- Meir of Przemyslany
- (1780-1850)Polish Hasidic leader. He was a miracle worker. Thousands of Hasidim went to receive his blessing and hear his teaching.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Meir of Przemyslany
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