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This afternoon (12/22/20 at YBT) we continued trying to reconcile the differences and contradictions between the Rambam's presentations of ahavas Hashem and yiras Hashem in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, in Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah, and in Hilchos Teshuvah. We began with an unlikely source: the Rambam's commentary on Pirkei Avos 1:6, which - thanks to the Ralbag's explanation of ahavas Hashem - we were able to use to answer one of the questions we raised yesterday. After that we read the Rambam's presentation of yiras Hashem in the Sefer ha'Mitzvos, which was MARKEDLY inconsistent with his presentation in the Mishneh Torah. We concluded by taking stock of our major questions, in hopes that we'll be able to make some headway tomorrow.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות א:ו
רלב"ג - ספר דברים, ביאור הפרשה דברים ו:ה
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: מצות עשה ד
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:א-ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה פרק י
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Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
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