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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

Day 79: Positive Commandment 222

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Important Message Regarding This Lesson

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.

Positive Commandment 222 (Digest)
Divorce

"And he shall write her a bill of divorce and place it in her hand"Deuteronomy 24:1.

In the event that a couple decides to divorce, it is a mitzvah for the husband to effectuate the divorce through a bill of divorce, known as a get.

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Daily Quote
"And the pit was empty; there was no water in it" (Genesis 37:24). From the implication of what is said, "And the pit was empty," do I not know that there was no water in it? What then is taught by, "there was no water in it"? There was no water, but there were snakes and scorpions in it...
  –Talmud, Shabbat 22a
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