Iggeret haKodesh
Nachmanides’s letter to his son displayed on the Ramban synagogue in Jerusalem
The book Iggeret ha-Kodesh (אגרת הקודש – The Holy Epistle) on the topics of marriage, holiness, and sexual relations was commonly attributed to Nachmanides, who supposedly wrote it for his son as a wedding gift. However, modern scholarship attributes it to a different author, perhaps Rabbi Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla.[8]
רמב״ן
Moshe ben Nachman, also known as Ramban, was a leading Torah scholar of the middle ages who authored commentaries on Torah and the Talmud. He was a posek who wrote responsa and stand-alone works on Halachic topics, as well as works on mysticism, science and philosophy. Ramban’s commentary on the Torah often critiques earlier commentaries and incorporates kabbalistic teachings. He was born in Gerona, Spain, where he established a large yeshiva which produced hundreds of disciples who became leaders of Spanish Jewry. In 1263 he took part in a debate in Barcelona with an apostate Jew named Pablo Christiani, at the behest of the Church. In 1267, at the age of 72, he immigrated to the Holy Land, where he settled in Akko (Acre). He died there at age 76.
רבי משה בן נחמן, הידוע כרמב”ן, היה מגדולי חכמי ספרד שחיבר פירושים על התורה והתלמוד. הוא היה פוסק הלכה שכתב שו”תים וחיבורים עצמאיים בנושאים הלכתיים, כמו גם חיבורים על קבלה, מדע ופילוסופיה. פירושו של הרמב”ן על התורה מבקר לעתים קרובות פירושים קודמים, ומשלב את תורת קבלה. הוא נולד בגירונה שבצפון ספרד, ועלה לארץ ישראל בגיל 76 והתיישב בעכו, שם הוא נפטר בגיל 76.
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