6 Nisan · Yahrzeit

Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky of Ostrów Mazowiecka – the "Kli Chemda"

Rabbi Meir Dan ben Chaim Yitzchak Plotzky of Ostrów Mazowiecka – the "Kli Chemda" (1866 - 1928) Yahrzeit - 6 Nissan Resting place - Warsaw, Poland He served as president of the Kollel Polen, was a Talmudist, and authored the "Kli Chemda," a commentary on the Torah. He is also the author of "Chemdat Yisrael" on the Sefer HaMitzvot. Plotzky was the son of Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Ber Plotzker of Kutno, who was at first a follower of Rav Chanoch Henich of Alexander, but later became a follower of the Sfas Emes of Ger. At the age of nine, Plotzky was sent to study in the yeshiva of Rabbi Chaim Eliezer Wachs, author of "Nefesh Chaya," in Kalisz, president of the Kupat Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess of the Kollel Polen. Shortly before his bar mitzvah, he became a disciple of Rabbi Avraham Bornsztain (the Avnei Nezer), the first Sochatchover Rebbe, whom he regarded as his lifelong Rebbe and muvhak (primary teacher of Torah). Plotzky married at the age of 15 and spent the following 10 years in Dvart with his relatives. In 1891, he became rabbi of Dvart. Later, he helped expose a forged Yerushalmi on Kodashim, which was claimed to have been discovered by Shlomo Yehuda Friedlander, who also claimed to be a Sephardi named Shlomo Yehuda Alghazi. At the age of 36, he published his work on the Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvot, titled "Chemdat Yisrael." In 1918, he became rabbi of Ostrów Mazowiecka in eastern Poland. He was elected chairman of the Agudas HaRabbanim in Poland, which preceded Agudat Yisrael.

At the age of 60, he left the rabbinate to head a large yeshiva in Warsaw, known simply as the Mesivta Meir Dan. May the merit of the tzadik protect Am Yisrael! (https://dailyzohar.com/tzadikim/310-Rabbi-Meir-Dan-Plotsky)