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Nahmanid, Moshe ben-Nahman Gerondi, Ramban - biography
Nahmanides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Nachman Girondi, Bonastruc ça Porta and by his acronym Ramban, (Gerona, 1194 – Land of Israel, 1270), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator.
Name
"Nahmanides" is a Greek-influenced formation meaning "son of Nachman". He is also commonly known by his Hebrew acronym, "Ramban", (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman).
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His Catalan name was Bonastruc ça Porta, (also written Saporta, de Porta).
Biography
Nahmanides was born at Girona (hence his name "Girondi") in 1194, and died in the Land of Israel about 1270. He was the grandson of Isaac ben Reuben of Barcelona and cousin of Jonah Gerondi (the Rabbeinu Yonah); his brother was Benveniste de Porta, the bailie of Barcelona.
Among his teachers in Talmud were Judah ben Yakkar and Meïr ben Nathan of Trinquetaille, and he is said to have been instructed in Kabbalah (Jewish mysti