Mishneh Torah

Who Wrote the Torah According to the Torah?

Who Wrote the Torah According to the Torah?Jewish and Christian tradition ascribes authorship of the Pentateuch to Moses in the 13th century B.C.E. Is this what the Pentateuch itself implies about who wrote it and when? Prof.Christopher A. RollstonWho Wrote the Torah According to the Torah?People participate in helping a scribe complete a Torah scroll….

Mishneh Torah commentaries:

We’ve added the following 35 Mishneh Torah commentaries: Even Ha’azel, Ohr Sameach, Benei Ahuvah, Benei Binyamin, Birkat Avraham, Divrei Shaul Edut BeYosef, Haggahot Kevod Melakhim, Har HaMoriyah, Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger, Annotations of R’ Yeshaya Berlin, Binah LeIttim, Chemdat Yisrael, Cheshek Shlomo, Yekhahen Pe’er, Yitzchak Yeranen, Lechem Shamayim, Maharam of Padua, Ma’asai LaMelekh, Seder Mishnah,…

Aramaic Thoughts 8

Aramaic Literature 8 The Mishnah The eleventh treatise in Mo’ed is called Katan (half-feasts). Originally it was called Mashkin, from the first word in the treatise. It deals with the middle days of Passover and Tabernacles, that is, those days between the first two and the last two days of the particular festivals. However, as…

Positive Commandments א מִצְוָה רִאשׁוֹנָה מִמִּצְווֹת עֲשֵׂה, לֵידַע שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁם אֱלוֹהַּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר “אָנֹכִי ה’ אֱלֹהֶיךָ” (שמות כ,ב; דברים ה,ו). 1 The first of the positive commandments is to know that there exists God, as it is written “I am the LORD, thy God” (Exodus 20,2; Deuteronomy 5,6). ב לְיַחֲדוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר “ה’ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, ה’ אֶחָד” (דברים ו,ד). 2 …