Meir Wahl

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 Yonah^{[clarification needed]}, 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 9789652294326. http://books.google.com/books?id=MyFjqV93vbwC&pg=PA24&dq=%22meir+wahl%22&hl=en&ei=5AOgTN7LG8H-8AaC8pSTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22meir%20wahl%22&f=false. 
2. ^ Solomon, David H. (1998). A History of my Family. D.H. Solomon. p. 58. http://books.google.com/books?id=es8WAQAAIAAJ&q=%22meir+wahl+katzenellenbogen%22&dq=%22meir+wahl+katzenellenbogen%22&hl=en&ei=NAegTK77NIT48Aaw7oA4&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAg. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} 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 9780961057848. http://books.google.com/books?id=lGpmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22meir+wahl%22&dq=%22meir+wahl%22&hl=en&ei=5AOgTN7LG8H-8AaC8pSTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA. 
4. ^ Menton, Arthur F. (1996). Toledot Charlap. King David Press. p. 408. http://books.google.com/books?id=DY8WAQAAIAAJ&q=%22meir+wahl%22&dq=%22meir+wahl%22&hl=en&ei=5AOgTN7LG8H-8AaC8pSTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCQ. 
5. ^ ^{a b} 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 9780899064888. http://books.google.com/books?id=m1kRAQAAIAAJ&q=%22meir+wahl%22&dq=%22meir+wahl%22&hl=en&ei=5AOgTN7LG8H-8AaC8pSTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCA. 
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. http://books.google.com/books?id=i5oYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22meir+wahl%22&dq=%22meir+wahl%22&hl=en&ei=WQugTJSZO4G78gb8-JjQDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAzgK. 

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