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.
Note: These volumes are documented in our archive. Full PDF downloads are being prepared for public release.
Book 1 — Yesodei HaTorah, Chapter 1
1:1What Holds Up the WorldPDF (coming soon)
1:2If the Foundation VanishedPDF (coming soon)
1:3The World Could DisappearPDF (coming soon)
1:5The Power Without EndPDF (coming soon)
1:6What It Means to KnowPDF (coming soon)
1:7One Without ComparisonPDF (coming soon)
1:8No Body, No ShapePDF (coming soon)
1:9Words That Point Beyond ThemselvesPDF (coming soon)
1:10How Moses Asked to KnowPDF (coming soon)
1:11Beyond Place and TimePDF (coming soon)
1:12When Scripture Speaks of God's EmotionsPDF (coming soon)
Book 2 — Yesodei HaTorah, Chapter 2
2:1Love and Awe Are CommandedPDF (coming soon)
2:2The Path Begins With WonderPDF (coming soon)
2:3Three Kinds of Created BeingPDF (coming soon)
2:4Angels Are Not Their ImagesPDF (coming soon)
2:5Difference Without BodiesPDF (coming soon)
2:6Above Does Not Mean HigherPDF (coming soon)
2:7Names of the AngelsPDF (coming soon)
2:8Knowledge Has LevelsPDF (coming soon)
2:9Nothing Is HiddenPDF (coming soon)
2:10Knowledge Is Not Something God HasPDF (coming soon)
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.