Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (born c.1215)

Meir of Rothenburg

German rabbi and poet (c.1215–1293)

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, and by the Hebrew language acronym Maharam of Rothenburg. He was referred to by…