Meir Schapira

Meir Schapira (also Yehuda Meir Shapiro ; Hebrew יהודה מאיר שפירא; born March 3, 1887 in Suczawa , Romania ; died October 27, 1933 in Łódź ), son of Yaakov Shimshon, was a Hasidic rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva , also known as the Lublin rabbi. The age of 16 he became a rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Shmelkes, the rabbi of Lvov (now Lviv) ordained . At 19 he married Malka Tova, a daughter of Yaakov Breitman from Tarnopol (now Ternopil) , where he lived for the next few years.

In 1912 he became a rabbi in Gliniany (now Hlynjany). From 1921 to 1924 he was rabbi in Sanok , then in Piotrków Trybunalski . In 1922 he was elected chairman of the Agudat Israel in all of Poland and became its representative in the Sejm (in the electoral term until 1927).

He is known for issuing the Daf Jomi study program in 1923 and for founding the Khachmei Lublin Yeshiva in 1930. Shapiro introduced the idea of Daf Jomi ( Hebrew דף יומי, “Daily Journal”) with a daily examination of the Babylonian Talmud. Rabbi Shapiro presented his idea at the first World Congress of the World Agudath Israel in Vienna on August 16, 1923. The first cycle of Daf Jomi began on the first day of Rosh Hashanah 5684 (September 11, 1923).

After he died in Łódź due to a brief illness, he was buried in Lublin and later reburied on the Har HaMenuchos in Jerusalem .

Works

Ohr HaMeir (1926)
Imrei Daas
Vortelach

Individual evidence

^ New York - The 76th Yahrzeit Of Rav Meir Shapiro zatzal Founder of The Daf Yomi
↑ LWL - Jewish life in Europe beyond the metropolises - Meir Shapiro (1887–1933)
↑ ^a ^b Shlomi, B. "A Brilliant Idea: Daf Yomi". Hamodia Magazine, 3 May 2012, pp. 18-20.
↑ Manny Saltiel: Gedolim Yahrtzeits: 7 Cheshvan . chinuch.org. 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Jehuda Majer Szapira - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Schapira, Meir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shapiro, Meier; יהודה מאיר שפירא (Hebrew); דף יומי (Hebrew)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hasidic rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Suczawa , Romania
DATE OF DEATH	October 27, 1933
Place of death	Łódź , Poland

[1] New York - The 76th Yahrzeit Of Rav Meir Shapiro zatzal Founder of The Daf Yomi

[2] LWL - Jewish life in Europe beyond the metropolises - Meir Shapiro (1887–1933)

[daf1-3] Shlomi, B. "A Brilliant Idea: Daf Yomi". Hamodia Magazine, 3 May 2012, pp. 18-20.

[chinuch-4] Manny Saltiel: Gedolim Yahrtzeits: 7 Cheshvan . chinuch.org. 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.