Person · moneylender and founder
Meir Fisz
Meir Fisz
A wealthy moneylender who founded a bet midrash.
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... A bet midrash founded by Meir Fisz, a wealthy
moneylender, attracted the following scholars: the Cha-
sidic Kobriner rebbe, Rabbi Nochumke, and his son-in-
law and successor, Rabbi Meir Szczedrowicki. ...Connected nodes
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Rabbi Nochumke
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Rabbi Meir Szczedrowicki
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talmud torah
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Bialystok yeshiva
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Bialystoker Home in New York
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