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The Mishneh Torah is sometimes referred to as the Yad Ha-Hazaqah, "the mighty arm." This is a play on the numerological value of the Hebrew word for arm, "yad," which is 14, equal to the number of volumes in this code.
The author actually referred to the book as "Sefer Mehoqeq" ("The Book of Legislation"), a title which is rarely employed.
Though born in Spain, in his youth his family fled religious persecution, settling in Egypt.
Maimonides' literary output includes: a work on philosophical logic; an Arabic commentary to the Mishnah; an enumeration of the 613 precepts of the Torah; the Mishneh Torah law code; the Arabic philosophical treatise The Guide of the Perplexed; and many letters and responsa addressed to various Jewish communities.
Fustat (now Cairo), Egypt.
Some of the distinctive features of the Mishneh Torah are the following: