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Rabbi Meir Rapoport
Rabbi Meir Rapoport
The Bialystoker magid, known for sermons, who died in New York in 1963.
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... Among the prominent rabbis and religious leaders
in Bialystok, Rabbi Meir Rapoport, known as the Bia-
lystoker magid, gained prominence not only there but
elsewhere. He was revered for his masterful sermons,
which he delivered in a sing-song style, offering a trea-
sure of anecdotes, parables, humor and _ spiritual
insight. Rabbi Rapoport died at the Bialystoker Home
in New York in 1963. ...Connected nodes
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New York
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Death of Rabbi Meir Rapoport
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Bialystok yeshiva
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Rabbi Meir Rapoport → New York
died at the Bialystoker Home in New York in 1963.
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- 1963
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