Essential Maimonides
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IntroductionPt. 1Iggeres Teiman, The Letter to the Jews of Yemen1Rambam's Introduction3Words of Consolation6Encouraging Words14Refuting Moslem Claims20The Coming of Mashiach29The False Mashiach39Epilogue49Pt. 2Maaman Kiddush Hashem, Discourse on Martyrdom51A Misleading Answer53The Gravity of Maligning a Jew57The Importance of Every Mitzvah62Discussion of Kiddush Hashem66Pt. 3Commentary on the Mishnah79The Written and the Oral Torah83The Power of Prophecy86The Transmission of the Oral Torah99Categories of the Oral Torah101Dissenting Opinions111The Structure of the Mishnah113Expounding the Mishnah131Following the Completion of the Talmud144Discussion about the Commentary of the Mishnah146Pt. 4Shemonah Perakim, The Eight Chapters, An Introduction to Ethics of the Fathers165Ch. 1The Human Soul and its Powers169Ch. 2The Source of Virtue and Vice174Ch. 3Diseases of the Soul177Ch. 4Curing the Soul179Ch. 5The Ultimate Goal189Ch. 6The True Saint194Ch. 7Barriers To Hashem198Ch. 8Man's Nature202Pt. 5Perek Chelek, Discourse on the World to Come217Discourse219Commentary on Mishnah 1235Thirteen Principles of Faith237The Basis of our Faith245Glossary246Index251
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ Jewish tradition holds that there were two Torahs given to Moses at Mt. Sinai-one written (which forms the first five books of the Jewish Bible), and one oral (which, after being passed down through the generations, was compiled in the Talmud). Maimonides remains one of rabbinic Judaism's towering figures nearly 800 years after his death because of his brilliant explanation of this oral law. In this compendium, Finkel offers five of the Rambam's lesser-known works-"Letter to Yemen," "Discourse on Martyrdom," "Commentary on the Mishnah," "The Eight Chapters" and "Discourse on the World to Come"-which demonstrate Maimonides' penetrating, logical Torah analysis. But more striking than this book's intellectual heft is how clearly the personality of Maimonides comes through. At times funny, at times caustic, he does not suffer fools gladly. However, his venom for intellectual opponents is clearly outmatched by his overwhelming love for his people. (May)\ \
