Meir HaKohen explained

Meir HaKohen[1] was a German rabbinical scholar of the end of the thirteenth century. He authored Hagahot Maimuniot[1] (or Haggahot Maimuniyyot) (הגהות מיימוניות, abbreviated הגהמי"י) on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah. Giulio Bartolocci[2] mistakenly identifies him with Meïr Ha-Kohen, a French scholar of the same century. He was a student of Meir of Rothenburg.[3]

Works

Hagahot Maimuniot, authored by Meir HaCohen, is one of the most important sources for the halachic rulings of medieval Ashkenazi rabbis. It takes the form of a running commentary on the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides, and nowadays commonly appears at the bottom of the page in many printed editions of Mishneh Torah. There is also a section entitled Teshuvot Maimuniot which appears at the end of each book of Mishneh Torah.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Trachtenberg, Joshua. Jewish Magic and Superstition. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2004. Originally published 1939. 9780812218626. 320.
  2. Book: Bartolocci. Bibliothecae Magnae Rabbinicae. 1693. iv. 20.
  3. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/haggahot-maimuniyyot Haggahot Maimuniyyot