Day #256–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

it is day number 256 of our daily study of RA and in the three chapters of day study track of M we are starting a new section of laws that means the laws of one who causes bodily harm or injury um we're in the safer nikin remember there are 14 volumes or books of mishna TOA so we're in the book called Zin which means damages and we started off with n m monetary damages which really means property damage or Tor and then we spoke about uh theft and robbery and lost objects in other words till now we've been speaking about damage of property uh now we're going to start talking about bodily injury personal injury uh which which is what means means specifically one who causes bodily harm all right so our mitz for today we have one commandment positive commandment 236 and that is the Commandment that comprises the body of Jewish law that must be followed in cases of bodily injury in other words where one party injures another party There Are Rules how the bezden the rabinal court is to adjudicate such cases including the uh penalties the monetary penalties which are assessed in such cases um many people are familiar with an i for an i which does not mean that we poke out the eye of somebody who injured somebody else's eye but rather what it means is they pay for the damage of the eye and specifically there are five forms of compensation there is compensating for the devaluation of the injured person uh there's the pain that the injured person sustains there's the medical bills there's lost work right lost wages unemployment and finally there is the shame the emotional pain or the embarrassment so this Mitzvah we're learning today is the Mitzvah that we are to follow the laws that the Torah has given us how to adjudicate these cases of personal injury where one person has hurt another person that's our Mitzvah today and we will see you again for more tomorrow God willing and