Meir Shapiro
Yehuda Meir Shapiro (Polish: Majer Jehuda Szapira; 3 March 1887 – 27 October 1933) was a prominent Polish Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, also known as the Lubliner Rav. He is noted for his promotion of the Daf Yomi study program in 1923, and establishing the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva in 1930.
Rabbi Meir Shapiro | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | Yehuda Meir Shapiro 3 March 1887 |
| Died | 27 October 1933 (aged 46) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Spouse | Malka Toba Shapiro |
| Parent(s) | Yaakov Shimshon of Shatz Rebbetzin Margulya |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Occupation | Rabbi, rosh yeshiva |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva |
| Began | 1930 |
| Ended | 1933 |
| Other | Rabbi of Galina, Sanok, and Pietrokov |
| Buried | Lublin, Poland; later reinterred in Jerusalem, Israel |
During the years 1922 to 1927 Shapiro was the first Orthodox Jew to become a member in the Sejm (Parliament) of the Second Polish Republic representing the Jewish minority of the country.
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