Maimonides

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Maimonides

משה בן מימון

Maimonides- [Moshe ben Maimon in the Hebrew above] A mid-12th to early-13th century Jewish scholar also known as the Rambam.  Pronounced mai MAHN uh deez.  He was the preeminent medieval scholar of Judaism during his life and his teachings have been revered and followed for the past 700 years.

  

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