SALKIND, JACOB MEIR — (Zalkind, Yankev Meyer; 1875–1937), Hebrew and Yiddish writer. Born in Kobrin (Belorussia), Salkind studied at the Volozhin yeshiva and at German and Swiss universities. After the kishinev pogroms in 1903, he organized a self defense group in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Meir — ist ein jüdischer Vorname (hebr. erleuchtet), auch Familienname. Den Namen Meir tragen Golda Meir (ursprünglich Golda Meyerson, geb. Mabowitsch; 1898–1978), israelische Politikerin Absalon (Künstler) (* 1964 als Meir Eshel; † 1993), israelischer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
JACOB BEN KORSHAI — (second century), tanna. References in the Mishnah to Jacob, without a patronymic, are to be identified with Jacob b. Korshai (or Kodshai) as is shown by the same Mishnah being attributed to Jacob in Avot 4:16 and to Jacob b. Korshai in Leviticus … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MEIR, JACOB — (1856–1939), Sephardi chief rabbi of Ereẓ Israel. Born in Jerusalem, the son of a well to do merchant, Caleb Mercado, Meir studied Talmud under Menahem Bekhor Isaac and Kabbalah under Aaron Azriel. In 1882 he was sent to Bukhara, as the first… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MEIR BEN SAMUEL OF RAMERUPT — (c. 1060–c. 1135), one of the first tosafists of northern France. Meir s teachers were the scholars of Lorraine, Isaac ha Levi of Worms, eliezer of mainz , and rashi , whose daughter, Jochebed, he married. Of his sons, three, who were also his… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MEIR SIMHAH HA-KOHEN OF DVINSK — (1843–1926), talmudic scholar. His brilliance was such that he is said to have annotated the halakhic work of a distinguished rabbi when only 13 years old. At the age of 17 he went to Eishishok where he studied under R. Moses Danishevsky. Meir… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MEIR BEN BARUCH OF ROTHENBURG — (c. 1215–1293), teacher, scholar, tosafist, and supreme arbiter in ritual, legal, and community matters in Germany. He was born in Worms into a family of scholars, many members of which were important leaders in the communities of Germany. In his … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Meir ben Samuel — Meïr ben Samuel, also known by the Hebrew acronym RaM for Rabbi Meir, was a French rabbi and tosafist, who was born in about 1060 in Ramerupt, and died after 1135. His father was an eminent scholar. Meïr received his education in the Talmudical… … Wikipedia
Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers — or Meir ben Judah Loeb Ha Kohen Ashkenazi Poppers (ca. 1624 1662) was a Bohemian rabbi and kabbalist. He was born in Prague and died in Jerusalem in February or March, 1662. He studied the Kabbala under Israel Ashkenazi and Jacob Zemah, and he… … Wikipedia
MEIR BEN ISAAC SHELI'AH ZIBBUR — MEIR BEN ISAAC SHELI AḤ ẒIBBUR (also called Nehorai; d. before 1096), preacher and liturgical poet of Worms. Meir was considered authoritative in the sphere of liturgy and custom among the Franco German communities. He appears also to have… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
