Mishneh Torah — Maimonides' Code of Law
משנה תורה
Author: Moïse Maïmonide (1138-1204)
Date: 1170–1180
Preservation: Bibliothèque Bodléienne (Oxford), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Bibliothèque apostolique vaticane
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The Mishneh Torah is the most ambitious halakhic compendium ever undertaken in Judaism. Written in clear Mishnaic Hebrew in Cairo between 1170 and 1180, this monumental fourteen-book work covers the entirety of Jewish law.
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The Mishneh Torah is the most ambitious halakhic compendium ever undertaken in Judaism. Written in clear Mishnaic Hebrew in Cairo between 1170 and 1180, this monumental fourteen-book work covers the entirety of Jewish law.