Meir Fund is an American
Orthodox rabbi,
Kabbalist, and spiritual leader of Congregation ''Sheves Achim, 1517 Avenue H,'' in
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behi ...
. He comes from a long line of rabbis in Europe and was close with both Rabbi
Joseph Soloveitchik during his student days and with Rabbi
Shlomo Carlebach
Shlomo Carlebach ( he, שלמה קרליבך; 14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was a rabbi, religious teacher, spiritual leader, composer, and singer dubbed "the singing rabbi" during his lifetime.
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.
In October 1977, on
Succos, Rabbi Fund performed at a concert in the
Gramercy Park Brotherhood Synagogue's
succah that jointly benefited the Hopi Legal Fund, which defended
Hopi
The Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19,338 Hopi in the country. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation within the Unite ...
lands in the West from being strip mined, and
Moshav Me'or Modin, a communal settlement in Israel led by Rabbi
Shlomo Carlbach
Shlomo Carlebach ( he, שלמה קרליבך; 14 January 1925 – 20 October 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was a rabbi, religious teacher, spiritual leader, composer, and singer dubbed "the singing rabbi" during his lifetime.
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.
Since 1992, he has led Kabbalah classes in the
Greenwich Village Synagogue.
He also led Kabbalah classes at the
92nd Street Y.
According to Fund, Kabbalah is analogous to an ocean.
References
American Orthodox rabbis
People from Brooklyn
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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