[Avodah] Missing Rambam. Help!

[Simon Montagu]

On 10/8/06, SBA <sba at sba2.com> wrote:
> Over YT someone pointed out to me Rambam,
> Hilchos Talmud Torah, Perek 7.
> Halacha # 8 is missing.
>
> It seems to be known by some, who have attached to it
> some chassidish urban legend, which, IMHO, is too ridiculous to repeat.
>
> But can anyone shed any light on this? Is it the work of a censor?
> What about earlier editions and those in Yemen etc?

http://mechon-mamre.org/i/1307.htm has the text from Yemenite
manuscripts, and in this chapter also has the numbering from the
printed editions in square brackets. AFAICT the difference is only in
the numbering, and the text is the same.

By the way, see http://mechon-mamre.org/i/3130.htm halacha 15 for a
case where the censors made nonsense of the text. The original is
"mehhallel shabbat beferhesia harei hu ke'oved avoda zara, ushneihem
kegoyim". In the printed edition this becomes "...harei hu ke`akum
ushneihem ke`akum.