# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meir-simcha-of-dvinsk
# Generated: 2026-08-16T14:50:29.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meir-simcha-of-dvinsk"
name: "Meir Simcha of Dvinsk"
slug: "meir-simcha-of-dvinsk"
description: "Meir Simcha of Dvinsk was an Orthodox rabbi in the Russian Empire and Latvia. A leader of the Jewish community in Daugavpils, he is known for his writings on Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, which he titled Ohr Somayach, as well as his novellae on the Torah, titled Meshech Chochma."
tagline: "Lithuanian rabbi (1843-1926)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ohr_Sameach.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1843"
deathDate: "1926-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.959793333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%94%D7%9F"
    title: "מאיר שמחה הכהן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83"
    title: "مئير سمحا من دفينسك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me'ir_Simcha_z_Dvinsku"
    title: "Me'ir Simcha z Dvinsku"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Simcha_of_Dvinsk"
    title: "Meir Simcha of Dvinsk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Simcha_de_Dvinsk"
    title: "Meir Simcha de Dvinsk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%94%D7%9F"
    title: "מאיר שמחה הכהן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiras_Sim%C4%8Da"
    title: "Meiras Simča"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2910090"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump