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May 22, 2024

The Strange History of Meir the Miracle Maker

Scholar, wonderworker, finder of lost objects, and comic-book hero.

Today, on the Jewish calendar, is Pesach Sheni, which in the times of the Temples was the make-up date for those unable to bring the paschal sacrifice a month earlier. It is also, traditionally, the anniversary of the death of a legendary wonderworker named Rabbi Meir Ba’al ha-Nes, Meir the Master of the Miracle. Tamar Marvin writes:

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