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1. Ben Meïr: Palestinian nasi in the first half of the tenth century. His name was brought to light some twenty years ago by several fragments discovered in various genizoth. The fragments contain an account of a controversy on the calendar between and ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Gavison, Meïr: Egyptian scholar; flourished in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He was one of the rabbis at Cairo at the time of R. Jacob Castro, and was generally recognized as a great Talmudist. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
3. Meïr Ha-Kohen: French scholar of the thirteenth century; born at Narbonne; died at Toledo, Spain, whither he had emigrated in 1263. Meïr occupied himself particularly with the study of the Masorah; and, according to Menahem Meïri ("Ḳiryat Sefer"), he was one of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
4. Wiener, Meïr: German teacher; born at Glogau June 3, 1819; died at Hanover March 31, 1880; head master of the religious school at Hanover. He made a German translation of the "Shebeṭ. Yehudah" of Solomon ibn Verga (Hanover, 1855; 2d ed. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
5. Fischels, Meïr: He was called "Fischels" as the son of Ephraim Fischel of Bunzlau, while some of his ancestors are mentioned in documents under the names of "Bimes" and "Margolies. The family was a very prominent one, tracing back its genealogy to ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
6. Meïr Calw: Biblical commentator; the country and year of his birth are unknown. Gershon it may be assumed that he lived not earlier than the fifteenth century. was the author of a commentary on the Pentateuch entitled "Minḥah Ḥadashah," extracts from which ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. Kamanker, Moses Meïr: Polish Shabbethaian; lived at Zolkiev in the first half of the eighteenth century. An excellent Talmudist, and possessing in the highest degree the art of dissimulation, he was sent by the Polish Shabbethaians as a secret emissary to Moravia, Bohemia ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
8. 'Ozer Ben Meïr: Polish rabbi; died at Zolkiev May, 1710; great-grandson of Solomon Luria. He wrote: "Eben 'Ozer 'al Yad" (with text, Amsterdam, 1742), on the Yoreh De'ah, on Oraḥ Ḥayyim, and on Eben ha-'Ezer; novellæ on some massektot (Zolkiev, 1753); and ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
9. Meïr Ben Eleazar: French liturgical poet of the first half of the thirteenth century. He wrote: (1) a series of poems to be recited on the seventh evening of Passover, some of which are arranged in alphabetical order; (2) a dirge beginning "Ẓiyyon ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
10. Meïr Of Rothenburg: German tosafist, codifier, and liturgical poet; born at Worms about 1215; died in the fortress of Ensisheim, Alsace, May 2 (April 27 old style), 1293. He belonged to a family which was noted for its scholars; and in his responsa ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
11. Padua, Jacob Meïr: Russian rabbi; born in Brest-Litovsk; died there Dec. He was a descendant of the Katzenellenbogen family which had been prominent in Brest for more than three centuries., author of "Minḥat Aharon," both lived in that city, which chose Jacob ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
12. Dormitzer, Meïr Ha-Levi: He was the author of a work entitled "Ha'ataḳah" (Translation), explaining the foreign words () in Bertinoro's commentary to the Mishnah (Prague, 1809)., 189; * Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
13. Meïr Ben Eliakim: German liturgist; probably lived at Posen toward the end of the seventeenthcentury; author of "Meïr Elohim", a collection of Biblical passages to be recited on entering the synagogue, and ethical directions for prayer. Meïr says in this work that he ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
14. Solomon Ben Meïr: French grammarian and Biblical commentator of the twelfth century, grandson of Rashi and brother of the great tosafists Isaac ben Meïr (RIBaM), Samuel ben Meïr (RaSHBaM), and Jacob Tam, though the old and many modern authorities (including Zunz and I ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
15. Meïr B. David: Grammarian of the last third of the thirteenth century. He wrote, under the title "Hassagat ha-Hassagah," a criticism of Ibn Janaḥ's "Kitab al-Mustalḥaḳ. Meïr's work is known, however, only through passages quoted by Profiat Duran ("Ma'aseh Efod ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
16. Ibn Migas, Meïr: Spanish rabbi, and president of the bet ha-midrash of Seville; flourished in the eleventh century. He was the son of Joseph ibn Migas and the father of Joseph ibn Migas ben Meïr ha Levi. Late in life he was ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
17. Goldschmidt, Meïr Aaron: , 1819, at Vordingborg, Denmark; died at Copenhagen Aug. The dream of his youth was to become a famous physician, but as Danish church orthodoxy prevented him, because he was a Jew, from taking his B. degree (1836), Goldschmidt gave up ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
18. Bresselau, Meïr Israel: German notary and secretary of the Reform congregation of Hamburg; born 1785 (? He was identified with the Reform movement in Hamburg from its beginning, and when the Orthodox party attacked the Hamburger Tempelverein in the pamphlet "Eleh Dibre ha-Berit ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
19. Bistritz, Meïr Kohn: Hungarian Neo-Hebraic poet and author; born in Vag-Bistritz, Hungary, 1820; died in Vienna Sept. He lived the greater part of his life in Vienna, where he published most of his works. The first of these was his notes ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
20. Padovani, Elishama Meïr: Italian Talmudist of the eighteenth century; born in Modena; died at Padua 1830. He was educated and first served as rabbi in his native place; he then became joint rabbi at Mantua with Jacob Cases, and, finally, rabbi of Padua ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
21. Obornik (Obernik), Meïr: Biurist and one of the Me'assefim; born in 1764; died at Vienna Nov. Obornik contributed to the "Meassef" a great number of fables and was one of the most active of the Biurists. He translated into German the Books ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
22. Meïr Of Clisson: French Talmudist of the first half of the thirteenth century. He is mentioned in an extract from "Pa'neaḥ Raza" (MS. Gross takes him to be identical with Meïr ben Baruch, who emigrated to Jerusalem in 1211 together with his brother ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
23. Freimann, Israel Meïr: , 1884, at Ostrowo, He received his education from his father and in various Talmudical schools of Hungary. After a short stay in Leipsic (1850) he went to Breslau; from 1856 to 1860 he studied philosophy and Oriental languages., Jena) in ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
24. Joseph Ben Meïr: Liturgical poet of the thirteenth century; perhaps uncle of Meïr of Rothenburg. He was the author of a dirge beginning with the words, which is believed to have been written on the occasion of the burning of the Talmud at ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
25. Meïr Ibn Jair: Talmudist and grammarian of the sixteenth century. His family name seems to have been "Meïri"; for he is always mentioned under the name of "Meïr le-Bet Meïr" (= "Meïr of the house of Meïr"). He is called "Ibn Jair" because ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
26. Israel Ben Meïr: Printer and author; lived at Prague in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He was the author of a work entitled "Hanhagot Yisrael," a treatise on the education of children, the first edition of which is anonymous (Frankfort-on-the-Oder ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
27. Benjamin Ben Meïr: Polish Talmudist and preacher; lived at Brody, Galicia, in the first half of the nineteenth century. He wrote "Imre Binyamin" (The Words of Benjamin), a homiletic commentary upon the first three books of the Pentateuch (Tarnopol, 1814). (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
28. Meïr Ben Levi: Austrian Talmudist and Biblical commentator of the beginning of the eighteenth century; a native of Zolkiev. Under the title "Liḳḳuṭe Shoshannim" (Jessnitz, 1722), he compiled the comments and novellæ of the Geonim on the Pentateuch and arranged them in the order ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
29. Te'Omim, Meïr Ben Sameul: Polish Talmudist of the eighteenth century; died July, 10, 1773. Meïr was a grandson of Joseph Te'omim, and was a preacher in Lemberg. He wrote: "Nofet Ẓufim" (included in his son Joseph Te'omim's "Rab Peninim"; Frankfort-on ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
30. Meïr Ben Samuel (Ram): French tosafist; born about 1060 in Ramerupt; died after 1135. Meïr received his education in the Talmudical schools of Lorraine, his principal teachers being Isaac ben Asher ha-Levi and Eleazar ben Isaac of Mayence (Pardes, ed., with whom he ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [70%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
31. Meïr Ḳadosh (Meïr Ben Jehiel Broda): Moravian Talmudist; born at Ungarisch-Brod in 1593. He is known for his "Megillat R. Meïr" (Cracow, 1632), in which he narrates an adventure which happened to him when he was fifteen years old, and on account of which he ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
32. Meïr (Meïr Ba'Al Ha-Nes = "Meïr The Miracle-Worker"): Tanna of the second century (fourth generation); born in Asia Minor. The origin of this remarkable scholar, one of the most striking figures of his age, is wrapped in obscurity. According to a haggadah, he was a descendant of Nero ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [81%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
33. Meïr (Moses Meïr) B. Ephraim Of Padua: Scribe and printer at Mantua; died in Nov. After practising various professions he settled in Mantua as a scribe. He was well versed in Talmud, and was a friend of Moses Provencal. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [75%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]