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Daily Rambam Study is an annual study cycle that includes the daily study of Maimonides' magnum opus, Mishneh Torah. The study regimen was initiated by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in the spring of 1984 [1] with three tracks. The first track includes studying three chapters a day, so that the entire fourteen books are completed in less than ...
Moses ben Maimon [a] (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (/ m aɪ ˈ m ɒ n ɪ d iː z /, my-MON-ih-deez) [b] and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם), [c] was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
Parallel to the three- or one-chapter(s)-a-day cycle, there is a daily study of the Sefer Hamitzvot "Book of the Commandments", also authored by Maimonides. A popular commentary, Rambam La'Am ('Rambam for the Nation'), was produced in 1971 by Rabbi Shmuel Tanchum Rubinstein (published by Mossad Harav Kook).
The work is based on the rules of study laid down in the Peri Etz Chaim of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, in the Sha'ar Hanhagat Limmud (chapter on study habits). In this he recommends that, in addition to studying the Torah portion for the forthcoming Shabbat each week, one should study daily excerpts from the other works mentioned, and lays down a formula for the number of verses or the topic to ...
Mishnah Yomit, daily study of the Mishnah (6 year cycle); Mishnatit covers all of Mishnah at a much faster pace (1 year cycle). Daily Rambam Study, one or three chapters of the Mishneh Torah (respectively, a 1 or 3-year cycle) Mishnah Berurah Yomit - daily study (2.5 or 5-year cycle) Kitzur Shulchan Aruch Yomi - daily study (1 year cycle)
After a year filled with animated inner emotions, mutants, aliens, gladiators and witches, the new year will bring a crop of new (or, newly revisited) movies to choose from, as always.
The last chapter, entitled Shaar ha-Gemul, discusses reward and punishment, resurrection, and kindred subjects. It derides the presumption of the philosophers who pretend to a knowledge of the essence of God and the angels , while even the composition of their own bodies is a mystery to them.
Alijah Martin scored 14 points and three teammates also scored in double figures as No. 8 Florida defeated Arkansas 71-63 on Saturday. Alex Condon, Will Richard and Walton Clayton Jr. scored 12 ...