This afternoon (4/8/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we began the next topic in Hilchos Yesodei ha'Torah: nevuah. We started off by trying to guess what the Rambam included in his formulation of the ikkar of nevuah. We then read his definition of that ikkar in his Intro to Perek Chelek and tried to make sense of what he was saying. We ended off by reading his definition of nevuah, his description of neviim, and his account of the process of getting nevuah. Suffice it to say, there is a LOT to unpack here! We did manage to explain some of it, but we're definitely going to have to revisit it next week and see what we can decipher. One thing is for certain: if we can't understand the halachos of nevuah, there's no way we can become neviim!
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, סנהדרין, הקדמה לפרק חלק
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ז:א
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Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed
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