This article is about the medieval Catalan rabbi. For the physician and philosopher also known as Maimonides, see Rambam. For other uses, see Ramban (disambiguation). For Founder of Breslov Hasidism, see Nachman of Breslov.
Nachmanides Moses ben Nahman
21st-century artistic depiction of Nachmanides in Acre, Israel
Born
1194
Girona, Crown of Aragon (present-day Spain)
Died
1270
Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
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Jewish philosophy
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Moses ben Nachman (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָןMōše ben-Nāḥmān, "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides[1] (/nækˈmænɪdiːz/; Greek: ΝαχμανίδηςNakhmanídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban (/ˌrɑːmˈbɑːn/; רמב״ן) and by the contemporary nickname[2]Bonastruc ça Porta (Catalan:[ˌbɔnəsˈtɾuksəˈpɔrtə]; literally "Mazel Tov near the Gate", see astruc), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator. He was raised, studied, and lived for most of his life in Girona, Catalonia. He is also considered to be an important figure in the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Jerusalem following its destruction by the Crusaders in 1099.
^Now also found in the partially translated form Nahmanides/nəˈmænɪdiːz,nɑːxˈmɑːnɪdiːz/.
^Alberch i Fugueras, Ramon; Aragó, Narcís-Jordi (1994). The Jews in Girona. Diputació de Girona. p. 27. ISBN 9788480670333. "He was called Moises, named after the great desert leader: but the people of Girona, amongst whom he had good friends, knew him as Bonastruc de Porta."
Encyclopædia Britannica article "Nachmanides". Video Lecture on Nachmanides by Dr. Henry Abramson Iggeres HaRamban - Nachmanides's letter to his son Igeres Haramban...
Hamitzvot ("Book of Commandments") by Maimonides, with a commentary by Nachmanides. Maimonides employs a set of fourteen rules (shorashim) which determine...
treat them as binding would effectively nullify a biblical commandment. Nachmanides continues to say this command applies in every generation, even during...
that have scales and can ignore the portion of the rule about fins. Nachmanides comments that the scales of a kosher fish must be able to be removed...
of the soul and denial of a share in the world to come. According to Nachmanides, multiple definitions are accurate, and are applicable according to the...
Orthodox Judaism. In general, Nachmanides' view is influential in Haredi Judaism, while Maimonides' view — in addition to Nachmanides' — underpins much of Modern...
Jewish scholars who were contemporaries of Jesus, as later pointed out by Nachmanides, who in 1263 observed that Jesus was rejected as the messiah by the rabbis...
do?" Nachmanides noted that prophetic promises of the Messianic Age, a reign of universal peace and justice had not yet been fulfilled. Nachmanides also...
physical idols as seen in the golden calf episode. Other scholars, such as Nachmanides, disagree and maintain that the tabernacle's meaning is not tied in with...
The area also suffered from many earthquakes and black plague. When Nachmanides visited in 1267 he found only two Jewish families, in a population of...
However, Nachmanides disagreed, partly because he viewed the seventh law as a positive commandment that was not punishable by death. Instead, Nachmanides said...
Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. "Catalonia Pays Homage to Nachmanides". Haaretz. Retrieved 10 January 2024. "The Museum of Jewish History"...
community in the Land of Israel under Mamluk and Ottoman rule Key events Nachmanides Aliya (1263) Alhambra decree (1492) Manuel I decree (1496) Hebron and...
670 of the Seleucid era" (i.e., 358–359 CE). Later writers, such as Nachmanides, explained Hai Gaon's words to mean that the entire computed calendar...
commentaries in similar styles. Among these are the commentaries of Nachmanides (Ramban), Solomon ben Adret (Rashba), Yom Tov of Seville (Ritva) and...
was also taken for granted, to the extent that biblical commentator Nachmanides (Ramban) quoted several passages from a Peshitta (Syriac version) of...
divine commandments in the Bible, but fewer than 300 applied to his time. Nachmanides found that the number was in dispute and uncertain. The number 613 is...
Halevi Abraham ibn Daud Joseph ibn Tzaddik Abraham ibn Ezra Maimonides Nachmanides Samuel ibn Tibbon Joseph ben Judah Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera Gersonides...
bar Yochai pronounced a curse on anyone teaching this idea. Rashi and Nachmanides followed this. Pseudo-Philo (Biblical Antiquities 3:1–3) may also imply...
spiritual existence for souls, which he calls "disembodied intellects,” Nachmanides discusses an intensely spiritual existence on Earth, where spirituality...
states until 1260 and the conquest of Levant by the Mamluks in 1291, Nachmanides wrote a letter to his son. It contained the following references to the...
thinkers, such as the Kabbalists Isaac the Blind, Azriel of Gerona and Nachmanides and the earlier Jewish neoplatonic philosopher Solomon ibn Gabirol (Avicebron)...
his biblical exegesis, Bahya took as his model Rabbi Moses ben Nahman (Nachmanides) or Ramban, the teacher of Rabbi Shlomo ibn Aderet, who was the first...
rabbinic decrees is stipulated by the verse and thou shalt observe, while Nachmanides argued that such severity is unfounded, while accepting such enactments...
Jordan River into Canaan (Book of Joshua, 4) 11 Nisan (1270) – Death of Nachmanides[citation needed] 11 Nisan (1902) – Birth of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe...
isle. Tradition has it that Nachmanides was the one who founded the synagogue. After the Disputation of Barcelona, Nachmanides was exiled from Aragon,[citation...
Many kabbalists were also leading legal figures in Judaism, such as Nachmanides and Joseph Karo. Medieval kabbalah elaborates particular reasons for...
Halevi Abraham ibn Daud Joseph ibn Tzaddik Abraham ibn Ezra Maimonides Nachmanides Samuel ibn Tibbon Joseph ben Judah Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera Gersonides...
community in the Land of Israel under Mamluk and Ottoman rule Key events Nachmanides Aliya (1263) Alhambra decree (1492) Manuel I decree (1496) Hebron and...
Hagar) is advocated by the Rashbam, Abraham ibn Ezra, David Kimhi, and Nachmanides. They were listed as two different people in the genealogies in the Book...
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