Meir Shapiro
| Rabbi Meir Shapiro | |
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| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva |
| Began | 1930 |
| Ended | 1933 |
| Other | Rabbi of Galina, Sanok, and Pietrokov |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Yehuda Meir Shapiro |
| Born | March 3, 1887 Suczawa, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | October 27, 1933 (aged 46) Lublin, Poland |
| Buried | Lublin, Poland; later reinterred in Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Parents | Yaakov Shimshon of Shatz Rebbetzin Margulya |
| Spouse | Malka Toba Shapiro |
| Occupation | Rabbi, rosh yeshiva |
Yehuda Meir Shapiro (or Shapira) (March 3, 1887 – October 27, 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.
In the years 1922-1927 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.
Yehuda Meir Shapiro was born in the city of Suczawa (Shatz), Bucovina, then Austrian-Hungarian Empire, now in Romania,in 1887. He was a descendant of Rabbi Pinchas Shapiro of Korets, one of the students of the Baal Shem Tov, and from his maternal side, of Rabbi Joseph ben Isaac Bekhor Shor, a French tosafist. After cheder, Shapiro began to study with his grandfather, the Baal Minchas Shai (Rabbi Shmuel Yitzhak Schor). Another of his early teachers was Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz (popularly known as the Shotzer Rebbe. He was also a well known kabbalist).
Shapiro began to get a reputation, and became known as the Illui of Shatz. From an early age, he was known as an outstanding leader and gifted speaker. He was soon ordained by many great scholars, including the Maharsham. His grandfather introduced him to the Chortkover Rebbe, and thus began his passion for Hasidism, and the beginning of his relationship with the Chortkover Rebbe.
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