Moses ben Maimon (Arabic: موسى بن ميمون), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the acronym Rambam, was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician.
Born in Córdoba, Almoravid empire (present-day Spain) on Passover Eve, 1135 or 1138, he worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt.
He died in Egypt whence his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias.
