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Maimonides’ Legal Writings

Maimonides' extensive writings on Jewish law, or halachah, remain an unsurpassed accomplishment.

Who Was Maimonides?

A philosopher, physician, rabbinic scholar and more, Maimonides was the most famous Jew of the premodern age.

‘Do Not Stand By the Blood of Your Neighbor’

This Torah injunction is understood to require individuals to do everything in their power to avoid bloodshed.

Maimonides on Seder Nezikin

The sequence of the tractates in the Order

Maimonides on Seder Tohorot

The sequence of the tractates in the Order "Purities."

Maimonides on Seder Nashim

The sequence of the tractates in the Order

Maimonides on Seder Kodashim

The sequence of the tractates in the Order

What is Our Responsibility to Other Creatures?

A Jewish perspective on animal suffering and conservation.

The Mishneh Torah

Maimonides' halachic magnum opus.

Maimonides (Rambam) and His Texts

One of the greatest Jewish scholars of all time, he was both a traditionalist and an innovator.