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MEIR OF ROTHENBURG (c. 1215-1293)

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 84 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MEC-MIC
MEIR OF ROTHENBURG (c. 1215-1293) , German
rabbi
  and poet, was born in Worms c. 1215. He played a
great
 
part
  in organizing the Jewish communal life of the middle ages. In 1286 for some unknown reason he was thrown into prison in
Alsace
 , where he remained until his death in 1293. His friends offered to find a
ransom
 , but he declined the suggestion, fearing that the precedent would lead to
extortion
  in other cases. He wrote glosses to the
Talmud
  (tosaphot) and many Responsa of the utmost value for historical research. Through his disciples Asher ben Yebiel and Mordecai ben Hillel, Meir exercised much
influence on subsequent developments of Judaism. He was also a liturgical poet of considerable merit. One of his finest elegies is translated into English in Nina
Davis
 's Songs of
Exile
 .
See L. Ginsberg, Jewish Encyclopedia, viii. 437-440. (I. A.)


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