Meir ben Barukh of Rothenburg (Maharam) was a German talmudist and liturgist and one of the important ba'alei hatosafot, that is, author of a tosafist Talmud commentary. He also authored many responsa. His practices were carefully noted by his many disciples and had an unparalleled formative impact on subsequent Ashkenazic practice. Toward the end of his life, he was captured and held by German Christian authorities. His disciples raised the huge ransom demanded, but he refused to allow its payment, aware of the precedent it could set. He died in prison and was ransomed years later for Jewish burial. His most prominent disciple, Asher ben Yechiel (Rosh), fled to Spain in the wake of what befell his teacher.
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