Rambam Bekius

Rambam: On Being Paid for Torah - Part 1 (Avos 4:7)

October 07, 2021 Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss Season 6 Episode 7
Rambam Bekius
Rambam: On Being Paid for Torah - Part 1 (Avos 4:7)
Show Notes

This afternoon (10/7/21) we took a brief detour from Hilchos Talmud Torah to read through the Rambam's famous diatribe against "profiting" from Torah, in his commentary to Avos 4:7 (or 4:5, depending on your edition). We began with the Aruch ha'Shulchan's concise summary of the heter that the world relies on, just so we can have a point of contrast, and then we read through the Rambam's lengthy remarks. Our goal was to finish the whole thing today (since aren't scheduled to meet again until Monday), and it got kind of rushed at the end, but we definitely have our work cut out for us. We plan on beginning our next session with the Rambam's codification of his view later on in Hilchos Talmud Torah.
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מקורות:
ערוך השולחן יורדה דעה סימן רמה סעיף יד
אבות ד:ז
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות ד:ז
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This week's Torah content has been sponsored by an anonymous donor, in memory of her grandmother, Golda Henya bat Devora a"h.
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This week's Torah content has been sponsored by an anonymous donor, in memory of her grandmother, Golda Henya bat Devora a"h.
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