Day #278–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

it is day number 278 of our daily study and in the three chapters ofday of M study track we are in it's our second day in that means laws of neighbors we're doing chapters four five and six so as I mentioned yesterday every day of we're going to repeat the same Mitzvah and it's a Mitzvah that we first learned in the previous book uh saer nikin the book of Damages now we're in saer Kenyan the book of acquisitions um and we learned this Mitzvah when we're in the the laws of Damages and injury so I explained yesterday why we're doing this Mitzvah in conjunction with I'm going to repeat the Mitzvah now and then I'll tell you something interesting about the the subject matter that we're in right now in the three chapters that have Mish okay positive commandment 236 is the Mitzvah to follow the torah's laws about how to adjudicate cases of injury and damage basically um how to Levy fines for recompensation um and penalties for when one person injures uh or damages another person or their property okay now I want to share with you something very interesting from one of today's three chapters from actually chapter six uh chapter 6 Hala 6 the context is it's speaking about Neighbors in a municip ality I like that word a municipality people who live in the same town and the requirements that the Denis hey that's also a cool word of that town have to contribute toward certain uh Public Works projects let's call it that like fixing the roads and whatnot um also things that are of a communal value like for instance having a town synagogue where everybody prays uh things like that so very interesting in Hala 6 the Raam says regarding security having security for the for the town I don't know hiring a night Watchman whatever it might be that everybody in in the town is required to participate in in in fact even yum even orphans orphans are generally a protected class because of their vulnerability and that you know they usually they've inherited funds and somebody has to watch over that make sure that they're not being exploited okay so even the orphans have to participate in paying for the town's security but who is exempt Torah Scholars why I'm just going to read to you because it's so interesting all things that are necessary for guarding the city you take it meaning it's extracted as a tax from everyone in the city even from the orphans with the exception of not Torah Scholars why why they don't need that kind of protection the Torah itself is their protection now that's a very inspiring concept it sounds like um a moral teaching of the Torah a hamtic teaching of the Torah but this this is mish Mish is Hal this is actually being said not just as a concept but as a practical law and that's a pretty cool concept if I do say so myself I liked it I shared it with you we'll see you for more tomorrow God willing