Shalom to all of you who plan to attend this 4-part series on the first two of the Ten Commandments!
You can attend the live shiurim or view the recordings, although I encourage you to join us in the live sessions and take part in the discussions about the material.
If you have questions following the classes, you can direct them to me also by email to zurielyb@gmail.com .
We will be asking some good questions about these first two of the Dibrot, and looking for explanations both in the Talmudic literature and in the Rishonim (classic commentators from the medieval period). I hope that you will find this exploration interesting, on two levels: (1) the technical exegetical and peshat problems and explanations that we will encounter; (2) the in-depth explanations that we will see in the Rambam and other writings about the content of these two commandments.
In this first session, we will study the verses in Shemot 20, and then jump right into the Rambam’s explanation of the essential meaning of these two mitzvot, and also see his explanation of why they are both actually mitzvot.
I have posted here sources for you to peruse before the class, if you want (not required).