[Avodah] Rambam Hilchot Kiddush Hachodesh

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Fri Dec 15 06:57:57 PST 2017


On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 12:45:55PM +0200, Ben Waxman wrote:
: On 12/13/2017 1:30 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
:> So what halakhah lemaaseh is the Rambam
:> talking about, that relies on the calculations? Giving license to
:> the next Sanhedrin?

: It must be something like that. After reading through Kiddush
: Hachodesh I was left with a huge question as to the incredible
: detail; 100 times more detailed than say his Hilchot Pesach.

My guess, and I hope it's not too lesse majest for a public posting:
The Rambam was a math geek who simply enjoyed this kind of stuff.

It cannot be that the Rambam thought the future chavrei Sanhedrin
would need his text for this more than his usual coverage. Leshitaso,
one wouldn't be qualified to be a dayan without a strong background
in all 7 chokhmos.


That last line being an opening to a Chanukah tangent about Chokhmah
Yevanis being a necessary study for a member of the Sanhedrin. So,
Chanukah celebrates a victory over Yavan (in the sense of Hellenism)
and a step toward reestablishing the Sanhedrin, who were expected
to utilize "yaft E-lokim leYefes, veyishkon be'ohalei Sheim".

An enlightening and happy Chanukah
and :-)BBii!
-Micha

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