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Does Maimonides Require Acceptance of Commandments for Conversion?

There has been quite a bit of discussion in the academic and rabbinic communities regarding Maimonides‟ view of the acceptance of the commandments as a requirement for conversion. Some assume that Maimonides requires acceptance of commandments virtually no different than the Tosaphists, while others assume that Rambam does not require acceptance of commandments at all in the conversion process. This paper argues that texts in the Maimonides‟ Mishnah torah demonstrate that he indeed requires acceptance of the commandments for conversion, and that his omission of this requirement from the central discussion in Hilchot issurai bi’ah raises a literary, not a legal question. M e o r o t A F o ru m o f M o d er n O rt h o d o x D is co u rs e Meorot 9 Tishrei 5772