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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.
October 10, 2018Hilchot Berachot 1:9-10 (Making a beracha for someone else)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?...more4minPlay
October 09, 2018Hilchot Berachot 1:6-8 (Interruptions between the beracha and the subsequent action)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?...more4minPlay
October 09, 2018Hilchot Berachot 1:6-8 (Interruptions between the beracha and the subsequent action)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?...more4minPlay
October 08, 2018Hilchot Berachot 1:3-5 (Changing the Text of a 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?...more6minPlay
October 08, 2018Hilchot Berachot 1:3-5 (Changing the Text of a 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?...more6minPlay
October 07, 2018Hilchot Berachot 1:1-2 (Torah vs. Rabbinic Requirements for Berachot)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?...more4minPlay
October 07, 2018Hilchot Berachot 1:1-2 (Torah vs. Rabbinic Requirements for Berachot)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?...more4minPlay
September 17, 2018Hilchot Teshuva 10:1-6 (Worship of G-d Through Fear, Versus Worship of G-d Through 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?...more11minPlay
September 17, 2018Hilchot Teshuva 10:1-6 (Worship of G-d Through Fear, Versus Worship of G-d Through 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?...more11minPlay
September 16, 2018Hilchot Teshuva 9:1-2 (Reward and Punishment in This World? The Days of Mashiach)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?...more13minPlay
FAQs about The Maimonides Minute:How many episodes does The Maimonides Minute have?The podcast currently has 1,454 episodes available.