The Tosher Rebbe used to say that the Rambam was the pillar of yiras shomayim. He mentions that a well-known and accepted segula for yiras shomayim is to study the seforim of the Rambam. The rebbe said in the name of Rav Pinchas of Koretz that even just having the Rambam’s seforim in the house is a segula for Yiras Shomayim. This is because, as we said, the Rambam was the pillar of fear and awe of Heaven and he authored his seforim with the intention of helping us achieve yiras shomayim.
The Tosher Rebbe told how when the Rambam passed away in Egypt, they brought him to Eretz Yisrael to be buried in Tiveria. When they brought the aron (coffin), a band of highwaymen attacked the levaya (funeral procession). There were some thirty armed brigands and they wanted to steal the aron, which they probably thought contained treasure. But when they tried to make off with it, they were unable to move it at all! When this nes happened, they saw it was the hand of Hashem. They were so spooked that they all ran away!
