Day #157–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

today is day number 157 of our daily study of ramam safe ramenses and in the three chapters a day of missionary we are still in chapters two three four these are halacha's laws that have to do with things that are prohibited to bring upon the altar in the Holy Temple okay today's Mitzvahs let's start negative commandment 94 is the prohibition against burning the fats of a blemished animal on the altar now this is distinct from remember yesterday we had a Prohibition against uh slaughtering a blemished animal an animal with a disfigurement here is a separate distinct prohibition against burning its fats negative commandment 95. this is the prohibition against sacrificing an animal with a temporary blemish a disfigurement which passes which will heal nevertheless while it's in its blemish state it is prohibited to sacrifice negative commandment 96 sacrificing blemished animals presented by a non-jew many people do not know this but the Holy Temple in Jerusalem accepted sacrifices from non-jews it was open to anyone who wanted to bring a sacrifice in fact our sages tell us that if the nations of the world would have understood the spiritual benefit that the temple had for them instead of sending their armies to destroy it they would have sent their armies to surround it and protect it so non-jews are allowed to bring sacrifices however there are rules there are standards and when a noun Jew presents a sacrifice uh his sacrifice or her sacrifice needs to be a fitting animal so it is prohibited to sacrifice a blemished animal that is offered by a non-jew negative commandment 97 is the probation against causing a blemish in an animal that was designated as a sacrifice I think that's self-explanatory positive commandment 86 is the the Mitzvah of redeeming a blemished offering so that is an animal that was consecrated it was designated for a sacrifice and then it becomes uh blemished so there's a Mitzvah to redeem it to redeem it with money and that relieves the animal of its holy status and then it can be eaten as a regular animal and then the Redemption money is used for purchasing a new animal for sacrifice okay those are our mittens today we'll see you for more God willing tomorrow