This Rabbi founded a synagogue on Ha-Yehudim street in the old city of Jerusalem that bears his name.
This Rabbi founded a synagogue on Ha-Yehudim street in the old city of Jerusalem that bears his name. His alleged burial site is a point of contention in the area of Wadi Joz, which became the subject of multiple Israeli Supreme Court cases on the general status of so-called "holy sites." He discussed the work of a contemporary in a letter addressed to the Jews of Aragon, and his belief regarding an immutable aspect of the soul led him to champion yibum, or levirate marriage. That opinion is included in his Torat ha-adam, and his final work was a commentary on the five books of Moses that draws heavily from the Aggadah, thus differentiating it from the commentary of Rashi, with whom his commentary often engages. He is best known, however, for an event in which a disciple of James I made him defend the validity of his religion. For 10 points, name this Spanish medieval Rabbi who won a disputation against the Apostate Pablo Christiani in 1263, and who is not to be confused with the similarly named author of the Guide for the Perplexed.
This Rabbi founded a synagogue on Ha-Yehudim street in the old city of Jerusalem that bears his name.
Nachmanides [or Rabbi Moses ben Nachman; or Ramban; do not prompt or accept anything that points to "Maimonides" or "Rambam"]