Rabbi Meir Hakohen Katz Ashkenazi

Sources:

• Meir Ashkenazi in Hebrew Books
• Hebrew Books ספר ״גבורות אנשים״ ב

Pupil of Jesue Falk (Sema) and of Maharam Lublin. Instructed his famous son in his early Talmudic learning (iv 5).

R' Meir Hakohen Askenazi of Bohemia was born in 1579 and died in 1643.

He was the son of R' Moshe Hakohen Ashkenazi.

Adam Cherson added:
As shown by the media files from the book Ele Toldot [Burial records of the Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main], 1241-1824] posted on the pages of Golde Katz and Meir Bingen, zur Leiter, the spouse of Daniel Gittinger... was a Golde bat Meir ben Moshe of Bingen. Golde was not the daughter of Ziskind of Bingen, who these documents show was her brother.

R. Meir was the husband of the daughter of Itzhak Katz of Posneh. In amistava he had two sons - Shabty (the ShaCh) and Yona Menachem Nachum, and one (or 2?) daughter

Adam Cherson added:

He was Av Beth-Din (Head of the Jewish Court) in Vilna.

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