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Maymin

Maymin is a surname believed to be derived from the name Maimonides, a Rabbi of the 12th century. One of the greatest Torah scholars of all time, Maimonidies was a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages. He was the preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher whose ideas also influenced the non-Jewish world.

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Maymin is a surname believed to be derived from the name Maimonides, a Rabbi of the 12th century. One of the greatest Torah scholars of all time, Maimonidies was a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages. He was the preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher whose ideas also influenced the non-Jewish world.

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