In 1971, Rabbi Yehuda Assaf founded the Maimonides Research Institute in loving memory of his late father, Rabbi David Assaf founder of the Haifa Maimonides Institute, blessed memory. Rabbi David Assaf was an eminent Torah scholar who devoted his life to studying the works of Maimonides and began the monumental and historic task of publishing the Maimonides Concordance. Presently, dozens of volumes have been completed. Since its inception, the Institute has superbly fulfilled its noble mission through offering diverse and far reaching programs related to the works of Maimonides. Situated atop the Carmel mountain range in Haifa, it has evolved into a major landmark in the Galil, as well as an academic fountainhead of world renown. These efforts impact on the lives of contemporary Jewry throughout the world.  Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, known as the Rambam or Maimonides (March 30, 1135 Córdoba, Spain – December 13, 1204 Fostat, Egypt), was a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Andalusia, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages. He was one of the select medieval Jewish philosophers who also influenced the non-Jewish world. Although his copious works on Jewish law and ethics were initially met with opposition during his lifetime, he was posthumously acknowledged to be one of the foremost rabbinical arbiters and philosophers in Jewish history. Today, his works and his views are considered a cornerstone of Jewish thought and study.  Remarkably, Maimonides provided the world with the first in-depth analysis of all aspects of medicine, most of which are as relevant today as they were then. As a physician and medical authority, Maimonides, who for many years was Court Physician to the Sultan of Egypt, wrote 17 volumes on various diseases and how to treat them. In 1972, Rabbi Yehuda Assaf, son of Rabbi David Assaf, a brilliant scholar and researcher on the works of Maimonides founded the Maimonides Research Institute for the purpose of locating the works of Maimonides and subsequently for the first time publishing many of these manuscripts. The organization with its magnificent research center in Haifa, Israel became the central address for all research on Maimonides. Through a multi-faceted program, the Institute has become the major research and publishing center of the teachings of the Rambam.