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I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
Maimonides
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Maimonides
Age: 66 †
Born: 1138
Born: March 30
Died: 1204
Died: December 13
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Mosheh ben Maimon
Moses Maimonides
Mūsā ibn Maymūn
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Rabbeinu Mosheh Ben Maimon
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