Analyses the exceptional normative impact of R. Meir Simcha Hacohenâs Biblical commentary, Meshekh Hokhmah, and his halakhic commentary, Sameah. It examines the reliance of the poskim on R. Meir Simchaâs innovations and hermeneutic methods as well as their view of his interpretations that broadened or narrowed the scope of Maimonidesâ rulings.