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#maimonides

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ד-פּאַקס<p>"[A]s far back as our sources go, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> teaches about a deeper layer in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a>. The <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Torah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Torah</span></a> tells us that Isaac did indeed love his wife Rebekah when they got married (even though they did meet through a matchmaker!).</p><p>In fact, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Maimonides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maimonides</span></a>, in one of the most authoritative legal codes, states that “a man should honor his wife more than himself and love her as himself.” A loving, emotional connection is an expectation in a <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> marriage.</p><p>Mystically, the Torah tells us that a man and wife are in fact two halves of a whole; their souls are destined for each other from before they are even born, and seek to reconnect with and complete each other. Every marriage is an expression of this longing and fulfillment."</p><p><a href="https://jewinthecity.com/2025/03/debunking-myths-surrounding-orthodox-jewish-marriage/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jewinthecity.com/2025/03/debun</span><span class="invisible">king-myths-surrounding-orthodox-jewish-marriage/</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>" The Guide for the Perplexed" sits as yet unread on my bookshelf. I'll get round to it at some point, I hope.</p><p>Alberto Manguel's "Maimonides: Faith in Reason" uses this Cordoban statue for an illustration and notes it was erected in 1964.</p><p>I'd like to know more about the decision to commemorate the great Jewish philosopher in the city of his birth. At the time of the Civil War, Francoist rhetoric had an ugly antisemitic streak. What had changed by the sixties? Was it a purely local initiative? </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Maimonides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maimonides</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cordoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cordoba</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SpanishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpanishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a></p><p> </p><p>Maimónides | Turismo de Córdoba</p><p><a href="https://www.turismodecordoba.org/maimonides3#" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">turismodecordoba.org/maimonide</span><span class="invisible">s3#</span></a></p>
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