## Mishneh Torah, Overview of Mishneh Torah Contents Chapter 4

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**ספר נשים**

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


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הלכותיו חמש, וזה הוא סידורן: הלכות אישות, הלכות גירושין, הלכות ייבום וחליצה, הלכות נערה בתולה, הלכות סוטה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
Its groups of laws are five in the following order: laws concerning marriage; laws concerning divorce; laws concerning levirate marriage and concerning formal release from the obligation to contract such a union; laws concerning virgin maidens; laws concerning a married woman suspected (by her husband) of infidelity.


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הלכות אישות. יש בכללן ארבע מצוות – שתי מצוות עשה, ושתי מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לישא אישה בכתובה וקידושין; (ב) שלא תיבעל אישה בלא כתובה וקידושין; (ג) שלא ימנע שאר כסות ועונה; (ד) לפרות ולרבות ממנה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING MARRIAGE.
These comprise four precepts, of which two are affirmative precepts and two are negative precepts. The following are their details: 1) To wed by means of a marriage-contract (*Kethubah*) and sacramental ritual (*Kiddushin*); 2) Not to cohabit with a woman in the absence of a marriage-contract and sacramental ritual; 3) Not to withhold from a wife, her board, raiment and fulfilment of conjugal duty; 4) To be fruitful and multiply by cohabiting with her.


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הלכות גירושין. יש בכללן שתי מצוות: (א) מצות עשה, והוא שיגרש המגרש בספר; (ב) שלא יחזיר גרושתו משנישאת.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING DIVORCE.
These comprise two precepts. The first is an affirmative precept, namely, that one who divorces (his wife) shall divorce her with a written document. The second precept is that he shall not take back the divorced woman as his wife, after she had been married to another man.


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הלכות ייבום וחליצה. יש בכללן שלוש מצוות – שתי מצוות עשה, ואחת מצות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לייבם; (ב) לחלוץ; (ג) שלא תינשא יבמה לאיש זר עד שתסור רשות היבם מעליה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING LEVIRATE MARRIAGE AND FORMAL RELEASE FROM THE OBLIGATION OF ENTERING INTO SUCH A UNION.
These comprise three precepts, of which two are affirmative precepts, while one is a negative precept. These, in detail, are as follows: 1) to marry the widow of a deceased brother who left no surviving issue; 2) that, if the brother is not willing to enter into such a union, he shall release the widow by a formal refusal in accordance with the prescribed ritual; 3) that she shall not marry another man till the levirate obligation has been removed.


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הלכות נערה בתולה. יש בכללן חמש מצוות – שלוש מצוות עשה, ושתי מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לקנוס המפתה; (ב) שיישא האונס אנוסתו; (ג) שלא יגרש האונס; (ד) שתשב אשת מוציא שם רע תחת בעלה לעולם; (ה) שלא יגרש מוציא שם רע את אשתו.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING VIRGIN MAIDENS.
These comprise five precepts, of which three are affirmative precepts and two are negative precepts. These, in detail, are as follows: 1) to fine the seducer; 2) that the violator of a virgin shall marry her; 3) that he shall not divorce her; 4) that the wife of one who has published a false and evil report (concerning her condition before marriage) shall remain with him forever; 5) that a husband who has published such an evil report, shall not divorce his wife.


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הלכות סוטה. יש בכללן שלוש מצוות – אחת מצות עשה, ושתיים מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לעשות לסוטה כתורת הקנאות הסדורה בתורה; (ב) שלא ליתן שמן על קרבנה; (ג) שלא ליתן עליו לבונה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS CONCERNING A WOMAN SUSPECTED (BY HER HUSBAND) OF INFIDELITY.
These comprise three precepts, of which one is an affirmative precept, while two are negative precepts. They are, in detail, as follows: 1) to do unto the woman suspected of infidelity according to "the law of jealousy" set forth in the Torah (Num. 5:11-31); 2) not to put oil on her offering; 3) not to put frankincense on it.


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נמצאו כל המצוות הנכללות בספר זה, שבע עשרה – מהן תשע מצוות עשה, ושמונה מצוות לא תעשה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
All the precepts comprised in this book are seventeen, of which nine are affirmative, and eight, negative precepts.