Yisrael Meir Kagan
1838
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1933
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Russian Empire
languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew
occupation: rabbi, rosh yeshiva
position held: rosh yeshiva
student of: Nachum Kaplan
Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan (January 26, 1838 – September 15, 1933), known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, after his book on lashon hara, who was also well known for the Mishna Berurah, his book on ritual law, was an influential Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works continue to be widely influential in Orthodox Jewish life. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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