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# If the Gemara presents two opposite understandings and then rejects one, the Rambam will formulate it in a way that accepts the accepted one and implies the rejection of the rejected one.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 31)</ref> | # If the Gemara presents two opposite understandings and then rejects one, the Rambam will formulate it in a way that accepts the accepted one and implies the rejection of the rejected one.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 31)</ref> | ||
# Often times, answers presented in the Gemara in rejection of a difficulty are omitted by the Rambam in favor of the simple meaning of the Mishnah, Baraita, or Amoraic statement.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 33)</ref> | # Often times, answers presented in the Gemara in rejection of a difficulty are omitted by the Rambam in favor of the simple meaning of the Mishnah, Baraita, or Amoraic statement.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 33)</ref> | ||
# It is not uncommon for the Rambam to pin a ruling on a Pasuk not mentioned in or even rejected by the Gemara, because he felt it to be simpler or more acceptable, especially if there's no practical difference.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 4). See the Shut Rama MiFano Siman 108 he cites who says that the Rambam will often present a ruling borrowing the wording of one opinion but adjust it to match the other.</ref> | # It is not uncommon for the Rambam to pin a ruling on a Pasuk not mentioned in or even rejected by the Gemara, because he felt it to be simpler or more acceptable, especially if there's no practical difference.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaTalmud 144, 283, Klalei HaRambam 4). See the Shut Rama MiFano Siman 108 he cites who says that the Rambam will often present a ruling borrowing the wording of one opinion but adjust it to match the other.</ref> | ||
# In a few places, the Rambam employs a Talmudic phrase to mean something different from what it does in the Talmud.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 38)</ref> | # In a few places, the Rambam employs a Talmudic phrase to mean something different from what it does in the Talmud.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 38)</ref> | ||
