It is a positive commandment of the Torah to relate the miracles and wonders wrought for our ancestors in Egypt on the night of the 15th of Nissan, as it is written (Exodus 13:3): "Remember this day when you left Egypt," similar to the obligation (Exodus 20:8): "Remember the Sabbath day."

How do we know this is on the night of the 15th? This is taught by the words (Exodus 13:8): "And you shall tell your child on that day, saying: 'It is because of this..." which indicate it is to be done at the time when matzah and marror are placed before you.

This mitzvah applies even when one does not have a child to tell. Even wise sages who know it well are obligated to tell about the Exodus from Egypt. Whoever elaborates upon the events which transpired is worthy of praise.

(Mishneh Torah, Chametz and Matzah 7:1)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Passover #Pesach #Exodus #Seder #Haggadah

It is a postiive commandment of the Torah to eat matzah on the night of the fifteenth of Nissan, as it is written (Exodus 12:18): "In the evening, you shall eat matzot." This applies in every place and time. ...
The early sages would starve themselves on the day before Passover in order to eat the matzah with an appetite and make the mitzvot precious.
(Mishneh Torah, Chametz and Matzah 6:1-12)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Passover #Pesach #Matzah

"[A]s far back as our sources go, #Judaism teaches about a deeper layer in #marriage. The #Torah tells us that Isaac did indeed love his wife Rebekah when they got married (even though they did meet through a matchmaker!).

In fact, #Maimonides, in one of the most authoritative legal codes, states that “a man should honor his wife more than himself and love her as himself.” A loving, emotional connection is an expectation in a #Jewish marriage.

Mystically, the Torah tells us that a man and wife are in fact two halves of a whole; their souls are destined for each other from before they are even born, and seek to reconnect with and complete each other. Every marriage is an expression of this longing and fulfillment."

https://jewinthecity.com/2025/03/debunking-myths-surrounding-orthodox-jewish-marriage/

Although memories of the suffering endured by our people will one day be nullified, as Isaiah (65:16) prophesied: "For the former suffering will be forgotten and for they will be hidden from My eye," the celebration of Purim will never be nullified, as it is written (Esther 9:28): "And these days of Purim will not pass from among the Jews, nor will their remembrance cease from their descendants."
(Mishneh Torah, Megillah and Chanukah 2:17)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Purim

It is better to increase in gifts to the poor than to increase the size of the Purim feast or food portions sent to friends. For there is no greater and more splendid joy than to gladden the hearts of the poor, the orphans, the widows, and the converts. One who gladdens the hearts of the downtrodden resembles the Divine Presence, which Isaiah (57:15) describes as always there "to revive the spirit of the lowly and the broken hearted."
(Mishneh Torah, Megillah and Chanukah 2:17)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Purim #charity

Die Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu #Kiel macht eine Ringvorlesung, die ganz interessant werden könnte: „Die deutsch-#jüdisch​e Moderne“, jeweils dienstags, 18.15–19.30 Uhr, und zwar auch als Livestream.

https://www.litwiss-online.uni-kiel.de/juedische-moderne/

#CAU #HeinrichHeine #KarlKraus #ErnstLubitsch #ElseLaskerSchüler #PaulCelan #LeoStrauss #Maimonides #FranzKafka #RichardBeerHofmann #WalterBenjamin #FranzRosenzweig #Wolfgang Hildesheimer #JüdischeLyrikerinnen

Moses Maimonides. Photogravure. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain.

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/07/23/moses-maimonides-photogravure-wellcome-collection-public-domain/

#Maimonides and the Rise and Fall of the #Sabians - Explaining Mosaic Laws and the Limits of Scholarship
https://www.academia.edu/7155172/Maimonides_and_the_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Sabians_Explaining_Mosaic_Laws_and_the_Limits_of_Scholarship

#Wikipedia / Controversy over "Redemption of Captives" Entry on Wikipedia Amid Efforts to Sway Public Opinion

The demand for the return of the Israeli captives held by Hamas for 150 days has led to an embarrassing war around the value of "redemption of captives" (Hebrew: פידיון שבויים) on the Wikipedia. Until recently, the entry dealing with the commandment of returning captives focused on #Maimonides' interpretation that "there is no greater commandment than the redemption of captives." However, observant surfers noticed that since October 26th, the entry has been changed several times, and qualifications to the commandment were introduced - in what appears to be an attempt to sway public opinion.

#N12 [Hebrew] https://www.mako.co.il/news-money/tech12/Article-3c80120a88a0e81026.htm

... further questions to @yuvalne 😃

@israel
#IsraelHamasWar
#Judaism
#CognitiveWarfare
#SocialMedia

" The Guide for the Perplexed" sits as yet unread on my bookshelf. I'll get round to it at some point, I hope.

Alberto Manguel's "Maimonides: Faith in Reason" uses this Cordoban statue for an illustration and notes it was erected in 1964.

I'd like to know more about the decision to commemorate the great Jewish philosopher in the city of his birth. At the time of the Civil War, Francoist rhetoric had an ugly antisemitic streak. What had changed by the sixties? Was it a purely local initiative?

#Maimonides #Judaism #Cordoba #Spain #SpanishHistory #Philosophy

Maimónides | Turismo de Córdoba

https://www.turismodecordoba.org/maimonides3#

#ArthurHyman - What is #Immortality?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-RTuM12YcY

#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfReligion #Religion #God #Resurrection #Afterlife #WorldToCome #Heaven #Earth #EndTimes #EndTime #GardenOfEden #Maimonides #MosesBenMaimon #Rambam #Torah #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn

@ebhh_hochschule Danke, da frage ich gerne nach! Mir ist #Bildung in der deutschsprachigen #Mystik seit #MeisterEckhart bekannt, der sich wiederum vielfach auf „Rabbi Moyses“ - #Maimonides - bezog. Gibt es ältere Fundstellen? 🤔📚🙏

@Gutemiene Sorry, aber die Abhandlungen zu 1. Mose 1,27 bei #Maimonides und dann bei #MeisterEckhart sind deutlich komplexer als das. Vorsicht vor Halbwissen als Halb-Bildung… 😉📚🖖

@c_stroebele

Habe bei #Maimonides den „Führer der Unschlüssigen“ dazu gelesen, bei Meister Eckhart bereits mehrere Werke & die Biografie von Joel F. Hartington. Überlege, nächstes Jahr noch tiefer zu bohren. Wollen wir uns dazu ggf. einmal in persona austauschen? Würde mich freuen! 🙏📚👍

@AbyssCannonball

Danke, @AbyssCannonball - an genau dieser Frage arbeite ich gerade sehr. Ich habe #Bildung am 9.11.23 im #LandtagBW als „schönsten Begriff“ der deutschen Sprache bezeichnet & versuche ihn derzeit mit #MeisterEckhart neu zu durchdringen. Dieser sprach sich (Anfang 14. Jahrhundert!) für die gleichberechtigte weltliche & religiöse Bildung auch von Frauen aus, da es eine „ewige“ Aufgabe aller Menschen sei. Den Grundgedanken dafür hatte er wiederum von #Maimonides… 🤔📚🤷‍♂️ https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/files/Landtag9Nov23BlumeAntisemitismusPlenumsrede.pdf

A prescription for lemonade.
#Maimonides #lemonade

How many candles do we light on Chanukah? The mitzvah is that each household light one candle, regardless of whether it contains many people or only one. One who wishes to beautify the mitzvah lights a candle for every member of the household, both men and women.
One who wishes to beautify further and do the mitzvah in the finest manner lights one candle for each individual on the first night, and adds an additional candle on each of the subsequent nights.
(Mishneh Torah, Megillah and Chanukah 4:1)
#Maimonides #Chanukah #Menorah

If a teacher does not follow a proper path, even if they are very wise and the entire nation depends upon them, do not study from them until they improve, as it states (Malachi 2:7): "For a priest's lips perpetuate knowledge; seek Torah from his mouth, because he is a messenger of the Lord of Hosts." The sages explained: If a teacher resembles "a messenger of the Lord of Hosts," seek Torah from his mouth; if not, do not seek Torah from his mouth.
(Mishneh Torah, Torah Study 4:1)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Torah

I'm adding this t-shirt to my #Xmas list. I really LOL'ed at the name of the guy selling the shirts: “#Maimonides Nutz” https://instagram.com/reel/Czj5Z1tP-_N/?igshid=OWlqZDNyY2p0Y2xs
BTW give Dan McClellan (@maklelan on most platforms) a follow while you are at it. Great stuff. Even this #atheist loves his stuff.

When the Jewish people defeated their enemies, it was the 25th of Kislev. They entered the sanctuary of the Temple, but could only find one jar of pure olive oil there, and it only had enough to light for one day. They lit the lamps of the Menorah from it for eight days, until they had crushed olives and produced more pure oil. Therefore, the sages of that generation established that the eight days beginning on the 25th of Kislev be days of celebration and praise. We light lamps in the evening at the entrance of the house on each of the eight nights to publicize the miracle. These days are called Chanukah.
(Mishneh Torah, Megillah and Chanukah 3:3)
#Maimonides #MishnehTorah #Chanukah