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unusual facts about Yisrael Meir Kagan



Aryeh Leib Shifman

Rabbi Aryeh Leib Shifman (haRav Aryeh Leib ben Moshe Ber Shifman October 24th, 1891 (Turaw, Belarus) - November 19th, 1937 (Smolensk, Russia) was a Rabbi and a student of the Chofetz Chaim.

Chaim Walkin

His maternal grandfather, Rabbi Moshe Londinsky, headed the yeshiva in Radin with the Chofetz Chaim.

Eliezer Poupko

Their four oldest sons were sent to study in the Chofetz Chaim's yeshiva in Radin, and indeed many of Rabbi Poupko's children went on to play a pivotal role within the Jewish world.

Yechiel Michel Feinstein

However, during this time, he became eligible for conscription into the army, so he traveled to Grodno to obtain fake medical forms from a doctor and en route, consulted with Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim) in Radin about evading the army.


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