Maimonides / Foundations

Foundations Ebook Project

Twenty-two completed volumes covering Yesodei HaTorah — the opening chapters of Rambam's Mishneh Torah. Each volume takes a single halakha and examines what translation reveals about the conceptual structure a word carries.

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Book 1 — Yesodei HaTorah, Chapter 1

1:1What Holds Up the WorldPDF
1:2If the Foundation VanishedPDF
1:3The World Could DisappearPDF
1:5The Power Without EndPDF
1:6What It Means to KnowPDF
1:7One Without ComparisonPDF
1:8No Body, No ShapePDF
1:9Words That Point Beyond ThemselvesPDF
1:10How Moses Asked to KnowPDF
1:11Beyond Place and TimePDF
1:12When Scripture Speaks of God's EmotionsPDF

Book 2 — Yesodei HaTorah, Chapter 2

2:1Love and Awe Are CommandedPDF
2:2The Path Begins With WonderPDF
2:3Three Kinds of Created BeingPDF
2:4Angels Are Not Their ImagesPDF
2:5Difference Without BodiesPDF
2:6Above Does Not Mean HigherPDF
2:7Names of the AngelsPDF
2:8Knowledge Has LevelsPDF
2:9Nothing Is HiddenPDF
2:10Knowledge Is Not Something God HasPDF

Each volume was built through a six-stage pipeline: source extraction, comparative translation, reframing curation, assembly, pressure-testing, and EPUB/PDF build. Primary-text citations were verified via Sefaria before drafting.