Meir Wahl

Not to be confused with Meir Katzenellenbogen.

Meir Wahl or Meir Wahl Katzenellenbogen,[1][2] (also known as Meir Shauls[3] and MAHARASH[4]) was a Polish rabbi. He was the son of Saul Wahl, who according to legend, was king of Poland for one day.[5]

At the beginning of his rabbinical career, Wahl was the Av Beit Din at Tykocin, Poland, later moving on to the Av Beit Din position of Brest, Belarus.[3] Saul was integral in the formation of the Council of the Land of Lithuania in 1623, the controlling legal body for the Jews of Lithuania [3][6]

Wahl had a daughter named Baila who married Rabbi Yonah Teomim, who were parents to prominent rabbis.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ben Moshe, David (2008). The Secret of the Jews: Letters to Nietzsche. Gefen Publishing House. p. 24. ISBN 978-965-229-432-6.
  2. ↑ Solomon, David H. (1998). A History of my Family. D.H. Solomon. p. 58.
  3. 1 2 3 Rosenstein, Neil (1990). The Unbroken Chain: Biographical Sketches and the Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th-20th century, Volume 1. CIS Publishers. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9610578-4-8.
  4. ↑ Menton, Arthur F. (1996). Toledot Charlap. King David Press. p. 408.
  5. 1 2 Goldwurm, Hersh (1989). The Early Acharonim: Biographical Sketches of the Prominent Early Rabbinic Sages and Leaders from the Fifteenth-Seventeenth Centuries. Mesorah Publications. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-89906-488-8.
  6. ↑ Landman, Isaac (1940). The Universal Jewish encyclopedia ...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times, Volume 2. The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. p. 525.


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