The Daily Mitzvah schedule runs parallel to the daily study of 3 chapters of Maimonides' 14-volume code. There are instances when the Mitzvah is repeated a few days consecutively while the exploration of the same Mitzvah continues in the in-depth track.
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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 258: Positive Commandment 236; Negative Commandment 289, 295; Note About Varying Customs
From the Sichos in English Collection
Important Message Regarding This Lesson
Positive Commandment 236 (Digest)
Personal Injury
"If men quarrel, and one strikes the other..."—Exodus 21:18.
The courts are commanded to adjudicate cases that involve personal injury caused by one person to another. [Monetary penalties are assessed to compensate for devaluation of the injured individual, pain sustained, medical bills, unemployment due to the injury, and shame incurred.]
Only an ordained court in the Land of Israel can adjudicate such cases [with the exception of medical bills and unemployment, that can be adjudicated by all rabbinical courts no matter the location].
Negative Commandment 289 (Digest)
Murder
"You shall not murder"—Exodus 20:13.
It is forbidden to murder a fellow human.
Negative Commandment 295 (Digest)
Accepting a Ransom from an Intentional Murderer
"You shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death"—Numbers 35:31.
It is forbidden to take a monetary payment from a person guilty of murder to exempt him from capital punishment.
Note About Varying Customs
In some editions of the Sefer Hamitzvot Schedule, today's Sefer Hamitzvot (Day 258) has Negative Mitzvah 296 listed instead of Negative Mitzvah 295 (and Day 259 has Negative Mitzvah 295 instead of 296).
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Daily Quote
When Moses ascended to heaven, he found G-d sitting and writing "forbearing." Said Moses to G-d: "Master of the Universe! Forbearing to the righteous?" Said G-d: "Also to the wicked." Said Moses: "Let the wicked perish!" Said G-d: "See now that you will need this." When Israel sinned, G-d said to Moses: "Did you not tell Me to be forbearing only toward the righteous?" Said Moses to Him: "Did You not say to me, 'Also to the wicked'?"
–Talmud, Sanhedrin 111a
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