Mishneh Torah

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Mishneh Torah is a comprehensive 12th-century Jewish legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all of Jewish law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal code
halakhic work
rabbinic literature
aim to present the entire Oral Law systematically
to provide a clear, organized code of Jewish law
alternativeName Yad HaChazaka
linked to: Yad ha-Chazakah

Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Ḥazakah
linked to: Yad ha-Chazakah
author Maimonides
Moses ben Maimon
linked to: Maimonides
canonicalStatus major work of halakhic codification
contains laws of Sabbath
laws of courts and judges
laws of damages
laws of divorce
laws of festivals
laws of idolatry
laws of kashrut
laws of kings and wars
laws of marriage
laws of prayer
laws of repentance
laws of ritual purity
laws of sacrifices
laws of the Temple service
dateWritten 12th century
deniesNeedFor Talmudic source citations in the code itself
genre code of law
hasCommentary Kesef Mishneh
Lechem Mishneh
Magid Mishneh
Mishneh LaMelech
historicalPeriod medieval Jewish philosophy and law
includesSection Sefer Ahavah
Sefer Avodah
Sefer HaMadda
Sefer Haflaah
linked to: Sefer Zemanim

Sefer Kedushah
Sefer Kinyan
linked to: Sefer Nezikin

Sefer Korbanot
linked to: Sefer Avodah

Sefer Mishpatim
Sefer Nashim
linked to: Sefer Zemanim

Sefer Nezikin
Sefer Shoftim
Sefer Taharah
Sefer Zemanim
Sefer Zeraim
influenced Shulchan Aruch
later halakhic codes
language Hebrew
notableFor clear and concise Hebrew style
systematic organization of all areas of Jewish law
numberOfBooks 14
placeWritten Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
religion Judaism
structure organized into 14 books
subject Jewish law
halakha
titleMeaning Repetition of the Torah
linked to: Torah reading
usedBy Sephardi communities
linked to: Sephardi Jews

Yemenite Jewish communities
linked to: Yemenite Jews

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Talmud influenced Mishneh Torah
Kashrut basedOnText Mishneh Torah
Halakha codifiedIn Mishneh Torah
Maimonides mainWork Mishneh Torah
Arba’ah Turim precededBy Mishneh Torah
Joseph Karo commentaryOn Mishneh Torah
Tur precededBy Mishneh Torah
Gezerot codifiedIn Mishneh Torah
Jewish printing associatedWithWork Mishneh Torah editions
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Musaf prayer codifiedIn Mishneh Torah
Geonic responsa influenced Mishneh Torah of Maimonides
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Yad ha-Chazakah alternateName Mishneh Torah
Yad ha-Chazakah notableSection Hilchot Yesodei ha-Torah
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Yad ha-Chazakah notableSection Hilchot Deot
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Sefer HaMadda partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer HaMadda contains Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Sefer Ahavah partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Ahavah hasPart Hilchot Tefillin u’Mezuzah v’Sefer Torah
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Sefer Zemanim partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Avodah partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Mishpatim partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Mishpatim workIncluded Hilchot Nachalot
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Sefer Mishpatim workIncluded Hilchot Chovel uMazik
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Sefer Mishpatim workIncluded Hilchot Sanhedrin
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Sefer Mishpatim workIncluded Hilchot Nizkei Mammon
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Sefer Mishpatim componentOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Zeraim partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Shoftim partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Shoftim containsSection Hilchot Sanhedrin
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Sefer Shoftim containsSection Hilchot Melachim uMilchamot
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Commentary on the Mishnah influenced Mishneh Torah
Blessings of the Shema codifiedIn Mishneh Torah
Kesef Mishneh commentaryOn Mishneh Torah
Lechem Mishneh mainWorkCommentedOn Mishneh Torah
Sefer Kedushah partOf Mishneh Torah
Sefer Taharah partOf Mishneh Torah
Mishneh LaMelech mainSubject Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Mishneh LaMelech commentaryOn Mishneh Torah
Sefer Nezikin partOf Mishneh Torah
Magid Mishneh mainWorkCommentedOn Mishneh Torah
The Turim predecessor Mishneh Torah
ביכורים מפורטים_ב רמב"ם הלכות ביכורים
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Leviticus 18:5 citedIn Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Yesodei ha-Torah
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Seder Tohorot hasCommentary Rambam Mishneh Torah (as codification)
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Baladi rite influencedBy Rambam’s Mishneh Torah
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Dor Daim tradition prioritizes Mishneh Torah
Dor Daim tradition influencedBy Mishneh Torah of Maimonides
linked to: Mishneh Torah
Posek usesSources Mishneh Torah