Collection ID: CAT_013

Date: 1710

Country: Germany

City: Frankfurt am Main


Rabbi Aaron Teomim, (c. 1630–1690), was a member of the well-known Teomim-Fraenkel family which had settled in Prague. In 1670 he succeeded Samson Bacharach as the rabbi of the Jewish community of Worms. While there, during Passover of 1675, he fell very sick and vowed to write a commentary on the Haggadah if he should be restored to good health. Upon his recovery he published the present volume Maṭṭeh Aharon (Aaron's Rod).