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Abraham ben Meir ha-Kohen
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Rabbi and hymn-writer of the end of the eleventh century; lived probably at Speyer. He was a colleague of Rashi, with whom he carried on a learned correspondence. In 1096 he composed an elegy (ḳinah) on the persecutions of the Jews, of which he was an eye-witness.
Bibliography:
- Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 160;
- Landshuth, 'Ammude ha-'Abodah, p. 5;
- Zunz, S. P. p. 464.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Abraham ben Meir ha-Kohen'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/abraham-ben-meir-ha-kohen.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Abraham ben Meir ha-Kohen'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/abraham-ben-meir-ha-kohen.html. 1901.
