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Meir Atlas

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Rabbi Meir Atlas (1848-1926) was Rabbi of Shavel (Siauliai) in Lithuania and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva.

Rabbi Meir Atlas was born in 1848 in Baisagola, Lithuania. In 1875, together with Rabbi Zvi Yaakov Oppenheim, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Abel and the assitance of a German Jew, Ovadyah Lachman, founded the Telz Yeshiva. He was later Rabbi in Libau (Liepaja, Latvia), Salant (Salantai, Lithuania) and Kobryn, Belarus. In 1904 Rabbi Atlas was appointed Rabbi to the community of Shavel (Siauliai).[1] His brother was Rabbi Eliezer Atlas.

One of his son in laws was Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman. Another was Rabbi Yehudel Kahana Shapiro, the son of Rabbi Zalman Sender Kahana Shapiro.

Rabbi Meir Atlas died in 1926.

Category:Orthodox rabbis

  1. ^ Otzar Harabanim #12756, Rabbis' Encyclopedia , Rabbinate era from 970 to 1970, by Rabbi Nathan Zvi Friedman, Bnai Brak 1975.
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