Meir Shapiro

Rabbi Meir Shapiro
Personal
Born	Yehuda Meir Shapiro 3 March 1887 Shatz, Austria-Hungary present day Romania[1]
Died	27 October 1933(1933-10-27) (aged 46) Lublin, Poland
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Polish
Spouse	Malka Toba Shapiro
Parent(s)	Yaakov Shimshon of Shatz Rebbetzin Margulya
Denomination	Orthodox
Occupation	Rabbi, rosh yeshiva
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva
Began	1930
Ended	1933
Other	Rabbi of Galina, Sanok, and Pietrokov
Buried	Lublin, Poland; later reinterred in Jerusalem, Israel

Yehuda Meir Shapiro (Polish: Majer Jehuda Szapira; 3 March 1887 – 27 October 1933) was a prominent Polish Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, also known as the Lubliner Rav. He is noted for his promotion of the Daf Yomi study program in 1923, and establishing the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva in 1930.

During the years 1922 to 1927 Shapiro was the first Orthodox Jew to become a member in the Sejm (Parliament) of the Second Polish Republic representing the Jewish minority of the country.