This closing class reviews some of the principles and explores how Maimonides counted negative and positive commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM23.
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Jun 20, 2022
43 min
This class deals with the question of how to count the punishments as distinct commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM22.
Jun 14, 2022
41 min
This class looks at some of the ways that Maimonides identifies "parts" and "whole" commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM21.
May 23, 2022
51 min
This class begins the discussion of how Maimonides distinguished between whole commandments and parts of commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/SHm20.
May 16, 2022
42 min
This class evaluates two distinct complications of the lav shebe-khlalot prohibitions in the second half of Principle Nine. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM19.
May 9, 2022
39 min
This class introduces the second half of Principle 9 and the various ways that Maimonides defines the talmudic term lav shebe-khlalot (loosely, overly broad prohibitive language) . Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/Shm18.
May 2, 2022
46 min
This class focuses on the first half of Principle 9 and investigates the ramifications of Maimonides's claims that repeated verses teach a single commandment and the violation of each negative incurs just one punishment. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM17.
Apr 11, 2022
43 min
This class introduces Principle #9 and outlines some evidence that Maimonides uses for identifying distinct "concepts" that constitute distinct commandments. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/Shm16.
Apr 4, 2022
45 min
This class considers the scope of Maimonides's insistence to count only prohibitions ("do not") and not negations ("is not). Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/ShM15
Mar 28, 2022
46 min
This class explores Maimonides's attempts to identify different "manifestations" or "expressions" of a single commandment. Sources are available here: https://bit.ly/Shm14
Mar 21, 2022
45 min
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