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Jewish History

Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, Talmudist, Halachist, physician, philosopher and communal leader, known in the Jewish world by the acronym "Rambam" and to the world at large as "Maimonides", passed away in Egypt on the 20th of Tevet in 1204 (4965).

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The first volume of the Babylonian Talmud, the tractate Berachot, was printed in Soncino, Italy, on the 20th of Tevet of the year 5244 from creation (1483)

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Daily Thought

Many believe that truth is the domain of great minds, so that the greater your intellect, the closer you can come to the truth.

But truth is that which knows no bounds. If it is genuine truth, it is to be found everywhere equally.

The same truth that the profound philosopher grasps by intellectual extrapolation and abstraction is found in the simple world of the child, where truths are that which can be seen and touched.

Only that the child has two advantages: The child can see and touch the truth. And the child has truth in its pristine simplicity.

Likkutei Sichot, vol. 15, pp. 79–80; Torat Menachem 5743, Nasso, sec. 22; Sefer ha-Sichot 5752, vol. 1, pp. 126–127; Shabbat Parshat Pinchas 5734; 8th day of Chanukah 5739. For more elaboration, see Limitless Truth for the Limited Mind.