In his commentary on the Talmud, Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ) wrote:

The Medieval rabbinic figure Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ), also known as the Rambam, wrote a commentary to tractate Sanhedrin stressing a relatively naturalistic interpretation of the Messiah and de-emphasizing miraculous elements.

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A leading scholar of the Kabbalah, Moshe Idel ( Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic, SUNY, 1995, pp. 17 – 18 ), ascribes this doctrine to the kabbalistic system of Rabbi Moses Cordovero ( 1522 – 1570 ) and in the eighteenth century, Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement, as well as his contemporary, Rabbi Menahem Mendel, the Maggid of Bar.

In the first half of the 10th century Aaron ben Moses ben Asher and Moshe ben Naphtali ( often just called ben Asher and ben Naphtali ) were the leading Masoretes in Tiberias.

Also, there were other authorities such as Rabbi Pinchas and Moshe Moheh, and ben Asher and ben Naphtali often agree against these others.

It was criticised by Moshe Goshen-Gottstein: " the publisher of the Koren Bible-who laid no claim to expertise in masoretic issues ... sought the help of three scholars, all of whom suffered from the same lack of masoretic expertise ... Basically, the Koren edition is hardly an edition like that of Dotan, but another rehash of the material prepared by ben Hayim.

The early period of Alfonso's reign saw the translation of selected works of magic ( Lapidario, Picatrix, Libro de las formas et las ymagenes ) all translated by a Jewish scholar named Yehuda ben Moshe ( Yhuda Mosca, in the Old Spanish source texts ).

* Hilchot Deot by Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon )

* The Eight Chapters by Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon )

He is also commonly known by his Hebrew acronym, " רמב ״ ן ", ( Rabbi Moshe ben Naḥman ).

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This announcement was introduced by Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg ( late 13th century ), and endorsed by the Maharil ( Rabbi Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin, early 15th century ).

On the other end of the philosophical spectrum is the view of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides.

Abū Ibrāhim Ismāʿīl ibn Yūsuf ibn Naghrīla, born in Mérida-lived in Cordoba, was a child prodigy and student of Rabbi Hanoch ben Moshe.

Shmuel Ha-Nagid, Hasdai Ibn Shaprut, and Rabbi Moshe ben Hanoch founded the Lucena Yeshiva that produced such brilliant scholars as Rabbi Yitzhak ibn Ghiath and Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef ( father of Maimonides ).

" The great scholars of the Renaissance with whom he corresponded include Shmuel ben Moshe di Modena, Joseph Katz, Solomon Luria, Moses Isserles, Obadiah Sforno, and Moses Alashkar.

While such scholars as Rabbi Saadia Gaon, Rabbi Bahya ibn Paquda, and Rabbi Yehuda Halevi elaborated on proper monotheism and the issues of idolatry, without a doubt Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ( Maimonides ) was the most thorough in his elucidation of monotheism and the problems of idolatry.

Rabbi Shmuel Moshe Kramer also noted that the gematria (" numerical value ") of the Hebrew letters of Breslov ( ברסלב ) is 294, as is the Hebrew spelling of Nachman ben Faiga ( נחמן בן פיגא ) ( Nachman son Faiga ) — the names of Rebbe Nachman and his mother.

Several other signatories later Hebraised their names, including Meir Argov ( Grabovsky ), Peretz Bernstein ( then Fritz Bernstein ), Avraham Granot ( Granovsky ), Avraham Nissan ( Katznelson ), Moshe Kol ( Kolodny ), Yehuda Leib Maimon ( Fishman ), Golda Meir ( Myerson ), Pinchas Rosen ( Felix Rosenblueth ) and Moshe Sharett ( Shertok ).

Marranos: Secret Passover Seder | Seder in Spain during the times of inquisition, painting by Moshe Maimon

The Mishneh Torah (, " Repetition of the Torah ") subtitled Sefer Yad HaHazaka ( ספר יד החזקה " Book of the Strong Hand ,") is a code of Jewish religious law ( Halakha ) authored by Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, also known as RaMBaM or " Rambam "), one of history's foremost rabbis.

Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ) lamented the pains that Jews felt as a result of new faiths that attempted to supplant Judaism, specifically Christianity and Islam.

Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ( Maimonides ) stated in the Mishneh Torah Sefer Shofetím, Hilekhót Mumarím 3: 3

Moreh Nevukhim ; Arabic:, dalālatul ḥā ’ irīn, ) is one of the major works of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides or " the Rambam ".

* Maimonides, Moshe Ben Maimon, ( Rambam ), 13th century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier

Among these are Ibn Rushayd al-Sabti ( d. 1321 ), Mohammed Ibn al-Hajj al-Abdari al-Fasi ( d. 1336 ), Abu Imran al-Fasi ( d. 1015 ), a leading theorist of the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence, Leo Africanus, a renowned traveler and writer, and Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon.

* Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon

The persecution and increasing apostasy led one of Yemen's most respected Jewish scholars, Jacob ben Nathanael, to write for counsel to Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides.

In regards to B ' nei Anusim, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ( Maimonides ) stated in the Mishneh Torah Sefer Shofetím, Hilekhót Mumarím 3: 3

* Abraham ben Moses Maimon

Mosheh ben Maimon ( משה בן מימון )‎, called Moses Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn (), or RaMBaM ( רמב " ם – Hebrew acronym for " Rabbi Mosheh Ben Maimon "), was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the most prolific and followed Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages.

His full Hebrew name is Rabbi Mosheh ben Maimon (), whose acronym forms " Rambam " ( רמב " ם ).

Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides or " The Rambam " ( 1135-1204 CE ), lived at a time when both Christianity and Islam were developing active theologies.

; 1135 – 1204: Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, aka Maimonides or the Rambam is the leading rabbi of Sephardic Jewry.

He was a student of his father, Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef ( a student of Joseph ibn Migash ) in Cordoba, Spain.

* Moses ben Maimon

Taking as his framework the metaphysical and psychological system of Moses Maimonides ( Mosheh ben Maimon, 1135 / 8 – 1204 ), Abulafia strove for spiritual experience, which he viewed as a prophetic state similar to or even identical with that of the ancient Jewish prophets.

** Geiger, Mosheh ben Maimon, p. 70 ;

Encouraged, however, by letters signed by the rabbis of Argentière and Lunel, and particularly by the support of Kalonymus ben Todros, the nasi of Narbonne, and of the eminent Talmudist Asheri of Toledo, Ben Adret issued a decree, signed by thirty-three rabbis of Barcelona, excommunicating those who should, within the next fifty years, study physics or metaphysics before their thirtieth year of age ( basing his action on the principle laid down by Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed part one chapter 34 ), and had the order promulgated in the synagogue on Sabbath, July 26, 1305.

Before Maimonides concluded this, Sunni Muslims officially prohibited mutah ( i. e. temporary marriage ) relationships ; some commentators ' suggest that Maimonides changed his view in response to this development, similar to Gershom ben Judah's ban on polygamy being made after Christians had prohibited it.

* The work of the Rosh, Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel ( 1250 ?/ 1259 ?– 1328 ), an abstract of the Talmud, concisely stating the final halakhic decision and quoting later authorities, notably Alfasi, Maimonides, and the Tosafists.

In writing the Shulchan Aruch, Rabbi Karo based his rulings on three authorities — Maimonides ( Rambam ), Asher ben Jehiel ( Rosh ), and Isaac Alfasi ( Rif ); he considered the Mordechai in inconclusive cases.

* Abraham ben Moses Maimonides

In Latin, the Hebrew " ben " ( son of ) becomes the Greek − style suffix "- ides " to form " Moses Maimonides ".

Maimonides and his wife, the daughter of one Mishael ben Yeshayahu Halevi, had one child, Avraham, who was recognized as a great scholar, and who succeeded him as Nagid and as court physician at the age of eighteen.

It was also an important resource in the study of the Babylonian Talmud by the Kairouan school of Hananel ben Hushiel and Nissim Gaon, with the result that opinions ultimately based on the Jerusalem Talmud found their way into both the Tosafot and the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides.

Jewish neo-Aristotelian philosophers, who are still influential today, include Maimonides, Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, and Gersonides.

The successors of Maimonides, from the 13th to the 15th century — Nahmanides, Abba Mari ben Moses, Simon ben Zemah Duran, Joseph Albo, Isaac Arama, and Joseph Jaabez — narrowed his 13 articles to three core beliefs: Belief in God ; in Creation ( or revelation ); and in providence ( or retribution ).

On the other hand, David ben Yom-Tob ibn Bilia, in his " Yesodot ha-Maskil " ( Fundamentals of the Thinking Man ), adds to the 13 of Maimonides 13 of his own — a number which a contemporary of Albo also chose for his fundamentals ; while Jedaiah Penini, in the last chapter of his " Behinat ha-Dat ," enumerated no less than 35 cardinal principles.

These writings are: " Milhamot HaShem ," defending Alfasi against the criticisms of Zerachiah ha-Levi of Girona ( published with the " Alfasi ," Venice, 1552 ; frequently reprinted ; separate edition, Berlin, 1759 ); " Sefer ha-Zekhut ," in defense of Alfasi against the criticisms of Abraham ben David ( RABaD ; printed with Abraham Meldola's " Shiv ' ah ' Enayim ," Leghorn, 1745 ; under the title " Machaseh u-Magen ," Venice, 1808 ); " Hassagot " ( Constantinople, 1510 ; frequently reprinted ), in defense of Simeon Kayyara against the criticisms of Maimonides ' " Sefer ha-Mitzwoth " ( Book of Precepts ).

The works of Ibn Rushd especially became the subject of their study, due in great measure to Maimonides, who, in a letter addressed to his pupil Joseph ben Judah, spoke in the highest terms of Ibn Rushd's commentary.