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Meir Benjamin Menahem Danon

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Meir Benjamin Menahem Danon
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Bornc. 1770
Died(1854-11-22)November 22, 1854
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Meir Benjamin Menahem Danon (Hebrew: מאיר בנימין מנחם דאנון, romanizedMe'ir Binyamin Menaḥem Danon; c. 1770 – 22 November 1854) was a rabbinical writer, and chief rabbi of Sarajevo in Bosnia, who lived in the first half of the nineteenth century. He wrote Be'er ba-sadeh ('A Well in the Field'; Jerusalem, 1846), a supercommentary on Rashi's commentary to the Torah, and on its supercommentator, Elijah Mizraḥi.

Publications

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  • Be'er ba-sadeh [A Well in the Field] (in Hebrew). Jerusalem. 1846.

References

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainGinzberg, Louis; Franco, M. (1903). "Danon, Meïr Benjamin Menahem". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 435.