[Avodah] ancient minhagim

[David Riceman]

RMB:
>> The impression I get from the Yad, primed by tertiary sources referring
>> to the Rambam's "ledaati", is that the Rambam didn't formalize the rules
>> that unite his pesaqim. Rather he operated on the level of feel, of just
>> knowing the consistent picture without trying to articulate it.
Me:
> If you learn through Tshuvos HaRambam (and, to a lesser extent, Sefer 
> haMitzvos), you will find many places where the Rambam articulates his 
> methodology.  I strongly recommend Rabbi Benedict's book "HaRambam 
> L'lo Stiyah Min HaTalmud".
The other thing to remember is that the Rambam intended to replace 
introductory study of Talmud with study of Mishneh Torah (see Igrot 
HaRambam , ed. Sheilat, pp. 257-259, 311-313), so that articulating 
methodology of Talmud study would be less useful.
>
> David Riceman