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Moses ben Nachman (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן Mōše ben-Nāḥmān, "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (/ n æ k ˈ m æ n ɪ d iː z /; Greek: Ναχμανίδης Nakhmanídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban (/ ˌ r ɑː m ˈ b ɑː n /; רמב״ן ) and by the contemporary ...
Moshe ben Nachman (Nachmanides or the Ramban) was the foremost halakhist of his age. Like Maimonides before him, Nachmanides was a Spaniard who was both a physician and a great Torah scholar. However, unlike the rationalist Maimonides, Nachmanides had a strong mystical bent.
Nachmanides is the first accepted, great rabbinic scholar to legitimize the use of Kabbalah, and he did so in his monumental commentary to the Bible. Many times, after citing other rabbinic opinions, he writes, “And the ultimate truth is,” by which he means according to Kabbalah.
Mar 28, 2024 · Naḥmanides (born c. 1194, Gerona, Catalonia—died 1270, Acre, Palestine) was a Spanish scholar and rabbi and Jewish religious leader. He was also a philosopher, poet, physician, and Kabbalist. Naḥmanides earned his livelihood as a physician and served successively as rabbi at Gerona and then as chief rabbi of Catalonia.
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This great champion was Rabbi Moses ben Nachman Gerondi, known by the abbreviation RaMBaN, and to the non-Jewish world-as Nachmanides. He was called Gerondi after his native town Gerona, Spain, where he was born in the year 4954 (1195 c.e.).
The End of Spanish Jewry. Religious disputations between Jews and followers of other religions first appear in Biblical times. Abraham debated belief in one G‑d with King Nimrod and his followers. Elijah 's confrontation with the prophets of Baal had elements of a religious debate.
Naḥman, also known as Naḥamani and RaMBaN – an acronym of Rabbi Moses Ben Naḥman) was a Spanish rabbi and scholar and one of the leading authors of talmudic literature in the Middle Ages; philosopher, kabbalist, biblical exegete, poet, and physician.
