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Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen ( Hebrew מאיר בן יצחק קצנלנבויגן; * around 1482 in Katzenelnbogen , Ebertshausen ; † January 12, 1565 in Padua , also called Meir of Padua , Maharam Padua ) was a Venetian Jewish scholar, Rabbi of Padua and Venice.

After studying in Prague at the school of the then famous scholar Jakob Pollak , he went to Padua and attended the yeshiva of Judah Minz , whose granddaughter he later married. He succeeded his father-in-law Abraham Minz in office as Rabbi of Padua, which he held until his death. Meir's official seat was Padua, but as Rabbi of Venice he visited the lagoon city several times a year. After his death, his son Rabbi Shmuel-Yehudah took over the office of Rabbi of Venice.

He was considered one of the most important experts on the Talmud and the rabbinate's affairs .

Fonts

• Jehūdā Ben-Mēīr mip-Padova [Ed.]: Mišnä Tōra. Mōšä Ben-Majmōn . Aloisio Bragadin , Venice 1550 ( Mischne Tora des Maimonides with a commentary by Meir Katzenellenbogen).

literature

• Heinrich Graetz : History of the Jews. Vol. 9. Oskar Leiner, Leipzig 1866, pp. 232, 372, 378, 379, 472
• Bernhard Wachstein : The descent from Karl Marx . In: Festkrift i anledning af Professor David Simonsens 70-aarige Fodestag . Kobenhavn 1923, pp. 278-289
• Max Wollsteiner: Genealogical overview of the branches of the descendants of Rabbi Meïr Katzenellenbogen from Padua . 2. presumably u. verb. Berlin 1930 edition.
• Rudolf Herold: The uninterrupted chain. The story of Rabbi Meir Katzenellenbogen-Padua from Katzenelnbogen . In: Heimatjahrbuch des Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Vol. 1996 (1995), pp. 46–48

Web links

• Meyer Kayserling, Gotthard Deutsch , M. Seligsohn, Peter Wiernik, NT London, Solomon Schechter, Henry Malter, Herman Rosenthal, Joseph Jacobs:  Katzenellenbogen, Meïr ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen (Meïr of Padua.). In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
• Katzenellenbogen, Meir Ben Isasac digitized