Meir Wahl or Meir Wahl Katzenellenbogen, [1] [2] (also known as Meir Shauls [3] and MaHaRaSH [4]) was a Polish rabbi. He was the son of Saul Wahl, who according to legend, was king of Poland for one day. [5]
Meir Wahl | |
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Prince of Poland Head of House Katzenellenbogen | |
Spouse | Hinda HaLevi Horowitz |
Issue | Baila |
House | Katzenellenbogen |
Father | Saul Wahl |
Religion | Judaism |
At the beginning of his rabbinical career, Wahl was the Av Beit Din at Tykocin, Poland, later moving on to the Av Beit Din position of Brest, Belarus. [3] Saul was integral in the formation of the Council of the Land of Lithuania in 1623, the controlling legal body for the Jews of Lithuania. [3] [6]
He married Hinda HaLevi Horowitz, granddaughter of Israel ben Josef and niece of Moses Isserles on her mother's side and his own mother's cousin. [7] Wahl had a daughter named Baila who married Rabbi Yonah Teomim, who were parents to prominent rabbis. [5] Another of his daughters, Nissla Gisela, married Moshe Hakohen Katz, a nephew of Meir Lublin.