## Mishneh Torah, Overview of Mishneh Torah Contents Chapter 13

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**ספר משפטים**

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


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הלכותיו חמש, וזה הוא סידורן: הלכות שכירות, הלכות שאלה ופיקדון, הלכות מלווה ולווה, הלכות טוען ונטען, הלכות נחלות.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
Its groups of laws are five, arranged as follows: laws concerning hiring; laws concerning borrowing and deposit; laws concerning creditor and debtor; laws concerning plaintiff and defendant; laws concerning inheritances.


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הלכות שכירות. יש בכללן שבע מצוות – שלוש מצוות עשה, וארבע מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) דין שכיר ושומר שכר; (ב) ליתן שכר שכיר ביומו; (ג) שלא יאחר שכר שכיר אחר זמנו; (ד) שיאכל השכיר מן המחובר שיעשה בו; (ה) שלא יאכל השכיר מן המחובר שלא בשעת גמר מלאכה; (ו) שלא יוליך השכיר בידו יתר על מה שאכל; (ז) שלא יחסום שור בדישו, וכן שאר הבהמה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS OF HIRING.
These comprise seven precepts, three of which are affirmative precepts and four are negative precepts. The detailed enumeration is as follows: 1) the law of the hired man and of the depositary for hire; 2) to pay the hired wage punctually; 3) not to delay the payment of the hired man's wage after it is due; 4) that the hired man may eat of the unsevered fruit at which he was working (at harvest time); 5) that he may not eat of the unsevered fruit when he is engaged in work at other times; 6) that the hired man must not take anything in addition to what he consumes; 7) that one must not muzzle the ox when he is treading out the corn; this rule applies also to other cattle.


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הלכות שאלה ופיקדון. יש בכללן שתי מצוות עשה: (א) דין השואל; (ב) דין שומר חינם.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING BORROWING AN ARTICLE AND DEPOSIT.
These comprise two affirmative precepts; 1) the law appertaining to a borrower and 2) the law concerning a gratuitous depositary.


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הלכות מלווה ולווה. יש בכללן שתים עשרה מצוות – ארבע מצוות עשה, ושמונה מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) להלוות לעני ומך; (ב) שלא ייגוש אותו; (ג) לנגוש את הנוכרי; (ד) שלא ימשכן בעל חוב בזרוע; (ה) להחזיר המשכון לבעליו, בזמן שהוא צריך לו; (ו) שלא יאחר המשכון מבעליו העני, בעת שהוא צריך לו; (ז) שלא יחבול אלמנה; (ח) שלא יחבול כלים שעושים בהן אוכל נפש; (ט) שלא ייתן המלווה בריבית; (י) שלא ילווה הלווה בריבית; (יא) שלא יתעסק אדם בין מלווה ולווה בריבית, ולא יעיד ביניהן ולא יכתוב שטר ולא יערוב; (יב) ללוות מן הנוכרי ולהלוותו בריבית.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING CREDITOR AND DEBTOR.
These comprise twelve precepts, four of which are affirmative, and eight negative precepts. Their detailed statement is as follows: 1) to lend to the poor and needy; 2) not to press him; 3) to press the idolater; 4) that the creditor shall not take a pledge by force; 5) to return the pledge to its owner when he is in need of it; 6) not to be tardy in returning it to the owner who is a poor man, when he is in need of it; 7) not to exact a pledge from a widow; 8) not to take in pledge utensils used in preparing food; 9) that the lender shall not give a loan at usury; 10) that the borrower shall not take a loan at usury; 11) that a person shall not act as intermediary between lender and borrower in a loan at usury; nor serve as witness in the transaction between them nor act as a surety, nor write the bond; 12) to borrow from, and lend to, an alien at interest.


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הלכות טוען ונטען. מצות עשה אחת, והיא דין טוען ומודה או כופר.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
THE LAWS OF PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT.
These are comprised in one affirmative precept; that is, (to observe) the rules for the case of one who makes a claim, an admission, or a denial.


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הלכות נחלות. מצות עשה אחת, והוא דין סדר נחלות.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
THE LAWS OF INHERITANCES.
These are comprised in one affirmative precept; that is, (to observe) the law of the order of succession.


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נמצאו כל המצוות הנכללות בספר זה, שלוש ועשרים – מהן אחת עשרה מצוות עשה, ושתים עשרה מצוות לא תעשה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
These precepts included in this book are accordingly twenty-three; of these, eleven are affirmative, and twelve are negative precepts.