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Meitcheter Illui

Meitcheter Illui

1877 CE1928 CE · Acharonim · Volozhin

Renowned as the "Meitcheter Illui" (the prodigy from Meitchet), Shlomo Polachek was a star student of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik. He served as a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) in New York, where he greatly influenced American-trained rabbis. His novellae were posthumously published in *Chiddushei HaIllui MiMeitchit*.

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Snicinjic

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Born in the village of Snicinjic (Sinichinitz), near Meitschet (Mołczadź), in the Grodno region.

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Chiddushei HaIllui MiMeitchit

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