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(Created page with "Rabbi Meir was born to Rabbi Gershon and Esther in Miragrad, Poltava Province, Russia on 8 Tevet 5669 (1909). During World War I as a young child, his family's home was hit by a bomb and collapsed. After escaping from the rubble, he went to Rabbi Yona Cohen's house. Despite his young age, Rabbi Yona Cohen allowed him to join his classes. Between 1926-1932, he continued his studies at Tomchei Temimim in Kharkov, and after its closure moved to Tomchei Temimim in Nevel. =...") |
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Rabbi Meir was born to Rabbi Gershon and Esther in Miragrad, Poltava Province, Russia on 8 Tevet 5669 (1909). | Rabbi Meir was born to Rabbi Gershon and Esther in Miragrad, Poltava Province, Russia on 8 Tevet 5669 (1909). | ||
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During World War I as a young child, his family's home was hit by a bomb and collapsed. After escaping from the rubble, he went to Rabbi Yona Cohen's house. Despite his young age, Rabbi Yona Cohen allowed him to join his classes. Between 1926-1932, he continued his studies at Tomchei Temimim in Kharkov, and after its closure moved to Tomchei Temimim in Nevel. | During World War I as a young child, his family's home was hit by a bomb and collapsed. After escaping from the rubble, he went to Rabbi Yona Cohen's house. Despite his young age, Rabbi Yona Cohen allowed him to join his classes. Between 1926-1932, he continued his studies at Tomchei Temimim in Kharkov, and after its closure moved to Tomchei Temimim in Nevel. | ||
As a young man, after the Yevsektsia restricted the yeshiva in Kremenchug and the previous supervisor had to flee, Rabbi Meir was sent by the Frierdiker Rebbe to supervise the yeshiva, which was then managed by Rabbi Yisroel Noach Blinitski. | As a young man, after the Yevsektsia restricted the yeshiva in Kremenchug and the previous supervisor had to flee, Rabbi Meir was sent by the Frierdiker Rebbe to supervise the yeshiva, which was then managed by Rabbi Yisroel Noach Blinitski. | ||