Kevarim and nesios across Europe and Asia — a section of White Glove Kosher Travel.
Kever · Opatów (Apta) · Poland
רבי מאיר הלוי ראטענבערג מאפטא
Rabbi Meir HaLevi Rotenberg of Apta
The Ohr LaShamayim
Who he was
Son of Reb Shmuel, he was rav of Stopnica and then of Apta (Opatów) and a talmid of the Chozeh of Lublin; his Torah on chumash, written in the Pardes method and including responsa, was printed as Ohr LaShamayim, and he died and was buried in Apta. He is NOT the Ohev Yisroel, Reb Avraham Yehoshua Heshel, the other Apter Rebbe, who is buried in Medzhibozh, Ukraine.
Visitor experience
Practical notes from visitors — access, directions, and the condition of the site.
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- Opatów — Cenotaph for Reb Meir HaLevi of Apta, the Ohr LaShamayimOpatów (Apta) · Poland