Meir of Rothenburg
German rabbi and poet (c.1215–1293) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Meir of Rothenburg (c. 1215 – 2 May 1293)[1] was a German Rabbi and poet, as well as a major contributing author of the tosafot on Rashi's commentary on the Talmud. He is also known as Meir ben Baruch (Hebrew: מאיר ב"ר ברוך), and by the Hebrew language acronym Maharam of Rothenburg ("Our Teacher, Rabbi Meir", Hebrew: מהר"ם מרוטנבורג). He was referred to by Rabbi Menachem Meiri as the "greatest Jewish leader of Zarfat (Medieval Hebrew for France, a reference to Charlemagne's rule of Germany)" alive at the time.
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Born | c. 1215 |
Died | 2 May 1293 |
Religion | Judaism |
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