The Maimonides Minute

Join Rabbi Scott Kahn as he explicates the Kinot of Tisha B'Av on the Maimonides Minute Special.

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Join Rabbi Scott Kahn as he explicates the Kinot of Tisha B'Av on the Maimonides Minute Special.

If you enjoy these podcasts, please support https://jewishcoffeehouse.com/ by becoming a Patreon subscriber. Jewish Coffee House patrons receive bonus episodes, merch, and more. For more information, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join Rabbi Scott Kahn as he explicates the Kinot of Tisha B'Av on the Maimonides Minute Special.

If you enjoy these podcasts, please support https://jewishcoffeehouse.com/ by becoming a Patreon subscriber. Jewish Coffee House patrons receive bonus episodes, merch, and more. For more information, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join Rabbi Scott Kahn as he explicates the Kinot of Tisha B'Av on the Maimonides Minute Special.

If you enjoy these podcasts, please support https://jewishcoffeehouse.com/ by becoming a Patreon subscriber. Jewish Coffee House patrons receive bonus episodes, merch, and more. For more information, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join Rabbi Scott Kahn as he explicates the Kinot of Tisha B'Av on the Maimonides Minute Special.

If you enjoy these podcasts, please support https://jewishcoffeehouse.com/ by becoming a Patreon subscriber. Jewish Coffee House patrons receive bonus episodes, merch, and more. For more information, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Parashat Pinchas represents the beginning of the leadership of a new generation, with Pinchas, Elazar, and Yehoshua all assuming new leadership roles. The elders, however, were aghast at the difference between Moshe and his successors. Were they right? Does Jewish leadership emphasize experience and wisdom, or fresh perspectives and youthful vigor? Should Judaism look towards the future or emphasize its past? In this podcast, Rabbi Scott Kahn connects these questions with the beginning of the Three Weeks of mourning for the Temple, as well as to the beginning of a new cycle of daily Rambam learning.

This podcast is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham.

What is the maximum distance that a person is allowed to travel on Friday? Can a person drop in unexpectedly to be someone's Shabbat guest? What are the cases when a community is allowed to cry out in supplication on Shabbat?

How important is eating three meals on Shabbat? Must a poor person whose money is from charity eat three meals? What about someone who is sick? And does the third meal require Kiddush?

The law of "oneg Shabbat" requires a person to eat special foods on Shabbat. What should a person do, however, if he cannot afford special foods? And conversely, what should a person do if he always has special foods, and his Shabbat meals are accordingly the same as his weekday meals?

If a person does not plan to eat a full meal, must he still set his table before Shabbat? What sorts of chores should a person do on Friday if he feels that most chores are beneath his dignity?