DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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Today's Mitzvah
Shevat 8, 5772 · February 1, 2012
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 in-depth track.

Positive Commandment 246
Laws of Claims

"In every case of trespass...in which one can say: 'This is it'"—Exodus 22:8.

We are commanded to adjudicate monetary cases between litigants [according to the laws outlined in the Torah].

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Positive Commandment 248
Laws of Inheritance

"If a man dies and he has no son..."—Numbers 27:8.

We are commanded regarding the laws of inheritance [to follow the inheritance laws detailed in the Torah]. Included in this mitzvah is that the firstborn receives a double portion from his father's estate.

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