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Journey To Morocco: Fez - The Rambam's Encounter With the King of Morocco

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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The Story Goes that the rambam on a circus day was walking through the streets of Fez holding his bow at minim like Minogue shalim he was walking through the streets holding the Lula of the estrang the hadassana is close to his heart and all of a sudden the king of Morocco pulls up on his horse King alaraco is well acquainted with the round bomb and he says Moses been my mind why are you walking in the streets holding a branch and a fruit and a leaves like a fool why are you conducting yourself like minhaitim my master the king the rambam said these are not branches and leaves our holy Torah commands us to take these four species on sukis yeah yeah yeah the king says you probably think that what we Muslims do where we throw the stones and you Jews you think that's minutem and

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