This afternoon (10/11/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we continued our exploration of the Rambam's view on the permissibility of being paid to learn, teach, or adjudicate Torah. We began with his (vehement) codification of his view in the Mishneh Torah. We then read and discussed the foonotes of R' Makbili (the editor of the critical edition of the Mishneh Torah we use), looking up some of the relevant primary sources he references and adding a few of our own. By now we have gathered the bulk of the facts we'll need to analyze the Rambam's view tomorrow (God willing).
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ג:י-יא
הערות מיוחאי מקבילי ברמב"ם המבואר ומדויק שם
הערות הרב יוסף קאפח שם
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, אבות ד:ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר זמנים, הלכות שקלים ד:ד,ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ה:י-יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, הלכות תפילין ומזוזה וספר תורה ה:ד:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות עבודה זרה יא:יא-יב
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