MEIR BEN SAMUEL OF RAMERUPT
- MEIR BEN SAMUEL OF RAMERUPT
- 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 pupils, are especially known – samuel b. meir
(Rashbam), isaac b. meir , and jacob b. meir tam . His
son-in-law was Samuel of Vitry, father-in-law of the tosafist
isaac b. samuel ha-Zaken. For a certain period Meir apparently
dwelt with his father-in-law in Troyes, but he moved to Ramerupt during
Rashi's lifetime, founding a bet ha-midrash there. He is
sometimes designated ha-yashish ("the venerable") or "the
father of the rabbis." Meir wrote commentaries to the Talmud, similar to
those of his father-in-law and of his son Samuel. One extant section of
his commentaries was incorporated in the commentary of Rashi to the
Talmud and some of his tosafot are included in the
tosafot of the standard Talmud editions. Halakhic statements
by him are quoted in the Sefer ha-Yashar of his son Jacob
Tam, in the Or Zaru'a,
in the Sefer ha-Ittur, and elsewhere. Biblical comments by
him are quoted by his son Samuel in his commentary to the Pentateuch.
These are permeated by a spirit of literal exegesis and it is probable
that the son was influenced in this by the father. The present text of
kol nidrei is the result of amendments introduced by him into the
original formula. There are extant responsa written to him by Rashi, and
also a responsum written by them jointly. Meir also composed a
seliḥah, Avo Lefanekha ("I come before Thee").
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Urbach, Tosafot, 38–42, and index.
(Zvi Kaplan)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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