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Make Judaism’s greatest thinker and Halachic scholar part of your life. Rabbi Scott Kahn presents two halachot from the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah every weekday.... more
FAQs about The Maimonides Minute:How many episodes does The Maimonides Minute have?The podcast currently has 1,454 episodes available.
June 16, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 29:14-15 (Using Inferior Wine for Kiddush)What kind of wine is acceptable for use in Kiddush? What is excluded? The answer isn't so simple; it depends on how you understand a very specific requirement relating to the Beit HaMikdash....more3minPlay
June 11, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 29:12-13 (When Shabbat begins or ends, and you're in the middle of a meal)If you're eating a meal and Shabbat enters, what should you do? What about if you're eating and Shabbat finishes? Is there a halachic difference between the two cases?...more3minPlay
June 10, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 29:10-11 ("The Great Kiddush" of Shabbat morning and its unusual name)Why, if the Shabbat morning Kiddush consists of just a single beracha, is it called "The Great Kiddush"? Must a person refrain from eating before this Kiddush, as well as the evening Kiddush? Is a person allowed to make Havdalah before Shabbat officially ends?...more4minPlay
June 09, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 29:8-9 (Making Kiddush where you eat)Kiddush may only be made in the place where you eat. But what about different parts of the same house? Why do we make Kiddush in the synagogue, where people generally do not eat? And can Kiddush be made over bread instead of wine?...more3minPlay
June 04, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 29:6-7 (The correct process of making Kiddush)Does a person need to make Havdalah in order to do melacha after Shabbat? What exactly are the details of Kiddush on Friday night?...more4minPlay
June 03, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 29:3-5 (Eating and drinking before Kiddush and Havdalah)What is the proper text of Havdalah? If a person did not say Kiddush on Friday night, can he say it the following day? How late in the week can he say Havdalah? And what are the rules regarding eating before Kiddush or Havdalah?...more4minPlay
June 02, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 29:1-2 (Kiddush and Havdalah)What is the Biblical source for the mitzvah of Kiddush on Shabbat? Is Havdalah a Torah law, as well?...more3minPlay
May 21, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 21:27-28 (Exercise on Shabbat)Why is there a prohibition of exercising on Shabbat? What is included in this prohibition?...more3minPlay
May 20, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 21:25-26 (Placing a cloth on a wound)Are you permitted to place a piece of cotton on a wound on Shabbat? What about pouring oil or water onto a piece of cotton that covers a wound?...more3minPlay
May 19, 2020Hilchot Shabbat 21:23-24 (Brushing Teeth on Shabbat)What sort of medication is a person allowed to use on Shabbat? Under what conditions may a person brush his teeth on Shabbat?...more3minPlay
FAQs about The Maimonides Minute:How many episodes does The Maimonides Minute have?The podcast currently has 1,454 episodes available.