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We start on the laws of Torah study with general principles about learning – who can and should learn, when and how often, and to what extent does the obligation to education apply to ourselves as well as our children.
We conclude Chapter 6 with a look at the significance of the socially vulnerable in our ethics and then turn to Chapter 7, the final bit of Dé'ot, which focusses extensively on the laws of speech.
We review (almost all of) Chapter 6 of Hilkhot Dé'ot – a chapter discussing the importance of good friends, and friends who are good enough to tell you off when you're not so good!
In the first half of Chapter 5 we review the behaviours expected of a Sage – in eating, drinking, bathing, sexual intimacy, and even in toilet habits..
In the second half of Chapter 4 of Hilkhot Dé'ot, we dive into Rambam's medicinal recommendations for eating, drinking, bathing, and having a healthy sex life.
In the third chapter of Dé'ot, Rambam walks us through some of the concepts critical to good behaviour, exploring asceticism and hedonism, the balanced life, and what it means to have kavvanah
We continue our exploration of morality, with Rambam suggesting a model of medicalisation and defining further the categories of Hakham, Hasid and Tsaddik.
In Chapter 6 we read all about divine names and divine objects – how we are to determine what is sacred and what is not, and then how we are meant to treat the sacred, particularly the sacred divine names.
We dive into Chapter 5 and into a discussion of Kiddush haShem and Hillul haShem. What is the concept of martyrdom in Judaism? When is one obligated to allow themselves to be killed instead of violating a command.
We conclude Chapter 4 and with it, the introductory chapters covering the esoteric topics of Ma'aseh Merkavah (Theology) and Ma'aseh Merkavah (Science)
