[Avodah] The Rambam and Eliyahu haNavi

[Ben Waxman]

From: "Micha Berger" <micha at aishdas.org>
> And I think RBW conflates in his question
> 3- the iqarim as spelled out in Peirush haMishnayos with the less specific
>   and less detailed version that became common circulation.

> All of the Rambam's iqarim are beliefs that can be drawn from Chazal. 
> Vekol
> shekein the fuzzier version we generally discuss. That's not to say we can
> find amora'im who say "if you don't believe X you're outside the fold" for
> all 13 of them. Nor to say that the Rambam's particular take on (e.g.)
> sekhar va'onesh beyond the iqar is necessarily stated by any of Chazal.

After I sent in the question, I also felt that I wasn't clear. My question
dealt with RMB point:

- so far out he didn't need to list it,
    - so mesoretic it's not speculation, or
    - the list simply isn't an attempt to be complete?

Regarding the last two, are there other examples in the Rambam?

Regarding "so mesoretic..." what falls into that category? Mosiach ben
David isn't so mesoretic therefore the Rambam felt the need to list it
but Mosiach ben Yosef is?

Regarding "the list isn't an attempt to be complete": doesn't that go 
against the Rambam's raison d'etre for the Mishne Torah?

Ben