Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers [SEP] date of birth
Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers
Meir ben Judah Leib Poppers or Meir ben Judah Loeb Ha-Kohen Ashkenazi Poppers ( 1624–1662) was a Bohemian rabbi and kabbalist. He was born in Prague and died in Jerusalem in February or March, 1662.
He studied the Kabbala under Israel Ashkenazi and Jacob Zemah, and he wrote a great number of works, all in the spirit of Isaac Luria; thirty-nine of them have "Or" as the beginning of their titles, in reference to his name "Meir.
, rosh yeshivas Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Brooklyn, New York
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