Meir of Rothenburg
Meir of Rothenburg · Historical & Religious Figures
The Maharam; foremost German Talmudist and authority of his age
c. 1215, Worms, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany) — 1293, Ensisheim, Alsace (Holy Roman Empire; present-day France)
Worms · Rothenburg · Ensisheim
Meir of Rothenburg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Historical & Religious Figures — The Maharam; foremost German Talmudist and authority of his age
Meir ben Baruch, known as the Maharam of Rothenburg, was the foremost German Jewish Talmudist and Tosafist of his generation and the supreme rabbinic authority of Ashkenaz. Arrested and imprisoned by King Rudolf I, he refused to let the community ransom him lest it encourage further seizures of rabbis, and died in captivity; his rulings and responsa profoundly shaped Ashkenazi Jewish law.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
The Maharam; foremost German Talmudist and authority of his age
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
