Rabbi
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Jonah Teomim-Frankel, sometimes written as Jonah Teomim Frankel (1595-1669) was author of the book ''Kikayon deYona''. The word "''tə'omim''" (תְּאוֹמִים) means "
twins".
Biography
He was the son of Reb Yeshia Teumim. He led various communities as both a
Posek and
Rosh Yeshiva
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throughout
Poland and
Lithuania
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.
He served the Jewish community of
Metz, France.
He died on the 15th of Nissan,
and was buried in the famous Jewish cemetery of Metz. His grandson was Rabbi
Baruch Fränkel-Teomim.
Kikayon DeYona
He is best known for authoring ''Kikayon DeYona'', a commentary on the
Talmud,
Rashi,
Tosfos,
Maharshal, and
Maharsha to various tractates. The commentary was recently re-printed in 1958 in
Mount Kisco, New York
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by the
Nitra yeshiva (formerly from
Slovakia before the
Holocaust) with footnotes and glosses by Rabbi
Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl
Michael Dov Weissmandl ( yi, מיכאל בער ווייסמאנדל) (25 October 190329 November 1957) was an Orthodox rabbi of the Oberlander Jews of present-day western Slovakia. Along with Gisi Fleischmann he was the leader of the Bratislav ...
.
References
External links
Reb Yona Teumim Frenkel: Rov of Metz, Lorraine, France
1595 births
1669 deaths
17th-century Polish–Lithuanian rabbis
Rabbis from Metz
Rosh yeshivas
17th-century French rabbis
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