The Maimonides Minute

Join the Maimonides Minute for the eighth shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. This shiur offers additional conditions regarding the sale of chametz to a non-Jew, as well as details about which types of chametz a person is allowed to own over Pesach.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the eighth shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. This shiur offers additional conditions regarding the sale of chametz to a non-Jew, as well as details about which types of chametz a person is allowed to own over Pesach.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the seventh shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. Today we discuss the twin prohibitions of "bal yera'eh" and "bal yimatzeh" - that is, possessing chametz during Pesach - and their numerous ramifications.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the seventh shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. Today we discuss the twin prohibitions of "bal yera'eh" and "bal yimatzeh" - that is, possessing chametz during Pesach - and their numerous ramifications.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the seventh shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. Today we discuss the twin prohibitions of "bal yera'eh" and "bal yimatzeh" - that is, possessing chametz during Pesach - and their numerous ramifications.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the sixth shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. In today's shiur, we discuss the concept of bitul chametz (nullifying chametz), the times that bitul does not work, and the paradoxical idea that even if one does not destroy his chametz, the Torah nevertheless takes it out of his possession, while simultaneously considering it "his" chametz such that he violates the prohibition of owning chametz.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the sixth shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. In today's shiur, we discuss the concept of bitul chametz (nullifying chametz), the times that bitul does not work, and the paradoxical idea that even if one does not destroy his chametz, the Torah nevertheless takes it out of his possession, while simultaneously considering it "his" chametz such that he violates the prohibition of owning chametz.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the fifth shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. In today's shiur we discuss what one should do with the chametz he leaves over after bedikat chametz, how a person checks for chametz when erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, and at what point the requirement to check for chametz expires if a person failed to do bedikat chametz on erev Pesach.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the fifth shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. In today's shiur we discuss what one should do with the chametz he leaves over after bedikat chametz, how a person checks for chametz when erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, and at what point the requirement to check for chametz expires if a person failed to do bedikat chametz on erev Pesach.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the fourth shiur of a month-long series on the Rambam's laws of Passover. In this episode, we discuss the laws of bedikat chametz - looking for chametz on the night before the Seder - including questions about animals dragging chametz into the house after bedikat chametz, chametz that is decorative rather than edible, people traveling away from home long before Pesach, and the issue of whether the owner or the renter is responsible for checking a given house.