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Daily Rambam, clause by clause.
Rambam - 3 Chapters a Day offers close, sequential study of Mishneh Torah, moving through each halacha with transliteration, translation, and explanation. Recent lessons dwell on marriage law, ketubah obligations, inheritance, dowry categories, widow support, and calendar calculations.
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Rambam - 3 Chapters a Day presents Mishneh Torah as a disciplined daily learning practice. The format is direct. A chapter is introduced, the halacha is read or transliterated, and the ruling is translated into workable English before the lesson advances. Recent episodes spend sustained time in the laws concerning marriage. The material is technical and often financial. It covers ketubah obligations, dowry valuation, inheritance priority, widow maintenance, claims against heirs, property seized before or after death, and the difference between iron sheep property and malug property. The show also tracks how rulings change when a woman is betrothed, married, widowed, awaiting yibbum, or seeking collection through a court. These are not quick thematic reflections. They are clause-by-clause legal studies, with repeated attention to conditions, exceptions, and procedural consequences. Terms are often defined before the lesson continues. That makes the density more manageable without softening the material. A listener hears how a ruling depends on timing, custom, oath, vow, ownership, liability, and the status of the people involved. The same method appears in the chapter on calendar calculation. There, the lesson turns from marriage law to calendar calculation, explaining solar years, lunar months, tekufot, fractional parts, and the nineteen-year cycle. The show’s rhythm is consistent across topics. It asks what the text says, what the terms mean, and what follows in practice. Its editorial strength lies in patience and sequence. It suits learners who want Rambam studied in order rather than summarized loosely. The result is austere, precise, and quietly useful for serious Mishneh Torah study.
Made for: For listeners following the Rambam cycle or studying Mishneh Torah with attention to halachic structure, terminology, and practical distinctions. It best suits learners comfortable with technical Jewish legal vocabulary.
What sets it apart: The show keeps close contact with the text, moving from source phrase to translation to legal consequence with minimal digression. Its strength is careful sequencing rather than commentary-driven personality.
The Mishneh Torah was the Rambam's (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) magnum opus, a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all of the laws mentioned in the Torah. To this day it is the only work that details all of Jewish observance, including those laws which are only applicable when the Holy Temple is in place. Participating in one of the annual study cycles of these laws (3 chapters/day, 1 chapter/day, or Sefer Hamitzvot) is a way we can play a small but essential part in rebuilding the final Temple.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A methodical halakhic lesson series that makes demanding legal and astronomical reasoning easier to follow.
Rambam - 3 Chapters a Day proceeds halacha by halacha, pairing Hebrew formulations with direct English explanation. The host treats each chapter as a sustained lesson, defining legal categories before following their consequences through specific cases.
A widow's ksuba and lunar fractions: your love of exact distinctions has room to roam.
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Chapter 22 traces when a husband's inheritance rights begin and extends the discussion into related shemeres yavam rules.
Chapter 22 follows the husband's precedence in inheriting his wife with careful attention to sequence. It keeps the key turning point clear: she leaves her father's jurisdiction, even before chupa.
A measured account of marriage duties, custom, and the rules meant to preserve peace.
Chapter 21 of the Laws Concerning Marriage stays focused on the practical side of married life, moving from a wife's finds and handiwork to the local customs around weaving, embroidery, and spinning.
A careful walk through marriage support, inheritance, and collection rules.
Rambam's treatment of parnasa stays close to the ground. It works through the basic rule first: if a father does not name an amount for his daughter's marriage gift, the gift cannot fall below the clothing allowance for a poor wife, using the older 50 zuz standard as the…
A careful lesson on widow support, ksuba claims, and the limits of movable property.
Rambam on the Line stays close to one legal question: when a widow keeps getting support from the heirs, and when certain steps tied to the ksuba cut that off.
A clear map of dowry liability, ksuba collection, and a widow's oath.
The chapter breaks down two kinds of property a woman brings into the marriage. One falls under the husband's responsibility, where he takes the loss and keeps the gain. The other stays under the wife's control, where she takes the loss and he keeps the profit.
A careful lesson in tekufah and Jewish calendar calculation.
Chapter 9 of Hilchas Kiddush HaChoiddish leans into calendar arithmetic without softening it. It walks through the tekufah of Nissan, the competing estimates of the solar year, the nineteen-year cycle, and the additions and subtractions needed to reach the date.
A careful primer in lunar calculation, where halacha meets the geometry of the sky.
Chapter 11 of Rambam's Laws of Kiddush HaChodesh turns to method, laying out the astronomy and arithmetic behind the calculations that decide whether the moon will be visible on the night of Rosh Chodesh.
Daily halacha, case by case.
Parsha questions carried into serious Torah argument.
The lesson moves through Chapter 21 of the Laws Concerning Marriage as a study of marriage duties, ownership, and household order.
The chapter opens with the sages' ordinance that a man should set aside part of his property to help his daughter marry.
Chapter 22 opens with the Rambam's rule that the husband comes first in his wife's inheritance.
Halacha Aleph starts with the widow's mezonos.
This episode explains Chapter 19 of the Laws of Marriage in Jewish law, focusing on how male children inherit their mother's ksubah and dowry, with detailed analysis from the Rambam.
This episode explains Chapter 17 of the Laws of Marriage in Rambam, focusing on the rules for multiple wives collecting their ksuba (marriage contract) after a husband's death, including priority based on marriage order and oath requirements.
Halacha Aleph starts with dowry property.
Chapter 9 is calculation first.
Chapter 11 begins with calculation.
This episode explains Chapter 5 of Hilchas Kiddush HaChodesh, detailing the laws for establishing Rosh Chodesh and festival dates when direct contact with the Sanhedrin in Israel is not possible.
This episode explains the laws for extending the Jewish calendar year by adding an extra month of Adar to ensure Pesach always occurs in springtime, covering 17 halachic rules.
This episode is a lecture on Chapter 3 of Hilchas Kiddush HaChoidesh from the Mishneh Torah, covering 18 laws about witnesses testifying about the new moon at the Bezden.
This episode introduces the first chapter of Hilchas Kiddush HaChodesh, explaining the mitzvah of calculating and fixing the new moon in the Jewish lunar calendar.
This episode explains the uses of the shekel donation money in the Beis Hamikdash, specifically for purchasing daily sacrifices, festival offerings, wine, and salt, as detailed in chapter 4 of the laws.