Meir of Rothenburg
Meir of Rothenburg | |
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Tombs of Meir of Rothenburg (left) and Alexander ben Salomon Wimpfen (right) in the Jewish cemetery of Worms | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1215 |
| Died | 2 May 1293 |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
Meir of Rothenburg (c. 1215 – 2 May 1293) 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.