The Maimonides Minute

Join the Maimonides Minute for the rerelease of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. Today we continue with the laws of matzah, including the prohibition of eating matzah on erev Pesach, and the necessity of the afikoman being the last thing that a person eats at the Seder. This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. Today we start looking at the laws of eating matzah on the first night of Pesach – namely, what is the exact nature of the obligation, and what kind of matzah is acceptable to fulfill the mitzvah. This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. This shiur examines the laws of hag’alah – that is, kashering vessels so that they may be used for Pesach. This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. Today we continue with additional details of forbidden and permitted products, such as animal food and edible soaps, and we also discuss the propriety of adding spices and flavorings to matzah. This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. What are the restrictions on baking on Pesach? At what point must one begin to watch the grain to ensure that it does not come into contact with water? What is the concept of “mayim shelanu”? This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. Today’s shiur deals with the process of making chametz: what types of grain can become chametz? Under what circumstances do they become chametz? Does fruit juice added to grain create chametz just as water does? And how do kitniyot fit into this discussion? This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. This shiur offers additional conditions regarding the sale of chametz to a non-Jew, as well as details about which types of chametz a person is allowed to own over Pesach. This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. In this shiur, we discuss the twin prohibitions of “bal yera’eh” and “bal yimatzeh” – that is, possessing chametz during Pesach – and their numerous ramifications. This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. In this shiur, we discuss the concept of bitul chametz (nullifying chametz), the times that bitul does not work, and the paradoxical idea that even if one does not destroy his chametz, the Torah nevertheless takes it out of his possession, while simultaneously considering it “his” chametz such that he violates the prohibition of owning chametz. This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.

Join the Maimonides Minute for the re-release of our series on the Rambam’s laws of Passover. In today’s shiur we discuss what one should do with the chametz he leaves over after bedikat chametz, how a person checks for chametz when erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, and at what point the requirement to check for chametz expires if a person failed to do bedikat chametz on erev Pesach. This shiur is sponsored in memory of Chava bas Pesya and Yehuda ben Avraham. To subscribe to Jewish Coffee House’s Patreon page to get bonus episodes, including lots of divrei Torah for the Pesach Seder, go to https://www.patreon.com/jewishcoffeehouse.