Birkat Harofeh Pen#X 4 2007, Jerusalem stone & brass gold plated Length 14cm The Birkat HaRofeh Pen is based on the doctors prayer composed by Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides), known as the Rambam. Maimonides was a devoted physician who attended to the Sultan of Egypt in his palace. In a famous letter, Maimonides describes his daily routine: I find the antechambers filled with gentiles and Jews . . . I go to heal them, and write prescriptions for their illnesses . . .