Day #254–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

[Music] today is day number 254 of our daily study and in the three chapters of day study track of M We are continuing Ina laws of robbery and lost objects chapters 13 14 and 15 and today's Mitzvah we have just one Mitzvah positive commandment returning a stolen item this is what is stated in the to inro heyim that's icus 5:23 he shall return the stolen object now I'm going to teach a term a technical term in Hebrew which I have not taught yet even though we are way more than halfway through our yearly cycle uh and that is love Shen a means a do not Thou shalt not a Prohibition right like we have 365 prohibitions out of the 613 Mitzvah a say means do Thou shalt you should do it uh like the 248 positive Commandments out of the 613 commandments so all sh means a negative Commandment that gets looked let's call it deferred or turned into a positive commandment what does that mean it means you talk about two different Commandments but there is a positive commandment which is the remedy for transgression God forbid of the negative commandment and in this case what is it there's a Prohibition don't steal right like we've learned but let's say God forbid somebody does transgress so then it devolves upon him or her to return the stolen object now now he or she has a positive commandment to return that object and uh that itself is a separate Mitzvah positive Mitzvah to return the stolen object and as we've learned before if it's only returned after denying with an oath that uh the object is in his or her possession then like we said there's a penalty of a fifth and um that fifth as we've explained explained before is not a fifth of the principle it's a fifth of the end amount when you take the penalty and add it to the principal so the additional amount is a fifth of that total amount we've explained this formula uh in in previous classes okay that is our mitzvah for today we will see you again for more tomorrow God willing