Jonah Teomim-Frankel

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Rabbi Jonah Teomim-Frankel (1595-1669) was author of the book Kikayon deYona. He lead various communities as both a Posek and Rosh Yeshiva throughout Poland and Lithuania. He is most famous for authoring Kikayon DeYona which is a commentary on the Talmud, Rashi, Tosfos, Maharshal, and Maharsha to various tractates. His book 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. He was buried in famous Jewish cemetery of Metz, France.

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• Reb Yona Teumim Frenkel: Rov of Metz, Lorraine, France