Mishnah
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Rebels Without a Pause: Diving into the pertinent Laws of Mamreem?
This MishnahWalk session introduces Rambam’s Mishneh Torah, Laws of Mamre (rebellious sages): Supreme Sanhedrin’s authority (Deut 17:8-11), obligation to heed consensus rulings, death penalty only for sage rebellion, differences post-Sanhedrin, strict/lenient in doubt (Torah vs. rabbinic), and practical application today.
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Rambam’s Intro to Mishnah ch3-4
This MishnahWalk session resumes Rambam’s Introduction to his Mishnah commentary (Chapter 3–4): transmission of oral Torah from Moses through Joshua, elders, prophets, Men of the Great Assembly to Yehuda HaNasi; categories of oral law (direct from Moses, derived uncontested, disputed derivations); halakha leMoshe miSinai as undisputed, non-scriptural traditions.
