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Today was the first day of our spring semester, and our first day back after a two-week break! This afternoon (2/1/21 at YBT, from Seattle) we began with a brief interlude prompted by a friend's comment on a Facebook post of mine in which he said about the Rambam: "the dude liked making lists." That comment, even though it was made in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner, nevertheless rubbed me the wrong way. I thought it would be a good to discuss it with my Rambam Bekius chavurah. Plus, this gave us a good excuse to an excerpt from the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I decided to post this as a separate video and podcast in case people want to skip over it and just focus on the ACTUAL Rambam Bekius.
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מקורות:
The American Scholar (1837), by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Bekius Disclaimer: 
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments!
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Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- 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 https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
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