Eleazar of Worms
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Eleazar of Worms, or Eleazar ben Judah ben Kalonymus, also sometimes known today as Eleazar Rokeach from the title of his Book of the Perfumer —where the numerical value of "Perfumer" is equal to Elea
Sketch/Engraving of Eleazar of Worms
Massacre of the Jews of Metz during the First Crusade, by Auguste Migette.
Takkanot Shum
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The Takkanot Shum, or Enactments of SHU"M, were a set of decrees formulated and agreed upon over a period of decades by the leaders of three of the central cities of medieval Rhineland Jewry: Speyer,
Eleazar of Worms
…granddaughter of the RiBaN (Rabbi Yehuda ben Natan). Among his prominent students was Rabbi Isaac ben Moses of Vienna, author of "Or Zarua". He signed the Enactments of SHU"M (Speyer, Worms, and Mainz). His date of death is uncertain, with estimates ranging from 1232 to 1242. He is buried in Worms. He suffered greatly during…
Historical interior of the Rashi shul in Worms
Engraving of a chalitzah ceremony