Yisrael Meir Kagan
Yisrael Meir (Kagan) Poupko (Dziatłava, 1838 – Radun', 1933), known popularly as The Chofetz Chaim, was an influential Lithuanian Jewish rabbi of the Musar movement, a Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works continue to be widely influential in Jewish life. His surname, Poupko, is not widely known.
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“Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.”
—Golda Meir (1898–1978)