Maharam

Maharam (מהר"ם) is an acronym of the words (Morenu Ha-Rav rabi M..., Our teacher the Rabbi M...), a pattern also used for other names. Since many Rabbis were referred to as Maharam, an addition, usually a name of a place or a surname is generally used to differentiate between them.

Maharam may refer to

People

 * Dorothy Maharam (1917–2014), American mathematician behind Maharam's theorem
 * Meir Eisenstadt (Maharam Ash), Rabbi Meir EisenstadtPoland, Germany, c. 1670–1744
 * Meir Eisenstaedter (Maharam Ash, 1780–1852), Rabbi Meir Eisenstaedter (Hungary, 1780–1861)
 * Meir Lublin (Maharam Lublin, 1558–1616), Rabbi Meir Lublin
 * Meir of Rothenburg (Maharam of Rothenburg), Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
 * Meir Shapiro (Maharam Shapiro, 1887–1933), Rabbi Meir Yehuda Shapiro of Lublin, creator of the Daf Yomi
 * Meïr b. Jacob Schiff (Maharam Schiff), Rabbi Meïr b. Jacob Schiff
 * Mordecai Benet (Maharam Benet, 1753–1829), Rabbi Mordecai Benet (Moravia
 * Moses Alashkar (Maharam Alashkar, 1466–1542) -posek quoted extensively by R. Chaim Benbenishti
 * Moses Halevi Mintz (Maharam Mintz), Rabbi Moses Halevi Mintz (Germany, 1415–Poland, 1480)
 * Moshe Schick (Maharam Schick, 1807–1879), Hungarian rabbi

Other

 * Maharam's theorem, a mathematical theorem regarding decomposability of measure spaces
 * Maharam algebra