MAHARAM - Yarzheit 4th Adar

The body of R. Meir (MaHaRaM) of Rotenburg's was released for burial in 1307, fourteen years after his death in the fortress of Ensisheim. He was buried in the old Jewish cemetery of Worms. Next to him was buried R. Alexander Susskind Wimpfen, who gave away his entire fortune to ransom the body . Both graves miraculously escaped Nazi ravaging of the cemetery (born in 1215) see www.famousrabbis.com/maharam

MAHARIL - Yarzheit 21st Elul

Reb Yaakov HaLevi ben Moshe Moellin (the Maharil). Born in Mainz, Germany, he was the primary disciple of Reb Shalom of Neustadt. The Maharil authored Minhagei Maharil, the primary source of Minhagei Ashkenaz, cited frequently by the Rema in Shulchan Aruch. The Maharil lived through the meass slaughter of Jews in Austria in 1420 and the Hussite wars in 1421, which brought suffering to the Jews of Bavaria and the Rhine. (1365-1427)

Please also see our page on Worms town in Germany - Deutschland

Photo provided by the kindness of Andre Adler , Strasbourg , France