- Beruryah
- (fl. 2nd cent)Palestinian scholar. She was the wife of Meir. She is the only woman in talmudic literature whose views on legal matters were recognized by contemporary scholars.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Beruryah
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