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by Rambam Moshe Ben Maimon (Foreword by), Shlomo Ezagui (Author)
This book is a presentation of not only the life and accomplishments of Maimonides/Rambam (1135-1204) but for the very first time offers a most accurate insight into the true thinking of this towering mind, IN HIS VERY OWN WORDS. The core of this book is all Maimonides OWN WORDS, on the topic of Ethics, Morals, and Values, gathered from what HE considered, his most monumental accomplishment, the 14 volume, Mishneh Torah - Yad Hachazakah. Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period. He was an astronomer, physician, mathematician, logician, leader, Rabbi, father, brother, husband, son, world traveler, historian ---- and outstanding mind, an exceptional human being. Maimonides had a significant influence on both the Christian and as well the Moslem faith. Maimonides was more than a colossal genius; he was literally a Godly man. In all that he did and taught, God was always on his mind and on his lips. To the end of his days, he was always fine-tuning the Mishneh Torah, which was written as a guide to living according to the dictates of God, for all people and for all time.This book, Maimonides/Rambams' Advice for the 21st Century, is a living guide, especially useful for/in our time when there is such a dearth of leadership and a confusion regarding what constitutes proper ethics, morals, and values. Based on authentic wisdom and eternal truths the information within will shed light for any perplexed soul, anyone, trying to figure out a happier better way, through the confusions of this journey we call life. The book was designed in four levels, with the information served in small snippets -- so every person - beginners to pros will be able to draw ideas, illumination and inspiration from these very wise words, from a person, who is unparalleled in every imaginable discipline of knowledge.This book can be classified as a book on philosophy, self-help, Jewish Law, and biography. Reading this book, you will have the most authentic taste within yourself of everything Maimonides was and is about. Applying these teachings, will give you the secret to a meaningful purposeful life. A life that has value and therefore worthy of self-fulfillment, happiness and contentment. The book begins with a short chronology of Maimonides life. A foreword written by Maimonides himself. The introduction, which describes in more detail the life and accomplishments of Maimonides and specifically the uniqueness of the Mishneh Torah - Yad Hachazakah. There are five chapters to the book. Chapter One; Men, Women, Marriage, & More.Chapter Two; Ethics and Moral behavior.Chapter Three; Thoughts and their very real energy, Influence and Impact.Chapter Four; The Holiness of Israel and Jerusalem.Chapter Five; General Guidance for daily living.
Author Biography
Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui was born in Montreal, Canada, and grew up praying in the Sephardic synagogue of his grandfather, Chacham Shlomo. Rabbi Ezagui began his studies at the Rabbinical College of Canada and continued at the Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Kfar Chabad, Israel. Rabbi M.M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, selected him and five other outstanding students to serve as personal emissaries in Melbourne, Australia, for two years. There, he organized community programs in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Auckland, and Wellington, New Zealand, and wrote articles on Jewish Law for the Yeshiva scholarly pe- riodical. He was then sent to Johannesburg, South Africa, to organize youth programs. He continued his studies at the Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn where he received his Rabbinical Ordination, and went on to study shechitah (ritual slaughter) and safrus (Jewish scribe). Along with his wife, Chani, and one child, Rabbi Shlomo moved to Palm Beach, Florida, in 1987 to run the first Chabad Center in Palm Beach County, Florida. For the past thirty years, he and his wife have run a Jewish preschool as well as summer and winter day camps. They have also led classes, opened the first Orthodox Minyan/Shul on the island of Palm Beach, Florida, and are responsible for the only mikveh serving the greater Palm Beaches. Rabbi Shlomo writes a weekly article for a local newspaper and operated a local Jewish radio program for fifteen years. In the past, he opened a kosher Jewish deli, has served as a counselor for a local addiction center, and has run a counseling program on the island of Palm Beach. He has made numerous media appearances, and has been interviewed by every local radio and television station in Palm Beach. Together with his wife, he is blessed with more grandchildren than children.
