Why did Maimonides write the Mishneh Torah?
I undertook the *Mishneh Torah* because I observed a great lack of clarity and accessibility in Jewish law. Many statutes had become obscure, and the existing legal codes were vast and difficult to navigate. My aim was to codify all of Jewish law in a clear, concise, and systematic manner, arranged logically, so that any individual, learned or otherwise, could readily ascertain the proper observance of the commandments.
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