Important Message Regarding This Lesson
The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides' 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the in-depth track.
Positive Commandment 107 (Digest)
Ritual Impurity Contracted through Contact with a Corpse
We are commanded regarding the ritual impurity contracted through contact with a human corpse. [I.e., if contracted, one must follow all the laws associated with this impurity.]
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> The 107th mitzvah;) is that we are commanded regarding the tumah conveyed by a dead body.;) This mitzvah includes all the laws relating to tumas meis.;)
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> In the order given here, following the order of Mishneh Torah, P107 is the first of the commandments dealing with tumah and taharah (ritual impurity and purity). In the order of Sefer HaMitzvos, however, P96 is the first of these mitzvos, and there the Rambam gives a general introduction to all these mitzvos.
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> Num. 19:11ff.
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> Such as which parts of the body convey tumah, how it is conveyed, etc. See Hilchos Tumas Meis.
Positive Commandment 113 (Digest)
The Red Heifer
"And it shall be as a keepsake for the congregation of the children of Israel"—Numbers 19:9.
We are commanded to prepare a red heifer [as detailed in the Torah], to have it ready for the procedure of purifying those who are ritually impure as a result of contact with a corpse.
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> The 113th mitzvah is that we are commanded to prepare the red heifer;) to have it ready for the procedure of purifying those who are tameh as a result of tumas meis.;)
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> The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement;) (exalted be He), "[A ritually clean person shall gather up the cow's ashes and...] it shall be a keepsake for the congregation of the Jewish people."
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> The details of this mitzvah are found in the tractate devoted to this subject, tractate Parah.
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> To slaughter it, burn it, gather the ashes, etc.
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