Tiberias in Kinneret, Northern District, Israel — West Asia (the Levant in the Middle East)
Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef, Father of Maimonides
Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, March 8, 2023
1. Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef, Father of Maimonides Marker
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Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef, Father of Maimonides. . Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef was a student of Rabbi Yosef Halevi Ibn Magash and lived in the 12th century CE. Escaping anti-Semitic rioters, Rabbi Maimon took his family on a long and difficult road to safety from Cordoba in Spain to Morocco and from there to the Land of Israel, and finally to Egypt where they found peace and tranquility, and where he died. , "Beware of the temptations of the world and the pursuit of desires. Always remember that life is cut short by death, separating man from his desire, exiling him from his home and his place; as if he will not find peace until he leaves his home, and is separated from his loved ones, and all links untie, and he is left alone, leaving everything that was his behind. And he will then be held accountable for his sins, and punished accordingly." , (Letter of Consolation), (Hebrew text not transcribed)
Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef was a student of Rabbi Yosef Halevi Ibn Magash and lived in the 12th century CE. Escaping anti-Semitic rioters, Rabbi Maimon took his family on a long and difficult road to safety from Cordoba in Spain to Morocco and from there to the Land of Israel, and finally to Egypt where they found peace and tranquility, and where he died.
"Beware of the temptations of the world and the pursuit of desires. Always remember that life is cut short by death, separating man from his desire, exiling him from his home and his place; as if he will not find peace until he leaves his home, and is separated from his loved ones, and all links untie, and he is left alone, leaving everything that was his behind. And he will then be held accountable for his sins, and punished accordingly."
(Letter of Consolation)
Location. 32° 47.405′ N, 35° 32.246′ E. Marker is in Tiberias, Northern District, in Kinneret. Marker can be reached from Khakham Abulafya Street. Touch for map. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. The marker is located at the tomb site of the Rambam.
Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, March 8, 2023
2. Rabbi Maimon ben Yosef, Father of Maimonides Marker
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