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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Maimonides, Abraham ibn Ezra, Aryeh Kaplan, Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Abraham Abulafia, Menahem Lonzano, Moses Gaster, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, Chaim Joseph David Azulai, Menasseh Ben Israel, Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Nehemiah Hayyun, Ben Ish Chai, Abraham de Sola, Isaac Aboab I, Moses Hagiz, David de Aaron de Sola, Chaim ibn Attar, Judah Leon Templo, David Nieto, Yaakov Chaim Sofer, Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas, Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Yaakov Abuhatzeira, Judah Alkalai, Shem Tob Gaguine, Yaakov Culi, Joseph Sitruk, Chaim Palagi, Solomon Almoli, Marc D. Angel, Hayim David HaLevi, Israel Moses Hazan, Joseph ibn Ezra, Abdallah Somekh, Chaim Pinto, Isaac S.D. Sassoon, Chalom Messas, Samuel ben Jacob ibn Jam, Yehuda Fatiyah, Ephraim Alnaqua, Elazar ben Moshe Azikri, Baruch Gigi, Isaac Uziel, Eli Mansour, Judah ben Jacob Najar, David Messas, Judah Rosanes, Joseph Athias, David Hassine, Solomon David Sassoon, Benjamin Artom, Mordecai Galante. Excerpt: Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as M s ibn Maym n ( ) in Arabic, or Rambam ( " - Hebrew acronym for "Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon"), was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages. He was born in Cordoba, Spain on Passover Eve, 1135, and died in Egypt (or Tiberias) on 20th Tevet, December 12, 1204. He was a rabbi, physician and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. Although his writings on Jewish law and ethics were met with acclaim and gratitude from most Jews even as far off as Spain, Iraq and Yemen, and he rose to be the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, there were also respectful critics of some of his rulings and other writings particularly in Spain. Nevertheless, he was posthumously acknowledged to be one of the foremost rabbinical arbit...
