Moses Ben Nachman (4 Cheshvan 5031). Nachmanides (Gerona) - Scholar and Jewish leader, known as the Ramban. He is famed for his commentaries on the Bible and his prowess in debating against Pablo Christiani, a heretic Jew, in Aragon 1263. Although Nachmanides was rewarded by King James I for his presentation, the Dominicans were determined that the outcome should be a victory for Christianity. Two years later they succeed in bringing charges against him for defaming Christianity. Under pressure from pope Clement IV, he was banished from Spain. Nachmanides later settled in Eretz-Israel where he established a synagogue and school for Talmudic studies and encouraged other scholars to join him.