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Meïr ben Eleazar
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or French liturgical poet of the first half of the thirteenth century. He wrote: (1) a series of poems to be recited on the seventh evening of Passover, some of which are arranged in alphabetical order; (2) a dirge beginning "Ẓiyyon ẓefirat pe'er," giving at the end in an acrostic "Meïr Ḥazaḳ"; (3) an alphabetical introduction to the Targum of Exodus 13:21, a passage which is read on the seventh day of Passover. The last-named poem is composed of six strophes, of four verses each, beginning with "It ḥazuta we-dugma." According to Landshuth ("'Ammude ha-'Abodah," p. 159), Meïr was the author of the dirge beginning "Aḥbirah millin," which is recited on the Ninth of Ab; but Zunz ("Literaturgesch." p. 360; Supplement, p. 38) ascribes it to Meïr of Rothenburg (comp. ib. p. 469).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Meïr ben Eleazar'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/m/mer-ben-eleazar.html. 1901.
