The Maimonides Minute

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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

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October 30, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:9-10 (Sheva Berachot after Birkat HaMazon)
What are the circumstances in which the sheva berachot are said immediately after Birkat HaMazon?
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5min
October 29, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:7-8 (Additions to Birkat HaMazon for the homeowner and for a mourner)
How many times must the concept of Divine kingship be mentioned in the fourth blessing of Birkat HaMazon? What extra line must be said by a guest in honor of his host? What additional words are added to the fourth blessing in a house of mourning?
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4min
October 29, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:7-8 (Additions to Birkat HaMazon for the homeowner and for a mourner)
How many times must the concept of Divine kingship be mentioned in the fourth blessing of Birkat HaMazon? What extra line must be said by a guest in honor of his host? What additional words are added to the fourth blessing in a house of mourning?
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4min
October 24, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:5-6 (An argument between the Bavli and Yerushalmi)
What is added to Birkat HaMazon on Shabbat, Yom Tov, Chanukah, and Purim? Does the Rambam just add an additional prayer on Shabbat and Yom Tov, or does he actually change the text of the beracha? Why does the Rambam seem to rule neither like the Talmud Bavli nor like the Talmud Yerushalmi regarding Al HaNisim?
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7min
October 24, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:5-6 (An argument between the Bavli and Yerushalmi)
What is added to Birkat HaMazon on Shabbat, Yom Tov, Chanukah, and Purim? Does the Rambam just add an additional prayer on Shabbat and Yom Tov, or does he actually change the text of the beracha? Why does the Rambam seem to rule neither like the Talmud Bavli nor like the Talmud Yerushalmi regarding Al HaNisim?
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7min
October 23, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:3-4 (Phrases which, if skipped, invalidate Birkat HaMazon)
What phrases in Birkat HaMazon are necessary to the point that, if omitted, Birkat HaMazon is invalid? What does this teach us about the potentially different obligations of men and women to recite Birkat HaMazon?
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5min
October 23, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:3-4 (Phrases which, if skipped, invalidate Birkat HaMazon)
What phrases in Birkat HaMazon are necessary to the point that, if omitted, Birkat HaMazon is invalid? What does this teach us about the potentially different obligations of men and women to recite Birkat HaMazon?
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5min
October 22, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:1-2 (The Sources of Birkat HaMazon)
Who established the four berachot of Birkat HaMazon? What special dispensation did Chazal provide for workers so that they don't steal time from their employer while making berachot?
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5min
October 22, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 2:1-2 (The Sources of Birkat HaMazon)
Who established the four berachot of Birkat HaMazon? What special dispensation did Chazal provide for workers so that they don't steal time from their employer while making berachot?
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5min
October 21, 2018 Hilchot Berachot 1:19-20 (When do you not make a beracha over food?)
When is it improper to make a beracha over food? What is the argument between the Rambam and the Raavad about this issue?
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5min

FAQs about The Maimonides Minute:

How many episodes does The Maimonides Minute have?

The podcast currently has 1,454 episodes available.