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• MEIR

MEIR OF ROTHENBURG (c. 1215-1293)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• RABBI

rabbi and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• WORMS

Worms c . 1215 . He played a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part in organizing the Jewish communal See also:

• LIFE

life of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . In 1286 for some unknown See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason he was thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison in See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace, where he remained until his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1293 . His See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends offered to find a See also:

• RANSOM (from Lat. redemptio, through Fr. rancon)

ransom, but he declined the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion, fearing that the precedent would See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead to See also:

• EXTORTION (Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)

extortion in other cases . He wrote glosses to the See also:

• TALMUD

Talmud (tosaphot) and many Responsa of the utmost value for See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . Through his disciples See also:

• ASHER

Asher See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

ben Yebiel and Mordecai ben See also:

• HILLEL

Hillel, See also:

• MEIR

Meir exercised much See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on subsequent developments of Judaism . He was also a liturgical poet of considerable merit . One of his finest elegies is translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English in Nina See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis's Songs of See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

Exile . See L . Ginsberg, Jewish Encyclopedia, viii . 437-440 .

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