Day #276–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

today is day number 276 of our daily study of and in the three chapters of day study track we're finishing Hil it's 12 chapters so today's 10 11 and 12 and that means we've been doing it for four days today's the fourth day we've been doing that and that means we've been learning the same mitzvah for four days and I explain to you why that is the way we study SE Mitzvah is not in order of the Mitzvah as they appear in of Mitzvah but rather the way that the Mitzvah correspond to whatever subject matter is currently being studied in the three chapters day of Misha and as we explained um there is no specific Mitzvah that has to do with Zana and as I've said Z means taking ownership over something that was ownerless what's called Hafer and Matana means a gift taking ownership over something because the previous owner has gifted it okay so let's do our Mitzvah today uh positive 245 and that is the torah's Commandment to follow the Torah laws about how to con how to transfer ownership through sale okay specifically the Mitzvah is about transferring ownership through sale buying and selling although as we've mentioned in the previous days there's a lot of overlap with transferring ownership in other ways as well okay now just to share something with you because uh we've been doing this mitzah for a few days I want to share something new with you at the very end of today's three chapters of rahama meaning at the end of the last chapter right before we finish this section of the Raam tells us an interesting fact he tells us that the truly righteous meaning to say he's he's not saying that this is a requirement you don't have to do this but he's he's letting us know about what he calls the really lofty righteous people people okay that they would not receive gifts why because King Solomon says in his Proverbs that somebody who literally hates gifts um will will live and I'll tell you an interesting story from the gar inin base 44b uh it says that rebaler the Tana the sage of the mishna whenever he would be sent a present or an invitation to attend the house of the Nasi he would decline and he would invoke this verse from Proverbs and he would say that one who hates gifts will live the gumar points out that by contrast when they would send a gift to re also who was a sage of the mishna he would refuse the gift but if they would send him an invitation he would accept accept the invitation and he would attend the house of the Nai so the other sages asked why is he doing that why is he not concerned with this idea of refusing gifts so he explained because when I attend the functions at the house of the NSI that means the the leader of the people it's not an honor for me that I was invited it's an honor for them that I show up in other words and he wasn't saying that out of arrogance at all he was explaining if I were going to be a taker then I wouldn't do it because it's better to go without gifts but I'm not going to be a taker I'm going to be a giver I'm when I show up my presence is a gift I'm I'm I'm going there because of what people will gain from me going not because of what I'm trying to get out of it and it's just a general good piece of advice in life uh again it's not a halic requirement that amam doesn't phrase it that way he he States it as something aspirational but it's always good to think about am I taking or am I giving and wherever we can be givers it's a good thing okay we'll see you for more tomorrow with a new section of Halas God willing