The Ramban is first and foremost on the list of Torah commentators influenced by mysticism, and his kabbalistic insights are a large part of what makes his written works indelible. It is difficult to imagine the childhood of such a visionary. But his childhood biography paints a small corner of that canvas for us: the Ramban, still going by “Moshe,” learning around the clock with a brilliant Talmudic thinker, spending any extra time he had under the tutelage of a wise kabbalist. The intellectual, mystical and moral instruction the Ramban received from such a young age gave him the strength and determination to live the rest of his life the way he did. (Mindel 1) By the Ramban’s teenage years, he was already making a tremendous name for himself
