Moshe Maimonides

A forgotten voice from 1391: 'Hasdai Crescas: Collected Writings' - book review

Hasdai Crescas became crown rabbi of Aragon under King John I and Queen Violant de Bar. He counted among his friends Rabbi Isaac ben Sheshet and Rabbi Simeon ben Tzemah Duran.

Inaugurating Hasdai Crescas Street in Jerusalem, 2011. Front row (from left): Esti Eisenman, specialist in Crescas and initiator of street naming; Prof. Warren Zeev Harvey, leading specialist in Crescas. Back row (from left): Regional council member Yael Anatbi, and Prof. Yomtov Asis.
Breathing practice

Why do so many people wake up tired – and how is it connected to the nose

Today, in the technological era, it is clear that the most influential forces in the world are often the invisible ones.

Hanukkah 2025: The power of the invisible

Or Yesha Meusharim from Machzor Worms (13th c.)

National Library unveils rare 14th century Mishneh Torah manuscript


Rare Maimonides manuscripts on display in YU Museum Exhibit

The exhibit is the first time that the manuscript of Moreh Nevuchim, meaning Guide to the Perplexed, will be available for the public to see.

Sefer ha-Mitsvot (Book of the Commandments), Yemen, 1492. From the Hartman Collection.

Medieval Jewish thinker Maimonides wrote in Romance language - research

Maimonides, born Moses ben Maimon and also known as the Rambam, is one of the great scholars and thinkers of his time, even among non-Jewish contemporaries. 

The Rambam

700-year-old handwritten copy of Maimonides' book going on auction

The copy is a handwritten adorned copy of the Guide of the Perplexed in which Maimonides interpreted the Hebrew Bible.

 The purported portrait of Maimonides from which all modern portraits are derived.

Antisemitic works on display at Warsaw Historical Book Fair

The annual Historical Book Fair in Warsaw is supported by the office of the Polish President Andrzej Duda.

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Before Giving Tuesday, learn how to give charity and make it have impact

As Giving Tuesday approaches we want to share some experiences and observations from our decades of nonprofit work to elevate your charitable giving to Israel to be the most impactful.

 Money jar

Judaism has compassion for animals

Jewish thinkers and commentators weigh in on textual sources about compassion and cruelty regarding animal slaughter.

 The Freedom Farm Sanctuary in Olesh serves as a shelter for rescued animals from the meat and dairy industry.

Wine talk: What Bobal & Rambam have in common

Spain does not have many kosher wines, but a new kosher winery, Vina Memorias, is making waves with the relatively unknown bobal grape, and a wine named after Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon.

THE BEAUTIFUL old vines of the Bobal variety, with thick trunks and grotesque shapes of their waving branches

Where our fingers should point this Yom Kippur

On the eve of Yom Kippur, it may be worthwhile to read Maimonides’ analysis of how we can all improve our behavior.

 PAINTING by the Polish artist Maurycy Gottlieb c. 1878, titled ‘Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.’

Maimonides’ ‘Mishneh Torah’ translated into Russian

The Moscow-based Knizhniki Publishing House, which specializes in Jewish subjects, this summer completed the project that has taken eight years to complete and has cost about $1.5 million.

An illuminated and illuminated Mishneh Torah copied in Spain or Provence in the 14th century at the Israel Museum exhibit, Maimonides: A Legacy in Script, on loan from the National Library, Jerusalem