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This afternoon (3/1/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we began a side-topic tangentially related to Purim, prompted by my Friday Women's shiur on the nature and scope of Rabbinic authority. Our goal today was to review the Rambam's position on why mitzvos de'rabbanan are not counting in Taryag (in contrast to the Behag's view), as presented by Moshe Halbertal in "Maimonides: Life and Thought" and in light of our own learning of the primary sources. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll tackle the topic I'm really interested in: What is the nature of the halachos and limudim that are derived through the middos she'ha'Torah nidreshes ba'hen?
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מקורות:
Moshe Halbertal, "Maimonides: Life and Thought"
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, שורש א
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות אבל יד:א
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