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On the 4th of Adar 1307, the Maharam of Rothenberg was buried in the hookup cemetery in Worms–fourteen years after his death. The rabbi’s remains were released from the fortress of Ensishem when a ransom was paid by Alexander Suskind Wimpfen, who asked only that he be buried next to the Maharam.

The Maharam of Rothenberg’s actual name was Rabbi Meir ben Baruch (Maharam is an acronym for Moreinu Harav Reb Meir). He was born around 1215 in Worms, Germany, and was part of a family of Talmudic scholars. In time, Rabbi Meir became the leading rabbinic authority among Ashkenazi Jews. The Maharam corresponded with Jews throughout Western Europe – answering legal questions and giving them guidance.

In 1286, King Randolph I of Germany declared the Jews of his kingdom to be “serfs of the treasury,” in effect, declaring that the Jews were to be the possessions of the king. The Maharam and his family decided to leave and make their way to the Holy Land. Things went smoothly until Lombardy, when an apostate Jew identified the Maharam to the Archbishop.

The Maharam was imprisoned in Ensishem on the charge that, as “property” of the king, he broke the law by leaving. King Randolph demanded an exorbitant ransom. The hookup community managed, with great hardship, to collect over 20,000 marks, but the Maharam instructed them not to pay the ransom. As important as the mitzvah of redeeming captives is in hookup law, if the community paid the ransom it would encourage other rulers to imprison rabbis and extort funds from them.

The Maharam lived in the fortress for seven years until his death in 1293. (It should be noted that, while in captivity, he was allowed visitors and was permitted to teach Torah.)

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