The Maimonides Minute

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our 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.

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

To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our 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.

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

To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the rerelease of our series on the Rambam's laws of Passover.

In this episode, we discuss the implications of eating less than a kezayit of chametz, and the various biblical and rabbinic prohibitions of eating chametz on the day before Pesach.

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

To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the rerelease of our series on the Rambam's laws of Passover.

In this first episode, we discuss the specific prohibitions of eating and possessing leaven on Pesach, and the consequences of violating these prohibitions.

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

To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

What prayer does a person say when leaving the study hall? How about upon entering or exiting a city? Is there a general rule about when we say prayers like these?

May a person pray for something that already took place - like hearing a cry in a city, and praying to G-d that it not be from your house?

What is the meaning behind Birkat HaChamah, the blessing said once every 28 years when the sun is ostensibly in the same place as it was at the moment of creation? How is that calculated? Why must a person pray before and after having a medical procedure?

What beracha is made over natural wonders like mountains, hills, and seas? What about over the Mediterranean Sea? What beracha is said when seeing a rainbow? And what is the text and meaning of the blessing of Kiddush Levana?

Join the Maimonides Minute podcast for the final episode of our five part series on Hilchot Megilah.

Join the Maimonides Minute podcast for the fourth of our five part series on Hilchot Megilah.