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  • The FBI agent said the agency would not release any more information about the arrest, and that the information was sealed until Monday when Rambam is expected to make an initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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  • Rambam is also a repeat character in Friedman's mystery novel series, where all of Kinky's friends are fictionalized.

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  • A 12th-century Jewish philosopher, Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, known as the Rambam, came up with an elegant image for the righteous way to give: One should endeavor to move up the ladder from the bottom rung (a grudging gift that shames the recipient) to the top (an anonymous gift that helps others help themselves).

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  • He also told me that the Rambam was a greater genius than any scientist, past or present, including Copernicus, Newton and Einstein - that settled the matter!

    Inter-Lubav Infighting Leaves 770 in Shambles | Jewschool 2006

  • The result has been, that the _Shulchan Aruch_ has become an impersonal authority, rarely cited by the author's name, while the _Mishneh Torah_ is mostly referred to as the Rambam, _i. e.

    The Book of Delight and Other Papers Israel Abrahams 1891

  • At this point, the Rambam was a Naturalist when it comes to miracles while the Meiri and Rashbatz were Interventionists, believers that God intervenes in nature (these terms are not my creation).

    Hirhurim - Musings Gil Student 2010

  • The following quote from the Rambam is a remarkable summary of the life philosophy of Jack Kemp, a man who lived eight centuries after the Rambam:

    Cross-Currents 2009

  • The following quote from the Rambam is a remarkable summary of the life philosophy of Jack Kemp, a man who lived eight centuries after the Rambam:

    Cross-Currents 2009

  • Rabbi Maimonides was also known as the Rambam, an acronym of his Hebrew name, Rabbi Moshe ben (son of) Maimon.

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  • Rabbi Maimonides was also known as the Rambam, an acronym of his Hebrew name, Rabbi Moshe ben (son of) Maimon.

    Cross-Currents 2009

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