## Mishneh Torah, Overview of Mishneh Torah Contents Chapter 10

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**ספר טהרה**

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
**BOOK OF PURITY**


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הלכותיו שמונה, וזה הוא סידורן: הלכות טומאת מת, הלכות פרה אדומה, הלכות טומאת צרעת, הלכות מטמאי משכב ומושב, הלכות שאר אבות הטמאות, הלכות טומאת אוכלין, הלכות כלים, הלכות מקוות.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
Its groups of laws are eight, treated in the following order: laws concerning defilement by a dead body; laws concerning the Red Heifer; laws concerning the uncleanness of leprosy; laws concerning defilement of a couch or a seat; laws concerning other original sources of defilement; laws concerning defilement of foods; laws concerning vessels; laws concerning ritual baths.


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הלכות טומאת מת. מצות עשה אחת, והוא דין טומאת מת.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING DEFILEMENT BY A DEAD BODY.
These are comprised in one affirmative precept, namely, that relating to defilement by a dead body.


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הלכות פרה אדומה. יש בכללן שתי מצוות עשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) דין פרה אדומה; (ב) דין טומאת מי נידה וטהרתן.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING THE RED HEIFER.
These comprise two affirmative precepts: 1) the Red Heifer; 2) the uncleanliness of the waters of sprinkling (Num. 19:9-22) and of the mode in which these are to be used for purification.


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הלכות טומאת צרעת. יש בכללן שמונה מצוות – שש מצוות עשה, ושתי מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) להורות בצרעת אדם כדינה הכתוב בתורה; (ב) שלא יקוץ סימני טומאה; (ג) שלא יגלח הנתק; (ד) שיהא המצורע מפורסם בקריעת בגדיו ופריעת ראשו ועטייה על שפם; (ה) טהרת צרעת; (ו) שיגלח המצורע את כל שיערו כשיטהר; (ז) דין צרעת הבגד; (ח) דין צרעת הבית.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING THE UNCLEANNESS OF LEPROSY.
These comprise eight precepts, of which six are affirmative, and two are negative precepts. Their detailed enumeration is as follows: 1) to give decisions on leprosy in human beings according to the rules prescribed in the Torah; 2) not to cut away the marks pointing to uncleanness; 3) not to shave the scall; 4) that the leper shall be recognised as such by rending his garments, allowing his hair to go loose and covering of the lips; 5) (the prescribed rules for) the cleansing of leprosy; 6) that the leper shall shave all his hair when he is clean; 7) the law of leprosy of a garment; 8) the law of leprosy of a house.


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הלכות מטמאי משכב ומושב. יש בכללן ארבע מצוות עשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) דין טומאת נידה; (ב) דין טומאת יולדת; (ג) דין טומאת זבה; (ד) דין טומאת זב.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
a LAWS CONCERNING DEFILEMENT OF A COUCH OR OF A SEAT.
These comprise four affirmative precepts. Their detailed enumeration is as follows: 1) the law of defilement of a menstruous woman; 2) the law of defilement of a woman in childbirth; 3) the law of defilement of a woman with a running issue; 4) the law of defilement of a man with a running issue.


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הלכות שאר אבות הטמאות. יש בכללן שלוש מצוות עשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) דין טומאת נבילה; (ב) דין טומאת שרץ; (ג) דין טומאת שכבת זרע. ועבודה זרה מטמאה כשרץ, וטומאתה מדברי סופרים.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
b LAWS OF OTHER ORIGINAL SOURCES OF DEFILEMENT.
These comprise three affirmative precepts. Their detailed enumeration is as follows: 1) the law of defilement of that which died of itself; 2) the law of defilement of creeping things (vermin); 3) the law of defilement of seminal issue. An idol defiles to the same degree as a creeping thing. This defilement (by an idol) was instituted by the Scribes.


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הלכות טומאת אוכלין. מצות עשה אחת, והיא דין טומאת משקין ואוכלין והכשרן.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS OF DEFILEMENT OF FOODS.
These are comprised in one precept, set forth in the laws concerning the defilement of liquids and solid foods, and the precedent condition which makes it possible for them to become defiled.


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הלכות כלים. עניין אלו ההלכות לידע כלים שמקבלין טומאה מכל אלו הטמאות, וכלים שאינם מיטמאין, וכיצד מיטמאין הכלים ומטמאין.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS OF VESSELS.
These laws enable one to know which vessels contract defilement in any of the degrees above noted, and which do not become defiled; and likewise how these vessels become defiled or cause defilement.


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הלכות מקוות. מצות עשה אחת, והיא שיטבול כל טמא במי מקוה ואחר כך יטהר.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING RITUAL BATHS.
These are comprised in one affirmative precept, that whoever is unclean shall immerse his body in the waters of a ritual bath and then he will be clean.


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נמצאו כל המצוות הנכללות בספר זה, עשרים – מהן שמונה עשרה מצוות עשה, ושתי מצוות לא תעשה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
All the precepts comprised in this book are thus twenty; of which, eighteen are affirmative precepts and two are negative precepts.