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'''Joseph ben Meir Teomim''' (1727–1792; ]: '''יוסף בן מאיר תאומים''') was a ] rabbi born at ]. '''Joseph ben Meir Teomim''' (1727–1792; ]: '''יוסף בן מאיר תאומים''') was a ] rabbi born at ].
He was one of the foremost rabbis of his time, a "thorough student of ], and... not unlearned in the secular sciences". He was one of the foremost rabbis of his time, a "thorough student of ], and... not unlearned in the secular sciences".
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==Works== ==Works==
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As above, Rabbi Te'omim's, best know work is ''Pri Megadim'' (פרי מגדים), a supercommentary on some of the major commentators on the Shulkhan Aruch: On the '']'' section, he wrote the ''Mishbetzot Zahav,'' containing a supercommentary on ]'s ''Ṭurei Zahav,'' and the ''Eshel Avraham,'' on ]'s ''Magen Avraham'' (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1753). On the ] section, he wrote the ''Siftei Da'at,'' on ]'s ''Siftei Kohen'' (ש"ך; Berlin, 1772) as well as continuing the ''Mishbetzot Zahav.'' As above, Rabbi Te'omim's, best know work is ''Pri Megadim'' (פרי מגדים), a supercommentary on some of the major commentators on the Shulkhan Aruch: On the '']'' section, he wrote the ''Mishbetzot Zahav,'' containing a supercommentary on ]'s ''Ṭurei Zahav,'' and the ''Eshel Avraham,'' on ]'s ''Magen Avraham'' (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1753). On the ] section, he wrote the ''Siftei Da'at,'' on ]'s ''Siftei Kohen'' (ש"ך; Berlin, 1772) as well as continuing the ''Mishbetzot Zahav.''



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Galician rabbi (1727–1792)
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Joseph ben Meir Teomim (1727–1792; Hebrew: יוסף בן מאיר תאומים) was a Galician rabbi born at Lemberg. He was one of the foremost rabbis of his time, a "thorough student of rabbinical literature, and... not unlearned in the secular sciences". He also referenced as "The Pri Megadim", for his best known work.

Biography

Teomim was born in Shchyrets, then in Poland (today in Ukraine). His father, Rabbi Meir Teomim, became Dayan (rabbinic judge) and Rosh Yeshiva in Lemberg (Lvov), and the family moved there.

Teomim studied Torah, primarily under his father, in the Lvov yeshivah; while still young he took up a position as "preacher and rabbinical instructor" there. At the age of 20 he moved to Komarno to marry. He spent more than a decade there primarily studying and writing, and also working as a melamed.

Later he went to Berlin, where he studied for several years in the bet midrash of Daniel Itzig. He then resumed his former position at Lemberg, and in 1782 was appointed rabbi at Frankfurt an der Oder, where he remained until his death.

He was buried in the Jewish cemetery at Frankfurt/Oder.

Works

Pri Megadim title page (תקמז-1787)

As above, Rabbi Te'omim's, best know work is Pri Megadim (פרי מגדים), a supercommentary on some of the major commentators on the Shulkhan Aruch: On the Orach chayyim section, he wrote the Mishbetzot Zahav, containing a supercommentary on David ben Samuel's Ṭurei Zahav, and the Eshel Avraham, on Avraham Gombiner's Magen Avraham (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1753). On the Yoreh De'ah section, he wrote the Siftei Da'at, on Shabbethai Kohen's Siftei Kohen (ש"ך; Berlin, 1772) as well as continuing the Mishbetzot Zahav.

He also authored:

  • Porat Yosef, novellæ on Yebamot and Ketubot, with rules for halakic decisions (Zolkiev, 1756)
  • Ginnat Vradim, seventy rules for the comprehension of the Talmud (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1767)
  • Tebat Gome, on the Sabbatical sections (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1782)
  • Shoshanat ha-'Amakim, a methodology of the Talmud, published together with the preceding
  • No'am Megadim, commentaries on the prayers, published with the prayer-book Hegyon Leb.
  • Rosh Yosef, novellæ on Berachos, Shabbos, Pesachim, Beitzah, Megillah, and Chullin

He left in manuscript Sefer ha-Maggid (a commentary on the Torah and the Haftarot, sermons for Shabbat and festivals, and a twofold commentary on Pirḳe Abot) and Em la-Binah (a Hebrew, Aramaic, and Biblical Aramaic lexicon). In the introduction here, Rabbi Te'omim mentions a great number of writings of his own, on halakhot and ethics, which are no longer in existence.

Bibliography and references

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "TE'OMIM, JOSEPH BEN MEÏR". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved 14 Mar 2012.

The following bibliography is referred to in the Jewish Encyclopedia article:

  • D. Cassel, in Ersch and Gruber, Encyc. section ii., part 31, p. 97;
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1534;
  • Neubauer, in Ha-Maggid, xiii. 285;
  • Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 514;
  • Buber, Anshe Shem, p. 95.
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  1. See He: יוסף_תאומים for detail
  2. Neubauer, Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS. No. 1500
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