Rabbi Avi Geller - Journey Through the Mitzvot - Part 7

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

thank you today we begin book number six of maimonides the book of pledging I call it the book of expression right and here we have a concept called an oath and a vowel and nedder now in English these two terms might be synonymous but in Hebrew terms might be synonymous but in Hebrew there are two separate Concepts is on the person I I am forbidden to eat apples and a vow is on the object apples are forbidden to me so we begin the Rama says not this we're falsely in God's name right we have the Ten Commandments right do not take God's name in vain I'm sure you remember Perry Mason when the guy comes to the witness Court put your hands on the Bible raise your right hand do you swear tell the truth whole truth nothing but the truth so whole truth nothing but the truth so help me write it did you murder your wife no not me did you invest your business oh no not me do you believe the guy do you believe the guy but he put us out of the Bible right so we don't believe anyway why bother making him put himself in the Bible I don't believe him anyway and the answer to that is it was once a time when even the non-jews were very much afraid of perjury they would not put their hands on the Bible if they didn't say a statement that wasn't true put in your hand to the Bible means you're taking God as a

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2. 5:42known at the time you just didn't know I couldn't know my grandma made apple pie…
3. 11:21and the Levites have to represent the Jewish people in the temple it has to be…
4. 16:55that's the idea estimated values and vows of interesting so a person can as can donate…
5. 23:04thing you did was you left one corner for the poor that was called the payoff…
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7. 34:18stranger the Widow and and and the Widow that's the uh that's the the type that…
8. 40:26verse 20. in chapter 25 of Leviticus right if you'll say what would you eat in…
9. 46:06right right but the opulence and the poverty right in our society after 70 every 50…
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