Maharam ( he, מהר"ם) is an acronym of the words (''Morenu Ha-Rav rabi M...'', Our teacher the

Rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

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. Maharam may refer to

People

Dorothy Maharam Dorothy Maharam Stone (July 1, 1917 – September 27, 2014) was an American mathematician born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, who made important contributions to measure theory and became the namesake of Maharam's theorem and Maharam algebra. L ...

(1917–2014), American mathematician behind Maharam's theorem *

Meir Eisenstadt Meir ben Izsak Eisenstadt ( he, מאיר איזנשטט, ''also'' Meir Ash, c. 1670 in Poznań – 1744 in Eisenstadt) was the author of responsa and other works of rabbinic literature. An authority on Halakha, he was consulted by rabbis from ...

(Maharam Ash), Rabbi Meir EisenstadtPoland, Germany, c. 1670–1744 *

Meir Eisenstaedter Meir Eisenstaedter (Meir ben Judah Leib Eisenstädter, 1780-1852) was a Hungarian rabbi, Talmudist, and '' paytan'' (liturgic poet). He is best known as the author of ''Imre Esh'' (''Words of Fire''), the collection of his responsa published by ...

(Maharam Ash, 1780–1852), Rabbi Meir Eisenstaedter (Hungary, 1780–1861) *

Meir Lublin Meir Lublin or Meir ben Gedalia (1558 – 1616) was a Polish rabbi, Talmudist and Posek ("decisor of Jewish law"). He is well known for his commentary on the Talmud, ''Meir Einai Chachamim''. He is also referred to as Maharam (Hebrew acronym: "Ou ...

(Maharam Lublin, 1558–1616), Rabbi Meir Lublin *

Meir of Rothenburg Meir ( he, מֵאִיר) is a Jewish male given name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines". It is often Germanized as Maier, Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meyer, Meijer, Italianized as Miagro, or Anglicized as Mayer, Meyer, or Myer.Alfred J. ...

(Maharam of Rothenburg), Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg ob der Tauber *

Meir Shapiro Yehuda Meir Shapiro ( pl, Majer Jehuda Szapira; March 3, 1887 – October 27, 1933), was a prominent Polish Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, also known as the Lubliner Rav. He is noted for his promotion of the Daf Yomi study program in 1923, a ...

(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 Mordecai ben Abraham Benet ( he, מרדכי בן אברהם בנט, also Marcus Benedict; 1753–1829) was a Talmudist and chief rabbi of Moravia. Biography He was born at Csurgó, a small village in the county of Stuhlweissenburg, Hungary. As Be ...

(Maharam Benet, 1753–1829), Rabbi Mordecai Benet (Moravia *

Moses Alashkar Moses ben Isaac Alashkar (1466–1542) () was a rabbi who lived in Egypt, but subsequently resided in Jerusalem. Moses Alashkar was prominent among contemporaneous rabbis, and his opinions were held in esteem throughout the Levant, and even in Ita ...

(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 Moshe Schick (1 March 1807 – 25 January 1879; he, משה שיק, alternatively spelled as ''Shick'', ''Shik'', ''Shieck'') was a prominent Hungarian Orthodox rabbi. In rabbinical commentary Shik is commonly known as the Maharam Schick (מהר" ...

(Maharam Schick, 1807–1879), Hungarian rabbi

Other

Maharam's theorem In mathematics, Maharam's theorem is a deep result about the decomposability of measure spaces, which plays an important role in the theory of Banach spaces. In brief, it states that every complete measure space is decomposable into "non-atomic ...

, a mathematical theorem regarding decomposability of measure spaces * Maharam algebra {{disambiguation, surname