Title: Kitāb al-farāʾid
Subtitle: id est, Constitutiones de jurejurando.
First published: 1931
Description: Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (known as Rambam or Maimonides) was the acknowledged leader of Spanish Jewry during the twelfth century, and is today widely recognized as one of the leading Torah authorities in all of Jewish history. Sefer haMitzvoth (Book of the Commandments) was one of his most significant works. In it, he drew upon the vast spectrum of rabbinic literature as he enumerated and explained the most fundamental teachings of Judaism--each and every one of the taryag mitzvoth, the 613 commandments. At the same time, he clarified the principles used in determining which precepts were to be included in this number.
Subjects: Bible, Biblical teaching, Charity laws and legislation (Jewish law), Commandments (Judaism), Commentaries, Customs and practices, Doctrines, Early works to 1800, Facsimiles, Hebrew language, Idols and images, Incunabula, Jewish Philosophy, Jewish ethics, Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts, Jewish law, Judaism, Latin American literature, Liturgy, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Other gods, Poor, Property (Jewish law), Repentance, Repentance (Judaism), Rosh Hodesh, Shehitah, Six hundred and thirteen Commandments, Talmud Torah (Judaism), Ten commandments, Texts and translations, Textual Criticism, Torts (Jewish law), Works to 1900, Worship (Jewish law), Apologetic works, Jews, Resurrection (Jewish theology)
Places: Budapest, Hungary, Yemen
People: Moses Maimonides (1135-1204)