Halacha:

Brit Milah,  Mekorot / Responsa Literature,  Responsa 

Machshava:

Rambam 

Personalities:

Rambam 

Collections: R' Kurtz Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later

Description

Rabbi David Fried explores how a responsum of the Rambam (Mechon Yerushalayim Edition, No. 104) sheds light on ambiguities and seeming contradictions in his magnum opus, the Mishneh Torah. He demonstrates how reading the "original" responsum can possibly settle a debate between Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe, Y.D. 2:7) and Rav Aharon Kotler (Mishnas Rebbi Aharon 35:6) - which has implications for the entire enterprise of Brisker methodology.