Eleazar of Worms

For the Jewish Tanna of the 3rd generation of the Tannaic era, see Eleazar ben Judah of Bartota.
Eleazar ben Judah ben Kalonymus
Personal
Bornc. 1176
probably Mainz, Electorate of Mainz
Died1238
Worms, Holy Roman Empire
ReligionJudaism
SpouseDulcea of Worms

Eleazar of Worms (אלעזר מוורמייזא - also מגרמייזא of Garmiza or Garmisa) (c. 1176–1238), or Eleazar ben Judah ben Kalonymus, also sometimes known today as Eleazar Rokeach ("Eleazar the Perfumer" אלעזר רקח) from the title of his Book of the Perfumer (Sefer ha rokeah ספר הרקח)—where the numerical value of "Perfumer" (in Hebrew) is equal to Eleazar, was a leading Talmudist and Kabbalist,[1] and the last major member of the Hasidei Ashkenaz, a group of German Jewish pietists.

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