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Maimonides

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Maimonides    


Moses ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the acronym Rambam,
was a medieval Sephardic (Iberian) Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin.


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