“Maimonides” (Doubleday, 594 pages, $35), Joel Kraemer’s biography of the man known among observant Jews as “the RaMBaM” (for Rabbi Moses ben Maimon), has been 20 years in the making and is clearly ...

A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: The Temple's essential definition doesn't depend on the Sanhedrin's presence, though the Sanhedrin depends on proximity to the Temple ...

We all know Rambam has lots of answers. A new book has put much of his practical wisdom for everyday living into one easy reading volume. Rules to Live By: Maimonides’ Guide to a Wonderful Life ...

A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: A kohen who rejects the 24 priestly gifts forfeits his entire kehuna status - acceptance and belief determine religious inheritance.

Moses ben Maimon, also known as Rambam, and commonly called Maimonides, was the ultimate Jewish polymath. He was the court physician to the sultan Saladin, and author of the Mishnah Torah and The ...

It seems like a stark choice, an either-or – until we read Maimonides. For Maimonides, a 12th century theologian, philosopher, rabbi and physician, there is no true faith without reason.

However, if we study Rambam, we accomplish learning “ Kol HaTorah Kulah ” – the whole Torah, as the Rambam put the entire Torah – all halachos, all of Jewish law, in his sefer.

For the Rambam’s word was law, the word of a Moses. In a wooden frame, between two glasses, lies the wornout fragment of a letter. Old are the characters.

Beautiful is the "Prayer of Maimonides," 12th Century Jewish physician-philosopher-teacher: "0 God, Thou hast formed the body of man with infinite goodness; thou hast united in him ...