Avos 4:5 - Rambam's Opposition to Taking Money for Torah (Part 2)

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Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (5/30/24), in our Thursday night Pirkei Avos shiur for women, we continued our analysis of the mishnah through the eyes of the Rambam. We began with a VERY in-depth review of everything we covered last time (if you want to skip the review, start around 30 minutes into the shiur). We then read and discussed several additional sources in other works of the Rambam where he discusses this, focusing on his treatment in the Mishneh Torah. We concluded by attempting to analyze the five ways in which the Rambam views this practice as harmful. Next time (בג"ה), we'll take another crack at figuring that out, and then take up the opposing view, led by Sforno and Rashbatz. At least, that's the plan!
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מקורות:
אבות ד:ה
רמב"ם שם
ביאור לפירוש רמב"ם למשנה
רמב"ם - אגרת לר' יוסף בר' יהודה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ג:י,יב; ד:ב; ו:יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים יא:יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה ה:ד
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