Maharam () is an acronym of the words ( Morenu Ha-Rav rabi M..., Our teacher the Rabbi M...), a pattern also used for other names. Since many Rabbis were referred to as Maharam, an addition, usually a name of a place or a surname is generally used to differentiate between them. Notable people with the name include:
Acronym
-
Meir Eisenstadt (Maharam Ash), Rabbi Meir EisenstadtPoland, Germany, c. 1670–1744
-
Meir Eisenstaedter (Maharam Ash, 1780–1852), Rabbi Meir Eisenstaedter (Hungary, 1780–1861)
-
Meir Lublin (Maharam Lublin, 1558–1616), Rabbi Meir Lublin
-
Meir of Rothenburg (Maharam of Rothenburg), Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
-
Meir Shapiro (Maharam Shapiro, 1887–1933), Rabbi Meir Yehuda Shapiro of Lublin, creator of the Daf Yomi
-
Meïr b. Jacob Schiff (Maharam Schiff), Rabbi Meïr b. Jacob Schiff
-
Mordecai Benet (Maharam Benet, 1753–1829), Rabbi Mordecai Benet (Moravia
-
Moses Alashkar (Maharam Alashkar, 1466–1542) -posek quoted extensively by R. Chaim Benbenishti
-
Moses Halevi Mintz (Maharam Mintz), Rabbi Moses Halevi Mintz (Germany, 1415–Poland, 1480)
-
Moshe Schick (Maharam Schick, 1807–1879), Hungarian rabbi
Surname
-
Dorothy Maharam (1917–2014), American mathematician behind Maharam's theorem
See also
-
Maharam's theorem, a mathematical theorem regarding decomposability of measure spaces
-
Maharam algebra
