The Book of Times
About the Book
The Book of Times is the third book in the “Mishne Torah” and it deals with the Jewish holidays: Shabbos, Kippur, the holidays from the torah and Rosh Hodesh, fasts and finally the holidays from takanot Hahamim.
The books starts with the most frequent and holy: The laws of shabbos as a break in time, and with it are the laws of eruvin as a break in space.
Later on the laws of “Shabat Shabaton”, which is Yom Kippur, which Maimonides calls ‘Hilchot Shevitat Asor’.
Later on Maimonides describes the holidays: the general laws of shevitat yom tov, and specifically: Pessach with the laws of chometz u’matzah, Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot – laws of the shofar, sukkah and lulav.
The laws of Shekalim describe the mitzvah of Machatzit Hashekel, which occurs once a year.
Later on the laws of Kiddush HaChodes describe the setting of the new month by sight, fixing the Hebrew calander. Also included is “Sod HaIbur” – the amazing calculations of when the first moon will be seen, where it will be discovered and what size it will be.
At the end we get to fasts in Hilchot Ta’aniyot, and to the holidays set by takanot hahamim: Purim and Chanukah with the laws of the Megillah and Chanukah.
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