Marking the 93rd Yahrtzeit of Rav Meir Shapiro Zt”l

Agudath Israel of America · Oct 18, 2026

October 18, 2026 – 7 Cheshvan, 5787

Rav Meir Shapiro zt’l had what we might call today an amazing resume.

He was Rav in Lublin, one of the largest Jewish communities of its time. He founded Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, an elite yeshiva whose students were universally acknowledged as great talmidei chachamim. He served as a member of the Polish Parliament, the Sejm, where he defended Jewish interests in the seat of governmental power.

Even were Rav Meir Shapiro to have only these accomplishments to his eternal credit, dayeinu, that alone would have been enough of a basis for us to revere…