Editing The Rambam (section)

== The Rambam's Birth Date ==
The Rambam was born on 14th of Nissan in the year 4895.

Among researchers there is confusion on this topic due to contradictory evidence. At the end of his commentary on the Mishnah, the Rambam wrote: "I, Moshe bar Maimon the Dayan... began composing this commentary when I was twenty-three years old... and I was thirty years old which was the year 79 of the Era of Documents." The meaning of these words is that in year 1479 of the Era of Documents, corresponding to the year 4928 from Creation he was thirty years old, thus he was born in 4898. However, in a letter attributed to the Rambam's grandson, Rabbi David HaNagid, it is written that the Rambam was born about 3 years earlier, on 14th of Nissan 4895. The Rebbe simply established that the Rambam lived about seventy years and thus was born in 4895.

In 5746 the Rebbe spoke about how that year marked eight hundred and fifty years since the Rambam's birth, which is a specific and "round" number.

The Rebbe praised this matter of speaking about the Rambam, praising him and his seforim, and his being a great posek among Jews, and also great and a nasi among Jews which was his official title among Jews as he was rav of the communities in his place.