11 Facts About Nahmanides

Nahmanides was raised, studied, and lived for most of his life in Girona, Catalonia.

Nahmanides is considered to be an important figure in the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Jerusalem following its destruction by the Crusaders in 1099.

Nahmanides was a descendant of Isaac ben Reuben of Barcelona and cousin of Jonah Gerondi .

Nahmanides holds that as God is eminently just, there must be reward and punishment.

Nahmanides frequently cites and critiques Rashi's commentary, and provides alternative interpretations where he disagrees with Rashi's interpretation.

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Nahmanides further said that if the sages of the Talmud believed that Jesus was the messiah then most certainly they would have been Christians and not Jews, and the fact that the sages of the Talmud were Jews is beyond dispute.

Nahmanides stated that their promises of a reign of universal peace and justice had not yet been fulfilled, that since the appearance of Jesus, the world had been filled with violence and injustice, and that among all denominations the Christians were the most warlike.

Nahmanides noted that questions of the Messiah were of less dogmatic importance to Jews than most Christians imagine.

Nahmanides gathered a circle of pupils around him, and people came in crowds, even from the district of the Euphrates, to hear him.

Nahmanides often provides a different perspective on a variety of issues that are addressed by the Tosefot.

Collection of responsa commonly attributed to Nahmanides was in fact written by his student Shlomo ibn Aderet.