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Kupath Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess Kolel Polen, known also by the initials Kupat RaMBaN is a charity founded in 1796 in 
It was founded by
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. It is named after the Rabbi Meir
Rabbi Meir ( he, רַבִּי מֵאִיר) was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishnah. He was considered one of the greatest of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139-163). He is the third most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishn ...
the tanna.
It was founded by Abraham Kalisker
Abraham HaKohen of Kalisk (1741–1810) was a prominent Chassidic rabbi of the 3rd generation of Chassidic leaders. He was a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch.
Biography
Avraham was born in 1741 in Kalyshki, Belarus to Alexander. In his youth, Ab ...
, a rabbi living in Tiberias
Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's Fo ...
.
21st century
Leaders of the organization include rabbisYitzchak Meir Alter
Yitzchak Meir Rotenberg-Alter ( yi, יצחק מאיר אלטער, pl, Icchak Meir Rothenberg Alter, he, יצחק מאיר אלתר) (1799 – 10 March 1866), was the first Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, which he founded in the town of G ...
, Meir Auerbach Rabbi Meir Auerbach (1815–1878) was president of the Jewish court at Koło, and author of ''Imrei Bina'' (Words of Wisdom). After his immigration to Ottoman Palestine in 1859, he headed the Poland Kollel and became the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi ...
, Chaim Elozor Wax Chaim Elozor WaxAlso spelled Waks or Wachs. In Avotaynu XXIV Number 2 (Summer 2008), Dr. Neil Rosenstein in an article about matching up Rabbinical sources and Polish records points to the difficulty in tracing Rabbi Wax's records. This is due to th ...
, and Jacob Meir Biderman Rabbi Jacob Meir Biderman (1870–1941) was the president of Kolel Polen (קופת רבי מאיר בעל הנס - כולל פולין), in 1935 was appointed to the board of Rabbis of the Warsaw community, along with Rabbi Menachem Zemba and Rabb ...
.
Programs include:
* Medical Assistance – Individuals facing medical challenges who cannot afford to pay their bills receive financial assistance.
* Unemployment Fund – Financial assistance is given to those facing temporary unemployment.
* ''Ezer Nisu’in'' – Stipends are given for families marrying off children.
* Almanah Support – Widows receive regular stipends.
* Newborn Fund – Those with newborns are given financial assistance.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.kupathrabbimeir.org/ Jewish charities Kollelim Settlement movements in Israel Jews and Judaism in Ottoman Palestine Jews in Mandatory Palestine Charities based in Poland