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    Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan (January 26, 1838 – September 15, 1933) was an influential Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works...
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    (Hebrew: חָפֵץ חַיִּים, trans. "Pursuer of Life") is a book by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, who is also called "the Chofetz Chaim" after it. The book deals with...
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    ברורה "Clear Teaching") is a work of halakha (Jewish law) by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (Poland, 1838–1933, also known as Chofetz Chaim). It is a commentary...
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    The Rabbinical Seminary of America was named after his great-uncle, Yisrael Meir Kagan of Raduń Yeshiva, who was known as the "Chofetz Chaim". As a teenager...
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  • yeshiva (dean) in prewar Europe. He was one of the closest students of Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim) and a noted Talmid Chacham. In the interwar period...
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    Leibowitz's great uncle, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan, who had died that year. It is officially named Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yisrael Meir HaKohen, but is often referred...
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    by Yisrael Meir Kagan and the Aruch ha-Shulchan by Yechiel Michel Epstein Ethical and philosophical works: Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Yisrael Meir Kagan and...
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  • (1808–1888), German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement Yisrael Meir Kagan (Chofetz Chaim; Mishnah Berurah) (1838–1933), Polish Halakhist, Posek...
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    Hilchot De'ot (e.g., halachot 1:4, 3:2, 5:1). The Chofetz Chaim (Yisrael Meir Kagan) prohibits gluttony on the basis of Leviticus 19:26, in Sefer Ha-Mitzvot...
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    1863, Grodno – February 25, 1936 Tel Aviv) was the son-in-law of the Yisrael Meir Kagan, and author of the book "Avodat HaKorbanot". He was born in Grodno...
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  • (1869–1953), Russian mathematician Vladimir Kagan (1927–2016), German furniture designer Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838–1933), Polish-born rabbi, halakhist,...
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    in their identity was marginalized. In the interwar period, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan emerged as the popular leader of the Eastern European Orthodox, particularly...
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  • Jacobson (1768–1828), German philanthropist and communal organiser Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838–1933), rabbi and posek known as the Chofetz Chaim Israel Kamakawiwoʻole...
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    recognized to be the gadol hador: Vilna Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eger Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Rabbi Elazar Shach Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv...
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  • alongside the Mishnah Berurah, a work partially composed earlier by Yisrael Meir Kagan. The Arukh Hashulchan was composed and printed serially starting with...
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    the tzaraath. During this time, all of Israel waited for her. Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan wrote two major halakhic works on the evil tongue: Chofetz Chaim ("Desirer...
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  • the Rosh Yeshiva of the Raduń Yeshiva and being the son-in-law to Yisrael Meir Kagan, the Chofetz Chaim. Zaks was born in Siluva. Before joining the yeshiva...
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  • actor Meir Teper, American film producer and businessman Meir Tobianski (1904–1948), Israeli officer wrongly executed as a traitor Israel Meir Kagan (1838–1933)...
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    Retrieved 5 February 2017. Yisrael Meir Kagan (1965) [1925]. Zechor L'Miriam, 23 (in Hebrew). See also Yisrael Meir Kagan (1930). Likutei Amarim, 13 (in...
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    schools in other cities throughout Europe. She obtained the approval of Yisrael Meir Kagan (author of Chofetz Chaim), who issued a responsum holding that contemporary...
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  • Commandments") by Rabbi Moses ben Jacob of Coucy. Sefer ha-Mitzvoth by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (the "Chafetz Chaim"). The Chafetz Chaim's work follows the reckoning...
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    argument to produce". However, Yechiel Michel Epstein (d. 1908), and Yisrael Meir Kagan (d. 1933) both believed in the authenticity of the Zohar, as did Menachem...
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  • Shlomo Heiman Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook Rabbi Zvi Yehuda...
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    several clashes with some of his contemporaries, including Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chafetz Chaim) on political issues and questions of Jewish law...
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    generations there was hardly a Yiddish home that did not possess a copy." Yisrael Meir Kagan wrote of earlier generations reading the book Tz'enah Ur'enah each...
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    Vilna Gaon Pri Megadim - by Rabbi Joseph ben Meir Teomim Mishnah Berurah - by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan Tor Bareket - by Rabbi Chaim HaKohen of Aram Zobah...
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  • the letters are found in Mishnat Soferim, within Mishna Berura of Yisrael Meir Kagan. In set theory, ℵ 0 {\displaystyle \aleph _{0}} , pronounced aleph-naught...
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  • Chofetz Chaim is a book written by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan about the Jewish laws regarding harmful speech. Chofetz Chaim (Hebrew: חָפֵץ חַיִּים, sometimes...
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  • HaShulchan Yoseph Chaim of Bagdad (1832–1909), Ben Ish Chai, Rav Pealim Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838–1933), Mishnah Berurah, Chafetz Chaim Moshe Greenwald (1853–1910)...
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  • Chaim Sofer and the Yalkut Yosef ; for Ashkenazim: Mishnah Berurah by Yisrael Meir Kagan and the Aruch ha-Shulchan by Yechiel Michel Epstein Legal responsa...
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