The Maimonides Minute

Can a person say a blessing while he is impure? Must he be dressed? Can someone make a beracha for someone else, even if he is not going to be participating in the mitzvah, too? Does this rule apply to berachot over food, as well?

May someone recite a beracha in a language other than Hebrew? What are the basic elements in a beracha, without which the blessing is invalid? What kinds of interruptions between the beracha and the subsequent action invalidate the beracha?

May someone recite a beracha in a language other than Hebrew? What are the basic elements in a beracha, without which the blessing is invalid? What kinds of interruptions between the beracha and the subsequent action invalidate the beracha?

What are the three categories of blessings? What kinds of changes to the standard text of berachot are considered inadvisable, and which changes are egregious enough that the blessing is actually invalid?

What are the three categories of blessings? What kinds of changes to the standard text of berachot are considered inadvisable, and which changes are egregious enough that the blessing is actually invalid?

When does the Torah require a person to make a blessing? What rabbinic requirements are added to the basic mitzvah? Why does the Rambam believe that someone who eats without making a beracha has violated the prohibition of "meilah" - that is, using sacramental objects for secular purposes?

When does the Torah require a person to make a blessing? What rabbinic requirements are added to the basic mitzvah? Why does the Rambam believe that someone who eats without making a beracha has violated the prohibition of "meilah" - that is, using sacramental objects for secular purposes?

The Rambam declares that it is better to worship G-d out of love rather than out of fear. But what does that mean? What is worshiping G-d out of love?

The Rambam declares that it is better to worship G-d out of love rather than out of fear. But what does that mean? What is worshiping G-d out of love?

If, as the Rambam explained, real reward and punishment is life in the World to Come or its absence, how can we understand the many verses in the Torah which refer to this-worldly blessings and curses? What will happen in the days of Mashiach?