Daily Talk
You said it out loud, and then you forgot. The Rambam rules that heaven did not forget. What happens when a promise outlives the memory of the person who made it?
The Word That Builds an Altar
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About This Talk
Chapters 16 through 18 of Maaseh HaKorbanot trace the life of a spoken pledge: what your words obligate you to bring, how exactly the offering must match the vow, and why everything must arrive at the one chosen place. Along the way the Rambam reveals a startling picture of how seriously God takes a sentence.