Traditional Sources
By the grace of G-d
Some of the Works by Rabbi Moses Maimonides —
- The Book of the Commandments
- Maimonides' Code – the Mishneh Torah —
(English Editions)
Maimonides' Introduction to the Code
I. The Book of Knowledge:
º The Fundamental Laws of the Torah, excerpts from Chapters 1, 2 & 4
º The Laws of Personal Character Development
º The Laws of Torah Study, Chapter 4
º The Laws Concerning Idol Worship
XIV. The Book of Judges:
º The Laws of Kings and Their Wars, Chapter 8
º The Laws of Kings and Their Wars, Chapters 9 and 10
º The Laws of Kings and Their Wars -
The Laws Concerning King Messiah (Mashiach)
Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 – also a rendering from Sichos In English
“The Code's End with its Beginning” - Hasidic Insights
- The Guide for the Perplexed
º “The Almighty, desiring to lead us to perfection and to improve our state of society, has revealed to us laws which are to regulate our actions. . . . However, we must first form a conception of the existence of the Creator according to our capabilities.”
- A Brief Biography
- A Bibliography – Letters, Commentary, Discourses & the Thirteen Principles of Faith
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Principles and Foundations of Faith
- Four Tenets of the Faith
- Foundations of the Faith based on "I am the L-rd, your G-d, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, from enslavement" (Genesis 20:2).
from – Hidushei G'eonim
- The L-rd's Light
- Judaism's Precepts According to Hasdai Crescas
- The Book of Principles
- Foundations of Faith by Joseph Albo — student of Hasdai Crescas
- “The Thirteen Principle Foundations of the Religion”
- Maimonides' Thirteen Principles of Faith
- The Principles with the Words of Yigdal
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Scriptural Sources
- Genesis 2:16-17
- º You may freely eat of every tree in the garden – a command?
- º Hints for the Seven Commandments
- Isaiah 45:18
- º What G-d Wants – Isaiah's Summary
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Zohar
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An Introduction to the Mishnah – a history of the Mishnah and the Oral Torah
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– at the Time of the Ga'onim (seventh to eleventh centuries)
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Babylonian Talmud (and the Mishnah)
- Tractate Hagigah, chapter 2
- Tractate Hagigah, chapter 2
- Tractate Hulin, chapter 7
- Tractate Kiddushin, chapter 1
- Tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 7
- Tractate Avodah Zarah, chapter 1
- Tractate Avodah Zarah, chapter 5
- Mishnah, Tractate Avot, chapter 3
- Tractate Bava Kama, chapter 4
- Small Tractates Gerim, chapter 3
Jerusalem Talmud
- Tractate Peah, chapter 1
- Tractate Kiddushin, chapter 1
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Early Scholars of the Talmud (Rishonim)
The Great Scholars of the Code of Jewish Law (Halacha)
& Torah Consolidation (Kov'im *)
The Later Scholars of the Torah (Acharonim)
Torah Scholars of the Current Era (Melaktim *)
* Rabbi Mattis Kantor, author of The Jewish Time Line Encyclopedia and Codex Judaica: Chronological Index of Jewish History, has introduced the terms Kov'im and Melaktim. He explains his reasoning at length.