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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

By Moses ben Maimon

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Moses ben Maimon (also known as Maimonides, 1138–1204) was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher and one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In addition to philosophy, he studied and practiced astronomy and medicine and worked as a rabbi. He is seen as one of the foremost rabbinical philosophers in Jewish history, and his work is a cornerstone of Jewish scholarship.

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