ר' מאיר בן שמואל

Meir ben Samuel
Rishonim · c. 1050-1500 CE

רבי מאיר בן שמואל מרמרו היה מראשוני בעלי התוספות, תלמידו וחתנו של רש"י. נקרא "אבי הרבנים" כיוון שבניו היו רבנים חשובים.

Meir ben Samuel, also known by the Hebrew acronym RaM for Rabbi Meir, was a French rabbi and tosafist, who was born in about 1060 in Ramerupt, and died after 1135. His father was an eminent scholar. Meir received his education in the Talmudical schools of Lorraine, his principal teachers being Isaac ben Asher ha-Levi and Eleazar ben Isaac of Mainz, with whom he later carried on a correspondence.

Shiurim Featuring This Sage

Reasoning · Bava Metzia

Why Rabbi Yochanan Holds the Finder Keeps It

A close reading of the sugya of disputed ownership — and the unstated principle that drives the entire…

Reasoning 3 min