Rabbi Moses Ahron Teomim-Fraenkel (Teomim) - Death date for Moses Ahron Teomim

I don’t see any source for this. Jacobi only states that he died “before 1609”. Löwenstein says he died “around the middle of the 16th century” (if I’ve correctly interpreted his German text). Neither source gives this specific date. I don’t have “The Unbroken Chain” in front of me at the moment, but I seem to recall this date may have been in there. Will check later today.

I keep The Unbroken Chain in front of me, but which volume?

In Wachstein Inschriften, p. 493 (for the grave 639 of Kela T. Moses Ahron Theomim, Fr. Moses Maor Katan) he says that he doesn't know the date of death for Moses Ahron Theomim. If Wachstein didn't know it in 1911 and also in 1936 said before 1600, that means it isn't in Hock-Kaufman and we haven't found it in Popper. So it's pretty clear this date (and the one for his wife) don't belong there. Maybe they are remnants from bad merges way back when.

This is consistent with Leopold Lowenstein's history as well, although he says that Moses Ahron Teomim died "around the middle of the 16th century". That's probably a bit too early, but it's consistent with before 1600. Hatte Rubenstein Blejer, I did check "The Unbroken Chain", but could find no reference to a 1608 death date.

I suspect that this somehow came from Jacobi stating that he died "before 1609". Somebody came up with a date that was just prior to 1609!