Class 50: Rambam's Introduction; exploring the lives and teachings of our Chachamim (Sages), focusing in this class on Shimon Ben Shatach; the third generation of Zugot; brother-in-law of King Yanai, brother of Queen Shlomtzion; analyzing two different Aggadot regarding Shimon Ben Shatach and his relationship with King Yanai; murderers of rabbis who are careful to recite Birkat HaMazon; an episode of nine-hundred Nezirim; the sad decline of the "Hacham" in North African literature; the task of reclaiming the Sanhedrin from the hands of the Sadducees; Shimon Ben Shatach and the eighty witches of Ashkelon, as told by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef; a tragic story of revenge singling out the son of Shimon Ben Shatach; the Ishmaelite who blessed the God of Israel, the God of Shimon Ben Shatach; and more! (6/7/2021)—Tonight’s Shiur is dedicated in merit of the Refuah Shelemah of Dr. Arthur Platt - Chaim Ozer Ben Leah. (At the time of the giving of this Shiur, the name Chaim was not yet added).Tonight’s Shiur is dedicated in merit of the Refuah Shelemah of Rachel Savin's father - Shalom Ben Miriam.Tonight’s Shiur is also dedicated in loving memory of Hyman Jebb Levy - Chaim Ben Yehuda V’Bella z”l. May his Neshamah have an Aliyah in Gan Eden, Amen!—Shiviti Night KollelRambam’s Mishneh Torah - Edition and Commentary of Rabbi Yosef Kapach (Qafih)

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