RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Yisrael Meir Kagan

1838 - 1933

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Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan (February 6, 1838 – September 15, 1933) was an influential Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works continue to be widely influential in Orthodox Jewish life. He was known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, after his book on lashon hara, and was also well known for the Mishna Berurah, his book on ritual law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yisrael Meir Kagan is the 2,576th most popular religious figure (down from 2,145th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 116th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belarusian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Yisrael Meir Kagan ranks 2,576 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Thorlak, Gamzat-bek, Pietro Palazzini, Alfred Des Cloizeaux, Jon Sobrino, and Shuka. After him are Paul Egede, John Onaiyekan, Severino Poletto, Gennadius of Constantinople, Sigmundur Brestisson, and Soane Patita Paini Mafi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Yisrael Meir Kagan ranks 80. Before him are Toyohara Chikanobu, John Hay, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg, Henry Adams, and Giovanni Cagliero. After him are Eli Lilly, Valeriano Weyler, Oskar Gripenberg, Paul Mauser, Gotō Shōjirō, and Marianne Cope. Among people deceased in 1933, Yisrael Meir Kagan ranks 107. Before him are Antonín Švehla, Apollinary Vasnetsov, Olaf Bull, L. A. Ring, János Hadik, and Anna Brigadere. After him are Prince Aribert of Anhalt, Steponas Darius, Kamini Roy, Renée Adorée, Jean Cugnot, and Harriet Brooks.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Yisrael Meir Kagan ranks 139 out of 368. Before him are Piotr Jaroszewicz (1909), Moisei Ginzburg (1892), Tamara Tyshkevich (1931), Sergei Loznitsa (1964), Sergei Sidorsky (1954), and Pola Raksa (1941). After him are Vasily Rudenkov (1931), Roman Golovchenko (1973), Alexander Hleb (1981), Sofya Yanovskaya (1896), Lev Dovator (1903), and Alaiza Pashkevich (1876).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Belarus

Among religious figures born in Belarus, Yisrael Meir Kagan ranks 6. Before him are Vilna Gaon (1720), Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789), Michael Rohoza (1540), Kirill of Turov (1130), and Chaim Kanievsky (1928). After him are Tadevuš Kandrusievič (1946), and Jakub Szynkiewicz (1884).

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