Kisvei Harambam Volume 1 Rabbi Yehuda Meir Keilson (Hardcover, ArtScroll)

"The Writings of the Rambam - Fascinating Classics from the Pen of the Great Master - Now in English!" That is ArtScroll's framing, and it points at a real gap: most people know the Rambam through the Mishneh Torah and his commentary on Mishnayos, and never encounter his own writings on what a Jew is meant to believe.

Kisvei Harambam Volume 1 addresses that directly. Subtitled Fundamentals of Faith, it brings the Rambam's foundational writings into English, elucidated by Rabbi Yehuda Meir Keilson across 460 hardcover pages. This is the first volume of the series, which makes it the natural place to begin.

The 7.00 x 10.00 inch page is a working trim for an elucidated text - room for the original alongside translation and explanatory material without the type shrinking to nothing. At 460 pages this is a sefer to sit with over months, not an evening's read, and the hardcover binding is meant for that kind of repeated use.

It suits a reader who wants the Rambam's own words on emunah rather than a summary of them: the baal habayis learning at night, the teacher preparing hashkafah material, the ben Torah who reads English more fluently than medieval Hebrew philosophical prose. It also holds up as a gift for someone marking a milestone in learning.

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