Nachmanides (Ramban)

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Nachmanides (Ramban) was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, biblical commentator, philosopher, and early kabbalist whose writings profoundly shaped Jewish thought and mysticism.

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instanceOf Jewish mystic
Jewish philosopher
Talmudist
biblical commentator
halakhic authority
kabbalist
medieval Jewish scholar
rabbi
alsoKnownAs Moses ben Nahman
Moshe ben Nachman
Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman
Ramban
birthDate c. 1194
birthName Moshe ben Nachman
linked to: Moses ben Nahman
birthPlace Catalonia
Crown of Aragon
Girona
burialPlace Land of Israel
linked to: Palestine
citizenship Crown of Aragon
dateOfEvent Disputation of Barcelona, 1263
deathDate c. 1270
deathPlace Acre
Land of Israel
linked to: Palestine
era 13th century
ethnicity Jewish
exiledFrom Crown of Aragon
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish mysticism
Jewish philosophy
Talmud
biblical exegesis
founded synagogue in Acre
influenced Jewish law and custom
Kabbalistic tradition
later Torah commentators
influencedBy Ibn Ezra
Maimonides
Rashi
knownFor defending Judaism in public disputations
emphasis on the Land of Israel in Jewish thought
integrating peshat and kabbalistic interpretation in biblical commentary
language Aramaic
Hebrew
movement Kabbalah
medieval Jewish philosophy
notableWork Commentary on the Talmud
Commentary on the Torah
Derashat Torat Hashem Temimah
Milhamot Hashem
Sefer HaMitzvot (Hasagot on Maimonides)
Torah commentary of Ramban
opponentInDisputation Pablo Christiani
participatedIn Disputation of Barcelona
patron King James I of Aragon
linked to: James I of Aragon
region Catalonia
Spain
religion Judaism
schoolTradition Sephardic Judaism
linked to: Sephardi Jews
settledIn Acre
Land of Israel
linked to: Palestine

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Kabbalah associatedWithFigure Nachmanides (Ramban)
Sefer Yetzirah commentedOnBy Ramban (Nachmanides)
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Nachmanides alsoKnownAs Ramban
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Nachmanides alsoKnownAs Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman
subject linked to: Nachmanides (Ramban)
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Nachmanides alsoKnownAs Moshe ben Nachman
subject linked to: Nachmanides (Ramban)
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Yosef Karo influencedBy Nahmanides
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Rishonim includes Ramban (Nachmanides)
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reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) discussedBy Nachmanides
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Mikraot Gedolot containsCommentaryBy Ramban
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Torah commentary of Ramban author Ramban
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Sefer HaMitzvot (Hasagot on Maimonides) author Nachmanides
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Milhamot Hashem writtenBy Ramban
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Commentary on the Talmud author Nachmanides
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Commentary on the Talmud authorName Ramban
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Commentary on the Talmud associatedPerson Nachmanides
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Pardes Rimonim influencedBy Nahmanides
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Jewish theology associatedWithFigure Nachmanides
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Safed Kabbalah influencedBy Nahmanides
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Ramban Synagogue namedAfter Nachmanides
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Ramban Synagogue dedicatedTo Nachmanides
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Ramban Synagogue linkedToPerson Nachmanides
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Moses ben Nahman hasName Moses ben Nachman
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Moses ben Nahman hasName Nahmanides
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Moses ben Nahman hasName Ramban
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Moses ben Nahman hasHonorific Ramban
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Leviticus 18:5 citedBy Nachmanides
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Thirteen Attributes of Mercy commentedOnBy Nachmanides
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Rashba influencedBy Nachmanides
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Rashba studentOf Nachmanides
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Ritva influencedBy Ramban
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Raavad (Abraham ben David of Posquières) influenced Nahmanides
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Ran (Nissim of Gerona) influencedBy Nachmanides
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Rabbenu Yonah influencedBy Ramban
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Torat Chayim includesCommentary Ramban
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