1176-1178(a)Rambam

 

Fragments from the book Rambam. Mishneh Torah. Sefer Shofetim, Negative Mitzvot (1176-1178). The treatise Mishneh Torah – legal code, work of Jewish law, its parts Sefer Shofetim (Kings and Wars) and Negative Mitzvot (Negative Commandments) was written between about 1176-1178 years in Egypt (1sefaria.org , 2sefaria.org). The author mentions the pathology of ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF, גיד) in humans and points out the presence of this structure in animals. See our commentary at the link: 1176-1178(a)Rambam [Rus].

Quote 1.

[Heb]

Mishneh Torah. Sefer Shofetim, 9.1

(original source: sefaria.org)

Quote 2.

[Heb]

Mishneh Torah. Negative Mitzvot, 183

(original source: sefaria.org)

Translation

Quote 1.

[Eng]

Mishneh Torah. Laws of Kings and Wars (The Book of Judges), 9.1-3

9.1 Adam, the first man, was commanded with six commandments: 1) idolatry, 2) “blessing” (euphemistically) the Name (of G-d), 3) murder, 4) illicit sexual relations, 5) thievery and, 6) establishing a system of justice.

9.2 Even though all of these have been received as a Tradition from Moses our Teacher and we can understand the rationale for them, nevertheless, from (verses in) the Torah (we learn that) it was these that they were commanded. A seventh commandment forbidding the eating of a limb torn from a live animal was added for Noah, as it says, “Even flesh, life is in the blood, do not eat of it” (Genesis 9:4).

9.3 These commandments were universally applicable - until Abraham. With Abraham, circumcision was also commanded and he prayed Shacharis (the Morning Prayer).  Isaac separated out a tithe and added another prayer in the afternoon and, with Jacob, the prohibition against eating the sciatic nerve was added, as was the Maariv (Evening) Prayer. In Egypt, Amram was commanded with other precepts and, with Moses our Teacher, the Torah was completed. (trans. R. Brauner; original source: 2012Rambam, pp. 25-26)

Quote 2.

[Heb]

Mishneh Torah. Negative Commandments, 183

Not to eat the sinew of the thigh-vein which shrank, as it is said, “…the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank” (Gen. 32:33). (trans. M. Hyamson; original source: sefaria.org)

Mishneh Torah, copied in Spain, illuminated in Perugia, c. 1400; 
original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, fragment, color correction).

External links

Rambam. Mishneh Torah. Laws of Kings, Negative Mitzvot. Egypt, 1176-1978. [1sefaria.org , 2sefaria.org]

Rambam. Laws of Kings and Wars. Translated from the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: Eclectic Torah Compilations. Reuven Brauner. Raanana, Israel, 2012. [halakhah.com]

Authors & Affiliations

Rambam (Moshe ben Maimon, Maimonides) was a physician, rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, Torah commentator, talmudist. He lived between about 1135/1138-1204 years in southern Spain (Cordova), Morocco (Fez), Palestine and Egypt (Alexandria, Fustat, Cairo). [jewishencyclopedia.com , wikipedia.org]

Moses Maimonides
Blaisio U. Thesaurus antiquitatum sacrarum, pp.19-20 (ca. 1744); 
original in the wikimedia.org collection (CC0 – Public Domain, fragment, color correction).

Keywords

ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, damage, animals, Bible, Torah, synonym

                                                                     

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