Person · rabbi
Rabbi Meir Shapira
מהר״מ שפירא
Head of the famous Lublin yeshiva; his death preceded Aryeh-Zvi's selection by a year.
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... בתרצ״ה, שנה אחרי הסתלקותו של מהר״ם שפירא, ראש
ישיבת חכמי לובלין המפורסמת, נבחר הקוז׳יגלובי לתפקיד נעלה
זה. ובלובלין, בין מאות בחורי חמד תלמידי חכמים וחסידים, מצא
בר נרחב לפעולותיו בהפצת תורה וחסידות. אין לשער גודל
ההערצה שהעריצוהו תלמידי הישיבה והנהלתה, שראו בו מורם
ורבם בכל המובנים. ...Connected nodes
Event
Appointment as head of the Lublin yeshiva
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Rabbi Isaac Gutstein
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Rabbi David of Sochaczew
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Koziegłowy
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Zawiercie
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Sosnowiec
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Lublin
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Land of Israel
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Institution
Lublin Yeshiva of the Sages
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Eretz Tzvi
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