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'''Mosheh ben Maimon''' (משה בן מימון), called '''Moses Maimonides''' (pron.: /maɪˈmɒnɪdiːz/ my-mon-i-deez) and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn (Arabic: موسى بن ميمون‎), or RaMBaM (רמב"ם – Hebrew acronym for "Rabbi Mosheh Ben Maimon"), was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the most prolific and followed Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages. He was born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover Eve, 1135, and died in Egypt (or Tiberias) on 20th Tevet, December 12, 1204.[5] He was a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt.<ref>{{REFweb
'''Mosheh ben Maimon''' (משה בן מימון), called '''Moses Maimonides''' (pron.: /maɪˈmɒnɪdiːz/ my-mon-i-deez) and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn (Arabic: موسى بن ميمون‎), or RaMBaM (רמב"ם – Hebrew acronym for "Rabbi Mosheh Ben Maimon"), was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the most prolific and followed Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages. He was born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover Eve, 1135, and died in Egypt (or Tiberias) on 20th Tevet, December 12, 1204.[5] He was a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt.<ref>{{URLwikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides|Moses Maimonides|2012-12-29}}</ref>  
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== Maimonides and circumcision ==
== Maimonides and circumcision ==
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  |ref=<ref name="Perplexed">[http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/gfp/gfp185.htm The Guide for the Perplexed, Part III, Chapter 49. Moses Maimonides]</ref>
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