Kupath Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess Kollel Polin, known also by the initials Kupat RaMBaN is a charity founded in 1796 in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. It is named after the

Rabbi Meir Rabbi Meir () was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishnah. He was one of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139–163), and a disciple of Rabbi Akiva. He is the second most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah and is mentioned ...

the tanna. It was founded by

Abraham Kalisker Abraham HaKohen of Kalisk (1741–1810) was a prominent Chassidic rabbi of the 3rd generation of Chassidic leaders. He was a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch. Biography Kalisker was born in 1741 in Kalyshki, Belarus to Alexander. In his youth, ...

, a rabbi living in

Tiberias Tiberias ( ; , ; ) is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Heb ...

21st century

Leaders of the organization include rabbis

Yitzchak Meir Alter Yitzchak Meir Rotenberg-Alter (, , ) (1799 – 10 March 1866), was the first Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, which he founded in the town of Góra Kalwaria (known as "Ger" in Yiddish), Poland. He headed the Kupath Rabbi Meir Baal Haness K ...

Meir Auerbach Rabbi Meir Auerbach (; 1815–1878) was president of the Jewish court at Koło, and author of ''Imrei Bina'' (Words of Wisdom). After his immigration to Ottoman Palestine in 1859, he headed the Poland Kollel and became the first Ashkenazi Chief Ra ...

Chaim Elozor Wax Chaim Elozor WaxAlso spelled Waks or Wachs. In Avotaynu XXIV Number 2 (Summer 2008), Dr. Neil Rosenstein in an article about matching up Rabbinical sources and Polish records points to the difficulty in tracing Rabbi Wax's records. This is due to t ...

, and

Jacob Meir Biderman Rabbi Jacob Meir Biderman (1870–1941) was the president of Kolel Polen (קופת רבי מאיר בעל הנס - כולל פולין), in 1935 was appointed to the board of Rabbis of the Warsaw community, along with Rabbi Menachem Zemba and Rabb ...

. Programs include: * Medical Assistance – Individuals facing medical challenges who cannot afford to pay their bills receive financial assistance. * Unemployment Fund – Financial assistance is given to those facing temporary unemployment. * ''Ezer Nisu’in'' – Stipends are given for families marrying off children. * Almanah Support – Widows receive regular stipends. * Newborn Fund – Those with newborns are given financial assistance.

References

{{Reflist Jewish charities Kollelim Settlement movements in Israel Jews and Judaism in Ottoman Palestine Jews from Mandatory Palestine Charities based in Poland 1796 establishments in Poland