Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: moscom!de@cs.rochester.edu (Dave Esan) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Unusual Recorded Messages Message-ID:Date: 15 Aug 89 15:11:51 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Dave Esan Organization: Moscom Corp., E. Rochester, NY Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 302, message 2 of 9 >[Moderator's Note: Can someone please explain what a 'rambam' is; as in >'Dial A Rambam'??? Is it anything like Dial A Gay Atheist? Should I spend >thirteen cents on Reach Out tonight to find out? Is it worth thirteen >cents? PT] Rambam is the Hebrew acronym given to the famous philosopher Maimonedes. Acronyms, particularly of famous rabbis, occur frequently in Jewish usage. Maimonedes's full name was Rabbenu Moshe ben Maimon, or RMBM which in Hebrew is read Rambam. It is nothing like Dial-a-gay-atheist. Whether or not it is worth 13c is your decision. Rambam was born in Spain, exiled by anti-semitism to Morocco, and finally ended up as the court physician in Egypt. His writings covered both Jewish and general philosophy, as well as medical procedures, astronomy, etc. The 800th anniversary of Rambam's birth was celebrated with a conference in Spain in which the Spanish, Jews and Arabs tried to claim him as their own. No matter that in his lifetime the Spanish and Arabs had viewed him as an infidel, and some segments of Judaism viewed him as a heretic. --> David Esan rochester!moscom!de