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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.
December 16, 2019Hilchot Chanukah 3:12-14 (The ancient custom for reciting Hallel)The Rambam explains the custom of the early sages regarding the proper way for the congregation to recite Hallel....more6minPlay
December 15, 2019Hilchot Chanukah 3:9-10 (The blessing after Hallel)The Rambam says that some places have a custom to say a beracha after the complete Hallel is said. What is this beracha?...more3minPlay
December 12, 2019Hilchot Chanukah 3:8-9 (What sections of Hallel are omitted on Rosh Chodesh?)On Rosh Chodesh and the last six days of Pesach, when saying Hallel is a minhag (custom) rather than a Rabbinic mitzvah, what sections of Hallel are omitted?...more3minPlay
December 11, 2019Hilchot Chanukah 3:6-7 (Full Hallel and Half Hallel)What days do we say full Hallel, and when do we say an abridged version? Why?...more3minPlay
December 10, 2019Hilchot Chanukah 3:4-5 (The Blessings on Chanukah)What berachot does a person say upon lighting the Chanukah candles? What about if he sees the candles but did not light them? And what is the rule regarding saying berachot on Rabbinic mitzvot?...more5minPlay
December 09, 2019Hilchot Chanukah 3:1-3 (The Story of Chanukah)What is the story of Chanukah? The Rambam opens his discussion of the laws of the holiday with the historical background that gives the laws their proper context....more4minPlay
December 03, 2019Hilchot Shabbat 9:15-16 (Two "Batei Nirin": What is that, exactly?)Making two "batei nirin" is probably the most obscure of the 39 melachot of Shabbat. So what does it mean?...more3minPlay
December 02, 2019Hilchot Shabbat 9:13-14 (Coloring thread versus coloring metal)Halacha declares that there's a difference between coloring thread and coloring metal. Why?...more3minPlay
November 28, 2019Hilchot Shabbat 9:11-12 (Squeezing a garment or towel to remove water)Squeezing a towel to remove water is forbidden on Shabbat - but why? On today's Maimonides Minute we discuss the argument about what melacha is involved in wringing out the towel, and whether it applies equally to all liquids or only to water....more3minPlay
November 27, 2019Hilchot Shabbat 9:9-10 (Cutting off an irritating hangnail; bleaching wool)Is there a way to remove a hangnail on Shabbat if it's bothering you? Why is the Rambam's answer to this question no longer accepted? And when you bleach a material, how much is required to violate a Torah prohibition?...more4minPlay
FAQs about The Maimonides Minute:How many episodes does The Maimonides Minute have?The podcast currently has 1,454 episodes available.