Rambam Bekius

Why Learn About Korban Pesach? (Makbili, Soloveitchik, Hilchos Korban Pesach 8:10-15)

March 31, 2022 Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss Season 7 Episode 27
Rambam Bekius
Why Learn About Korban Pesach? (Makbili, Soloveitchik, Hilchos Korban Pesach 8:10-15)
Show Notes

This afternoon (3/31/22), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we spent the first half of shiur talking about why we're learning the halachos of Korban Pesach when we don't observe them nowadays. My own answer is near and dear to my reasons for learning the Mishneh Torah in general - reasons which are beautifully expressed by R' Makbili in his Foreword to the Mishneh Torah, and by the Rav in Halakhic Man. After we talked about this, we finished Chapter 8 of Hilchos Korban Pesach. Next week we'll aim to finish Hilchos Korban Pesach (בג"ה).

מקורות:
R' Yochai Makbili, Foreword to the Mishneh Torah
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר נזקים, הלכות רוצח ושמירת הנפש ז:א
R' Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, Halakhic Man, pp.26-28
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות קרבן פסח ח:י-טו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר זמנים, הלכות חמץ ומצה ה:א-ב

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