Tiberias
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Tiberias is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 18th century one of Judaism's Four Holy
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The Roman-Byzantine southern city gate
Remains of Crusader fortress gate with ancient lintel in secondary use
Maimonides
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Moses ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam, was a Sephardic Jewish rabbi who is widely acknowledged as one of the most prolific and influential To
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…230–270 CE. Tiberias' 13 synagogues served the spiritual needs of a growing Jewish population. Tombs of famous rabbis Yohanan ben Zakkai, Akiva and Maimonides are also located in the city. During the Byzantine period, Tiberias was incorporated into the province of Palaestina Secunda. In the 6th century Tiberias…
Posthumous engraving in Thesaurus Antiquitatum Sacrarum, from which all modern portraits of Maimonides are derived, c. 1744
Maimonides' house in Fez, Morocco, according to local tradition. It is now occupied by the Dar al-Magana.
Monument in Córdoba
Bas relief of Maimonides in the United States House of Representatives