Jonah Teomim-Frankel

Rabbi Jonah Teomim-Frankel, sometimes written as Jonah Teomim Frankel (1595-1669) was author of the book Kikayon deYona. The word "tə'omim" (תְּאוֹמִים) means "twins".

Biography

He was the son of Reb Yeshia Teumim.[1] He led various communities as both a Posek and Rosh Yeshiva throughout Poland and Lithuania.

He served the Jewish community of Metz, France.[2]

He died on the 15th of Nissan,[3] and was buried in the famous Jewish cemetery of Metz. His grandson was Rabbi Baruch Fränkel-Teomim.

Kikayon DeYona

He is best known for authoring Kikayon DeYona, a commentary on the Talmud, Rashi, Tosfos, Maharshal, and Maharsha to various tractates. The commentary was recently re-printed in 1958 in Mount Kisco, New York by the Nitra yeshiva (formerly from Slovakia before the Holocaust) with footnotes and glosses by Rabbi Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl.

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References
  1. http://www.chinuch.org/Nisan.php
  2. http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/112381/jewish/The-Martyr-of-Metz.htm
  3. http://www.thefoundationstone.org/en/holidays/pesach/7523-haggadah-as-if-he-personally.html
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