Meir of Rothenburg
E634764
Ashkenazic Jew
German Jew
Tosafist
halakhic authority
medieval Jewish scholar
posek
rabbi
rabbinic decisor
Meir of Rothenburg was a prominent 13th-century German rabbi and halakhic authority, renowned as one of the leading Tosafists and a central figure in medieval Ashkenazic Jewry.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maharam of Rothenburg | 3 |
| Meir of Rothenburg canonical | 3 |
| Rabbeinu Meir of Rothenburg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7004562 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meir of Rothenburg Context triple: [Asher ben Jehiel, studentOf, Meir of Rothenburg]
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A.
Rabbi Amnon of Mainz
Rabbi Amnon of Mainz is a semi-legendary medieval Jewish figure traditionally associated with the authorship and martyrdom story behind the High Holiday prayer "Unetaneh Tokef."
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B.
Jacob ben Asher
Jacob ben Asher was a medieval rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his influential legal code, the Arba'ah Turim, which became a foundational work in Jewish law.
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C.
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Judah Loew ben Bezalel was a renowned 16th-century rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and mystic of Prague, best known in legend as the creator of the Golem.
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D.
Meir Zarchi
Meir Zarchi is an Israeli-American filmmaker best known for writing and directing the controversial 1978 exploitation horror film "I Spit on Your Grave."
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E.
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes was a prominent 17th–18th century Ottoman rabbi and halakhic authority, best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meir of Rothenburg Target entity description: Meir of Rothenburg was a prominent 13th-century German rabbi and halakhic authority, renowned as one of the leading Tosafists and a central figure in medieval Ashkenazic Jewry.
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A.
Rabbi Amnon of Mainz
Rabbi Amnon of Mainz is a semi-legendary medieval Jewish figure traditionally associated with the authorship and martyrdom story behind the High Holiday prayer "Unetaneh Tokef."
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B.
Jacob ben Asher
Jacob ben Asher was a medieval rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his influential legal code, the Arba'ah Turim, which became a foundational work in Jewish law.
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C.
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Judah Loew ben Bezalel was a renowned 16th-century rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and mystic of Prague, best known in legend as the creator of the Golem.
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D.
Meir Zarchi
Meir Zarchi is an Israeli-American filmmaker best known for writing and directing the controversial 1978 exploitation horror film "I Spit on Your Grave."
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E.
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes was a prominent 17th–18th century Ottoman rabbi and halakhic authority, best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ashkenazic Jew
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German Jew ⓘ Tosafist ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ rabbinic decisor ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1215 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Germany
NERFINISHED
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Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | died in prison ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1293 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Alsace
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ensisheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
yeshivot of France
ⓘ
yeshivot of Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish law ⓘ Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | Rudolph I of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Asher ben Jehiel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later Ashkenazic halakhic tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
imprisonment by King Rudolph I
ⓘ
opposition to Jewish emigration from Germany after persecutions ⓘ |
| movement | Ashkenazic Jewry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name |
Maharam of Rothenburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meir ben Baruch of Rothenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Meir of Rothenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a leading Tosafist
ⓘ
extensive responsa literature ⓘ leadership of medieval Ashkenazic Jewry ⓘ |
| notableWork | Responsa of Maharam of Rothenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Talmudic scholar
ⓘ
halakhic decisor ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Worms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of yeshiva in Rothenburg
ⓘ
rabbinic leader of German Jewry ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Isaac ben Moses of Vienna
NERFINISHED
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Samuel of Falaise NERFINISHED ⓘ Yehiel of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Asher ben Jehiel
NERFINISHED
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Meir ha-Kohen of Rothenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Mordechai ben Hillel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Meir of Rothenburg Description of subject: Meir of Rothenburg was a prominent 13th-century German rabbi and halakhic authority, renowned as one of the leading Tosafists and a central figure in medieval Ashkenazic Jewry.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maharam of Rothenburg
this entity surface form:
Maharam of Rothenburg
this entity surface form:
Rabbeinu Meir of Rothenburg