Maimonides

So imagine there was a very smart man named Maimonides who lived a long, long time ago in a place called Spain. He was so smart that people still talk about him and his ideas today!

Maimonides was what we call a philosopher and a Jewish scholar. That means he spent a lot of time thinking about big, important questions about life and religion.

One thing Maimonides is famous for is his idea that there are 13 important beliefs that all Jewish people should have. They include things like believing in just one God, believing in life after death, and believing that the Jewish people were chosen by God.

Maimonides also wrote a really important book called the Mishneh Torah. This book has laws and rules for Jewish people about how to live their lives and follow their religion. It was really helpful for Jewish people who didn't know all the laws before, because they could just read the book and find out what to do!

Overall, Maimonides was a very important person in Jewish history who had a lot of big ideas and wrote a really helpful book for Jewish people.