Today’s Mitzvah

Parshas Bereishis

Note: The Shabbos Torah Reading is divided into 7 sections. Each section is called an Aliya [literally: Go up] since for each Aliya, one person “goes up” to make a bracha [blessing] on the Torah Reading. In the beginning G-d created separate and different creations. Each of these separate and different creations has its own…

INTENT BY A MITZVAH

INTENT BY A MITZVAH They sent to the father of Shmuel a halachah that if the Persians forced someone to eat matzah on Pesach night, he has fulfilled his obligation. Rava states that this would indicate that one who blows a shofar on Rosh Hashanah for the purpose of playing a song (or to…

Today’s Mitzvah A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work “Sefer Hamitzvot” Important Message Regarding This Lesson The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides’ 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the…

Today’s Mitzvah

Iyar 12, 5774 · May 12, 2014 Today’s Mitzvah A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work “Sefer Hamitzvot” Fallen Stalks “The gleanings of your harvest you shall not harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger”—Leviticus 23:22. We are commanded to leave [for the poor] the leket [stalks that fall to the ground in…

BLESSING OF OBEDIENCE

Lev 26:1 BLESSING OF OBEDIENCE Ye shall make work you no idols nor graven image sculptile , neither rear you up raise a standing image monolith , neither shall ye set up give any image imagery of stone in your land, to bow down prostrate unto it: for I am the LORD I – Yah…

The Nullification of Vows

Positive Commandment 95 The Nullification of Vows We are commanded to practice the Torah-mandated procedure in the event that a vow is to be annulled. (This commandment is somewhat based on the verse [Numbers 30:3] “he shall not profane his word,” from which the Sages deduce that the one who enacted the vow may not…

Today’s Mitzvah

Adar II 9, 5774 · March 11, 2014 Today’s Mitzvah A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work “Sefer Hamitzvot” AUDIO & VIDEO CLASSES • VIDEO CLASS: Rabbi Mendel Kaplan Watch • Listen • AUDIO CLASS: Rabbi Berel Bell Listen • MP3 Download Important Message Regarding This Lesson The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides’ 14-volume…