small number ("three or four") of commandments. Sources available here: https://bit.ly/ShM05 (PDF file) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support

This class begins treating the second shoresh (principle) and examines the Rambam's view of laws found in midrash. Sources available here: https://bit.ly/ShM04 (PDF file) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marc-herman0/support