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Abraham Maimonides
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “leader or nagid of the egyptian jewish community following his father”. Today it says “son of maimonides and succeeded his father as nagid of the egyptian jewish community”.
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Abraham Maimonides ( Hebrew : אברהם בן רמב"ם ; also known as Rabbeinu Avraham ben ha-Rambam , and Avraham Maimuni , June 13, 1186 – December 7, 1237) was the son of Maimonides and succeeded his father as nagid of the Egyptian Jewish community . Cairo Genizah fragment by Abraham ibn Maymun Russ-Fishbane, Elisha (2015).
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leader or nagid of the egyptian jewish community following his father
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son of maimonides and succeeded his father as nagid of the egyptian jewish community
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