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Joseph ben Meir Teomim

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Joseph ben Meir Teomim Joseph ben Meir Teomim (1727–1792; Hebrew : יוסף בן מאיר תאומים ) was a Galician rabbi , best known as author of Pri Megadim , by which title he is also referenced. He was one of the foremost Torah Scholars of his time, a "thorough student of rabbinical literature , and... not unlearned in the secular sciences". This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore ; et al., eds. The following bibliography is referred to in the Jewish Encyclopedia article: D.

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