Article: Maimonides in Cairo.(Poetry)(Poem)

 
MAIMONIDES IN CAIRO 
 
   Dreamless sleep foreshadows godless death, 
   the end of knowing. So Rambam ordered his hours 
   in sleepless toil, seeking the vibrant breath 
   of life in non-stop activities that would test the powers 
   of Roman gladiators and Arab horsemen of the plain. 
   He prayed, he studied, he examined healthy caliphs 
   and their families, operated ...

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