Meir Fund is an American

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rabbi, Kabbalist, and spiritual leader of Congregation ''Sheves Achim, 1517 Avenue H,'' in

Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

. He comes from a long line of rabbis in Europe and was close with both Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik during his student days and with Rabbi

Shlomo Carlebach Shlomo Carlebach ( he, שלמה קרליבך; 14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was a rabbi, religious teacher, spiritual leader, composer, and singer dubbed "the singing rabbi" during his lifetime. ...

. In October 1977, on Succos, Rabbi Fund performed at a concert in the

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that jointly benefited the Hopi Legal Fund, which defended Hopi lands in the West from being strip mined, and

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, a communal settlement in Israel led by Rabbi

Shlomo Carlbach Shlomo Carlebach ( he, שלמה קרליבך; 14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was a rabbi, religious teacher, spiritual leader, composer, and singer dubbed "the singing rabbi" during his lifetime. ...

. Since 1992, he has led Kabbalah classes in the

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. He also led Kabbalah classes at the 92nd Street Y. According to Fund, Kabbalah is analogous to an ocean.

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