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Meir Lublin (or
Meir ben Gedalia) (
1558-
1616) (
Hebrew:
מאיר מלובלין) was a
Polish rabbi,
Talmudist and
Posek ("decisor of
Jewish law"). He is well known for his commentary on the Talmud,
Meir Einai Chachamim. He is also referred to as
Maharam מהר״ם (
Hebrew acronym: "Our Teacher, Rabbi Meir").
Biography
Maharam was born in
Lublin,
Poland. He was descended from a family of rabbis, and his father, Gedaliah, was an eminent Talmudist. His principal teacher was his father-in-law, Isaac ha-Kohen Shapiro, rabbi of
Kraków. Maharam's knowledge of the Talmud and
Poskim was such that he was invited to the rabbinate of Kraków in
1587, when he wasn't yet thirty years old. In
1591 he became rabbi at
Lemberg. (In Lemberg he was engaged in a controversy with Rabbi
Joshua Falk concerning a bill of divorce.) In
1613 he became rabbi at Lublin and established a
yeshiva. He was well known in the role of
Rosh Yeshiva there, owing to his renown as a Talmudic scholar. Many of his students became prominent rabbis or
heads of yeshivot; his most famous student is probably
Isaiah Horowitz (
Shelah HaKodesh).
Works
Meir Einei Chachamim is his best known work, a "casuistic commentary" on the Talmud,
Rashi, and
Tosafot together. It was published by his son Gedaliah and has since been printed in all principal editions of the Talmud under the heading "Maharam." It is considered one of the important commentaries on the Talmud. The commentary, generally, employs short and simple explanations.
After his death, over 140 of the Halachic questions posed to him were published in a collection of
responsa entitled
Mnahir Einai Chachamim.
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