BOTON, MEIR BEN ABRAHAM DI
- BOTON, MEIR BEN ABRAHAM DI
- BOTON, MEIR BEN ABRAHAM DI (c. 1575–1649), rabbi and
halakhist. Born in Salonika, he studied under his father, Abraham.
b. Moses di Boton . In his introduction to his father's Leḥem
Mishneh, he describes the trials and the expulsions he had
experienced from his youth. He was appointed rabbi of Gallipoli and
served there until his death. Students from all parts of Turkey, among
them (Nissim) solomon algazi , streamed to his yeshivah, which
became a center of study. Even in his youth, Meir was in correspondence
with the greatest halakhic authorities of the day, and problems were
addressed to him even from Constantinople. He occupied himself to a
considerable extent with communal affairs and also took an interest in
poetry. After his death, his library was pillaged. The few responsa
which remained in scattered pamphlets were collected and published with
other material by his son-in-law, Jesse Almuli (Smyrna, 1660), who added
his own valuable notes. Meir di Boton was a close friend of Ḥayyim
Benveniste , who mentions their correspondence in his Ba'ei
Ḥayyei.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Conforte, Kore, 43a, 51b; Azulai, 1 (1852), 118, no. 6; Rosanes,
Togarmah, 3 (1938), 197; Wallenstein, in: Melilah, 1 (1944),
62–65.
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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