Daily Podcasts Video Research

Lessons on Health and Wellness From Maimonides

JL;DR SUMMARY Remi Haik Weinberg's book, "The Lost Wisdom of Rambam," revitalizes the health teachings of the esteemed Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, known as Maimonides or Rambam. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish LawMaimonidesRambamPhilosophySpiritualityHealthNutritionWellnessHolistic HealthPreventive Care

Places mentioned

Spain
"Maimonides, is best known for synthesizing Jewish thought with Aristotelian philosophy in The Guide for the Perplexed and for codifying Jewish law and custom in the Mishneh Torah. Less widely appreciated, perhaps, is the fact that the 12th-century rabbi was also trained in medicine in Spain and Morocco."
Morocco
"Less widely appreciated, perhaps, is the fact that the 12th-century rabbi was also trained in medicine in Spain and Morocco."
Israel
"her introduction, Weinberg, a certified naturopath and nutritionist and personal trainer as well as a member of Hadassah, describes first encountering Rambams writings while studying Jewish texts in Israel."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 70702
Cairo Source ID 44
Retrieved 2025-12-18 05:30:43 UTC
Curated 2025-12-18 08:32:24 UTC