This afternoon (1/10/21), in our Rambam Bekius chavurah, we wrapped up our tangential exploration of the topic of Mosaic semichah. We began with the Rambam's idea for how to restore Mosaic semichah. Suffice it to say, we experienced more confusion than clarity - some of which stemmed from our lack of familiarity with earlier chapters in Hilchos Sanhedrin, and some of which stemmed from the text itself. I made the executive decision to turn up the bekius on the "Rambam Bekius" meter for today, rather than delve DEEPER into these sugyos, so that we could resume our original point of departure in Hilchos Talmud Torah 5:4, which we'll continue tomorrow (בג"ה).
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רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם ד:יא-טו; טז:ב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, סנהדרין א:ג
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