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== Perush HaMishnah == | == Perush HaMishnah == | ||
# The goal of the Rambam's commentary is clearly to decide Halacha, as he decides Halacha in each Mishnah.<ref>Shem HaGedolim (Sefarim, Peh 39)</ref> | |||
# In Perush HaMishnayot, wherever there is an opinion that misleadingly seems to be the minority one but is, in fact, the one the Halacha follows, the Rambam will buttress that opinion by writing of its truth or singularity or the like to indicate that the Halacha does indeed follow it.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 36)</ref> | # In Perush HaMishnayot, wherever there is an opinion that misleadingly seems to be the minority one but is, in fact, the one the Halacha follows, the Rambam will buttress that opinion by writing of its truth or singularity or the like to indicate that the Halacha does indeed follow it.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 36)</ref> | ||
# The Perush HaMishnah (also known as "Maor" or "Hisraj") was originally written in Arabic and then translated into Hebrew by various people.<ref>Shem HaGedolim (Gedolim, Mem 150) and Hagah Menachem Tzion 102</ref> | |||
# The [[Ramban]] did not have the Introduction to Perush HaMishnayot available to him, as Hebrew translations of the Arabic work were not yet available in Spain, according to the Yad Malachi, who posits that had they been available, the [[Ramban]] would not have been as quick to argue.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 21)</ref> The [[Rashba]] and [[Terumat HaDeshen]] did not have the Perush HaMishnah available at all either.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRashba 8), Shem HaGedolim (Gedolim, Mem 150)</ref> | |||
# Sometimes our translation of Perush HaMishnayot will refer to a din as being MiDeRabbanan, but it's probably just a mistaken translation of "MiDivrei Sofrim."<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 22)</ref> | # Sometimes our translation of Perush HaMishnayot will refer to a din as being MiDeRabbanan, but it's probably just a mistaken translation of "MiDivrei Sofrim."<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRambam 22)</ref> | ||
== Acceptance == | == Acceptance == | ||
# By well into the fifteenth century, many Sepharadic communities around the world accepted the Rambam as their Halachic leader.<ref>See Matnat Yado Klalei Shear HaMechabrim fn. 66 for numerous citations of the Radbaz testifying that the custom in Mitzrayim and other countries is to follow the Rambam. The Chida (Shem HaGedolim (Gedolim, Mem 150)) cites Shu"t Rav Yaakov Faragi Siman 65 who testifies to this, as well.</ref> | # By well into the fifteenth century, many Sepharadic communities around the world accepted the Rambam as their Halachic leader.<ref>See Matnat Yado Klalei Shear HaMechabrim fn. 66 for numerous citations of the Radbaz testifying that the custom in Mitzrayim and other countries is to follow the Rambam. The Chida (Shem HaGedolim (Gedolim, Mem 150)) cites Shu"t Rav Yaakov Faragi Siman 65 who testifies to this, as well.</ref> | ||
