"Lifnim Mi-Shurat Ha-Din" in Maimonides' "Mishneh Torah"
In "Hilkhot Deʿot", Maimonides gives an intriguing definition of "lifnim mi-shurat ha-din", which in rabbinic sources refers to supererogatory behavior "beyond the line of the law." According to Maimonides, "lifnim mi-shurat ha-din" characterizes the behavior...
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Penn Press
1999
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The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 1999, Volume: 89, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 291-317 |
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