The Maharam of Lublin, Rabbi Meir ben Gedalia zy"a

The Maharam of Lublin zy"a

המהר״ם מלובלין

Years 1558–1616 Yahrzeit 16 Iyar 5376
3 May 1616 · usually in April or May Kever / tziyun The old Jewish cemetery on Grodzisko hill, ul. Kalinowszczyzna, Lublin

Upcoming yahrzeit: 23 May 2027 (5787)

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Biography

The Maharam of Lublin zy"a, Rabbi Meir ben Gedalia, was born in 5318 (1558) and was niftar in Lublin on 16 Iyar 5376 (3 May 1616), as the Jewish Encyclopedia and later accounts record. He was rav and rosh yeshiva in Lublin, later in Krakow and in Lemberg (Lvov), and he returned to Lublin for his last years. His chiddushim, Meir Einei Chachamim, are printed in the standard editions of the Talmud.

Among his talmidim the sources name the Shelah HaKadosh, Rabbi Yeshayah Horowitz, and the Megaleh Amukos, Rabbi Nassan Nota Spira zy"a, whose page is on this site. He was a posek whose teshuvos were asked from far away. In Lemberg he was involved in a sharp machlokes over a get, and the accounts say that this was connected with his leaving that city and returning to Lublin.

He rests in the alte Beis Hachaim on Grodzisko hill, in an ohel that cemetery guides still name as one of the principal tziyunim of the hill, together with the Maharshal and the Chozeh. A shliach brings your kvittel and sends back a photograph.

Historical background

The Maharam’s years in Lublin belong to the same Torah center that had earlier been led by Rabbi Shalom Shachna and the Maharshal, and that later drew the Chozeh’s Chasidim. His ohel stands in the central part of the old cemetery. See also the pages of the Maharshal, of Rabbi Shalom Shachna, and of the Megaleh Amukos in Krakow.

Before & after

Who came before

The Maharshal zy"a — An earlier rosh yeshiva and posek in Lublin, buried in the same Beis Hachaim.
Rabbi Shalom Shachna zy"a — Rosh yeshiva in Lublin in an earlier generation; he rests in the same Beis Hachaim.

Who came after

The Megaleh Amukos zy"a — Named among those who learned from the Maharam; he rests in the Remah Beis Hachaim in Krakow.

In his dor

Sources

The facts on this page come from the earlier site and from the sources listed here. Where the sources are not one shittah, it is written in the text.

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