## Mishneh Torah, Overview of Mishneh Torah Contents Chapter 6

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**ספר הפלאה**

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


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הלכותיו ארבע, וזה הוא סידורן: הלכות שבועות, הלכות נדרים, הלכות נזירות, הלכות ערכין וחרמים.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
Its groups of laws are four, in the following order: laws concerning oaths; laws concerning vows; laws concerning the Nazarite; laws concerning appraisals (of persons or things whose value was sanctified to the Lord) and of things devoted to the Sanctuary.


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הלכות שבועות. יש בכללן חמש מצוות – אחת מצות עשה, וארבע מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) שלא לישבע בשמו לשקר; (ב) שלא לישא את שמו לשוא; (ג) שלא לכפור בפיקדון; (ד) שלא לישבע על כפירת ממון; (ה) לישבע בשמו באמת.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS OF OATHS.
These comprise five precepts, of which one is an affirmative precept, while four are negative precepts. These are, in detail, as follows: 1) not to swear by God's Name falsely; 2) not to take His Name in vain; 3) not to deny falsely claim to an article left in trust; 4) not to swear in denial of a money claim; 5) to swear by His Name, truly.


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הלכות נדרים. יש בכללן שלוש מצוות – שתיים מצוות עשה, ואחת מצות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) שישמור מוצא שפתיו ויעשה כמו שנדר; (ב) שלא יחל דברו; (ג) שיופר הנדר או השבועה, וזה הוא דין הפר נדרים המפורש בתורה שבכתב.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS OF VOWS.
These comprise three precepts of which two are affirmative precepts and one is a negative precept. They are, in detail, as follows: 1) to fulfill what one's lips have uttered and do as one has vowed; 2) not to break one's word; 3) that the vow or oath shall be annulled (on proper cause). This last is the content of the law of annulment of vows, explicitly set forth in the Written Law.


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הלכות נזירות. יש בכללן עשר מצוות – שתיים מצוות עשה, ושמונה מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) שיגדל הנזיר פרע; (ב) שלא יגלח שיערו כל ימי נזרו; (ג) שלא ישתה הנזיר יין ולא תערובת יין, ואפילו חומץ שלהן; (ד) שלא יאכל ענבים לחים; (ה) שלא יאכל צימוקין; (ו) שלא יאכל חרצנים; (ז) שלא יאכל זוגים; (ח) שלא ייכנס לאוהל המת; (ט) שלא ייטמא למתים; (י) שיגלח על הקרבנות, כשישלים נזירותו או כשייטמא.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS OF THE NAZARITE.
These comprise ten precepts, of which two are affirmative, and eight are negative precepts. The following are their details: 1) that the Nazarite shall let his hair grow long; 2) that he shall not shave off his hair during the entire period of his Nazariteship; 3) that the Nazarite shall not drink wine nor anything containing wine, not even their vinegar; 4) that he shall not eat fresh grapes; 5) that he shall not eat dried grapes (raisins); 6) that he shall not eat skins of grapes; 7) that he shall not eat kernels of grapes; 8) that he shall not enter a dwelling where there is a dead body; 9) that he shall not defile himself by contact with the dead; 10) that he shall shave off his hair when bringing his sacrifices at the completion of his Nazariteship or, if he is defiled, during that period.


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הלכות ערכין וחרמים. יש בכללן שבע מצוות – חמש מצוות עשה, ושתיים מצוות לא תעשה; וזה הוא פרטן: (א) לדון בערכי אדם כאשר מפורש בתורה, וזה הוא דין ערכי אדם; (ב) דין ערכי בהמה; (ג) דין ערכי בתים; (ד) דין ערכי שדות; (ה) דין מחרים נכסיו; (ו) שלא יימכר חרם; (ז) שלא ייגאל חרם.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
LAWS OF APPRAISALS AND OF THINGS DEVOTED TO THE SANCTUARY.
These comprise seven precepts, of which five are affirmative and two are negative precepts. Their details are as follows: 1) in appraisals of values of human beings, to apply the standards explicitly set forth in the Torah; and these constitute the law of appraisals of human beings; 2) the law of the appraisal of cattle; 3) the law of the appraisal of dwellings; 4) the law of the appraisal of fields; 5) the law of one who devotes his property to the Sanctuary; 6) that what was so devoted shall not be sold; 7) that what was so devoted shall not be redeemed.


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נמצאו כל המצוות הנכללות בספר זה, חמש ועשרים – עשר מהן מצוות עשה, וחמש עשרה מצוות לא תעשה.

**The Mishneh Torah by Maimonides. trans. by Moses Hyamson, 1937-1949:**
The precepts comprised in this book are accordingly twenty-five, of which ten are affirmative and fifteen are negative precepts.