Book of Love

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Book of Love is the English title of "Sefer Ahavah," a section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that systematically codifies Jewish laws related to love and devotion to God.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal text
part of Mishneh Torah
section of a legal code
aimsTo cultivate love of God through commandments
author Maimonides
Moses ben Maimon
linked to: Maimonides
belongsToGenre legal code
belongsToWork Mishneh Torah
compiledInCentury 12th century
focusesOn Jewish religious practice
devotion to God
love of God
followsInMishnehTorah Book of Seasons
geographicalContext medieval Egypt
hasCanonicalOrderInMishnehTorah second book
hasComponent Laws of Blessings
Laws of Circumcision
linked to: Hilchot Milah

Laws of Prayer and Priestly Blessing
linked to: Berachot

Laws of Reading the Shema
linked to: Hilchot Kriat Shema

Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah Scrolls
linked to: Codes of Jewish law

Laws of Tzitzit
hasLanguage English
Hebrew
hasOriginalTitle Sefer Ahavah
hasReligiousFunction codification of Jewish law
hasTitle Book of Love
isSectionOf Mishneh Torah
partOf Mishneh Torah
precedesInMishnehTorah Book of Knowledge
religiousLaw Halakha
religiousTradition Judaism
subject Shema
linked to: Shema Yisrael

Torah scrolls
linked to: Torah scroll

blessings
circumcision
mezuzah
prayer
priestly blessing
tefillin
tzitzit
theologicalTheme daily worship
relationship between commandments and love of God
remembrance of God
writtenByTradition medieval Jewish philosophy

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Sefer Ahavah hasTitleTranslation Book of Love
Book of Love hasTitle Book of Love
Uschk Nameh titleMeaning Book of Love