(SHIUR) Ki Tavo: How We Know It's a Mitzvah to Have Good Middos (and Why We Should Care)

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (9/19/24), in lieu of our regularly scheduled Pirkei Avos Shiur for women, we took up a question on the parashah that I'm trying to write about for this week's article. This is a good example of how, if you keep asking questions even when you think you've reached the end of the line, you'll sometimes break through to a new vista with new discoveries waiting to be made. I set out to give a shiur on the parashah which includes some methodology for understanding mitzvos, but we ended with an enhanced appreciation of this particular mitzvah and its place in the system.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: עשה ח
משנה תורה: הקדמה, מנין המצוות, עשה ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות א:ה
ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם - שו"ת סג
יד פשוטה - הלכות דעות א:א
נצי"ב - דברים כח:ט
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