Maimon ben Joseph

Maimon ben Joseph ha-Dayyan
Introduction of Maimon Ben Joseph's Epistle of Consolation to the Jews of Fes, in Arabic

Rabbi Maimon ben Joseph HaDayan (c.1110–1166) was an exegete, moralist and dayyan (Hebrew for "judge") from al-Andalus. He is best known as the father of Maimonides. His teacher was the respected scholar Joseph ibn Migash. He authored a commentary, in Arabic, on the Pentateuch, and also wrote on Jewish ritual and festival law.

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