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Maimonides: Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, known by the acronym the “Rambam”, 1135-1204; Cordoba (Spain), Fez (Morocco) and Fostat (old Cairo, Egypt); codifier, philosopher, communal leader, and court physician to Sultan Saladin of Egypt; author of a commentary on the Mishnah, the Book of Mitzvot, Mishneh Torah, the Guide to the Perplexed and many other works
"...One of the principal elements in the study of Rambam is the unification of Jewry," said Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, leader of the Lubavitch Hasidim, who proposed in 1984 that Jews all over the world study a portion of Malmonides's works every day. "...
Maimonides’ tomb in Tiberias, Israel. On the stone is the epitaph: “From Moses to Moses there arose none like Moses.”
Engraved signature and plaque honoring Maimonides in Cordova, Spain.
A monument in Cordova, Spain, Maimonides' birthplace, honoring its famous resident. It resides in the courtyard of the only synagogue in the city that still stands since the 13th century, when Maimonides and his family fled the city because of anti-semeti...
An inside page from Maimonides’ code of law, Mishneh Torah, from the 1574 edition printed in Venice, Italy, housed at tthe Library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, the Chabad-Lubavitch central library.
Inner cover of Maimonides’ code of law, Mishneh Torah, from the 1574 edition printed in Venice, Italy, housed at the Library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, the Chabad-Lubavitch central library.
A manuscript of Maimonides’ Mishnah Torah, written in his own handwriting.
A collage of vintage and new published volumes of Maimonides’ code of law, Mishneh Torah, housed at tthe Library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, the Chabad-Lubavitch central library.
A celebration of the completion of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah in S. Paul, Minnesota.
Egyptian Jews and officials from the Israeli Consulate celebrate the completion of studying Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah at the 13th-century scholar’s synagogue in Cairo.
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