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Baruch Rothenburg Rabbi

Name
Baruch /Rothenburg/ Rabbi
Surname
Rothenburg
Given names
Baruch
Name suffix
Rabbi
Baruch Rothenburg Rabbi + … …
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son
12151293
Birth: 1215 Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Death: 1293Ensisheim Alsace France
Birth of a son
Death of a son
Death
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Unique identifier
68048CFD9978EA4BBAA1BC7BEC0589C60DF5
Last change
23 July 201221:49:14
Author of last change: Danny
Note

Rabbi Meir ben Baruch of Rothenburg was a Tosaphist (codifier andcommentator on the Talmud), as well as a liturgical poet. He is morepopularly called the Mahara"m, a title of honor derived from the Leadletters MHRM of the Hebrew, Morenu Harav Rabi Meir (Our teacher, theRabbi, Rabbi Meir). He has also been bestowed the title of Me'or haGolah(Light of the Exile), Along with Rash"i and Rabbenu Gershom. R. Meir wasborn in Worms around 1215, ultimately ending his life in prison atEnsisheim, Alsace beginning in 1286, Remaining there until his death in1293. Fourteen years later his body was ransomed and reburied in Worms