Day #25–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

is day number 25 of our daily study of the rambam safe for emitzis now we are still studying the same Mitzvah because in our daily study of three chapters of mishna taita we're still in hillcast Villa specifically chapters 11 12 and 13 of hillcast villa the laws of prayer so we still have the same one Mitzvah we've been studying here here we go positive commandment number five yes you know what that is the Mitzvah to serve Hashem through prayer to service him through prayer okay so what can we share today about that mitzvah well in today's three chapters of mishno Torah as I mentioned chapters 11 12 13 of the laws of Prayer in that first chapter chapter 11. chapter 11 5. the ramam is talking about synagogues about the place where we pray he's gone from the prayers themselves to where we say prayers or ideally where we say prayers and in halacha 5. the ramam says houses of prayer and houses of study Neu again bohen kovid we treat them with covet with respect listen to this um [Music] and we sweep them and we mop them we sweep them and we mop them there is a story that is told a tradition that was handed down specifically in the safer hasidim safer hasidim is a work which was composed by one of the ashkenas that is a movement that flourished in Germany in the 11 and 1200s Common Era and composed the safer this was before the Hasidic movement of the balshamtov but they were also called see them they use that term so in the savior hasidim of he writes that it is known that the teacher of Rashi you know who the teacher of Rashi was his name was yankiv Ben Jacob the teacher of Rashi and just to let you know the timing there was born about 50 years after the passing of Rashi so if he's saying something about rashi's teacher it's not exactly contemporaneous but it's within a generation It's relatively recent to him at any rate says it is known that rashi's teacher he would sweep in front of the Arun kadish in front of the Ark in the synagogue he would sweep it with his beard to show absolute reverence for Hashem and for hashem's miniature Sanctuary that's an incredible degree of humility and reverence I'm not saying that's the letter of the law that the rambam is describing here I think you can use a broom but it's an incredibly inspiring thought to consider what rash's teacher did and all of us can be moved to be more scrupulous in the respect that we pay to our houses of worship okay we will see you tomorrow God willing