page_title: Yisrael Meir Kagan
hierarchical_section_title: Yisrael Meir Kagan
caption_attribution_description: Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, (1838-1933), aged 91 when he visited the Polish Prime Minister.
context_page_description: Yisrael Meir Kagan, known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, after the title of one of the books he wrote, was an influential rabbi of the Musar movement, a Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works continue to be widely influential in Jewish life.
context_section_description: Yisrael Meir (HaKohen) Kagan  (January 26, 1838 – September 15, 1933), known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim (Hebrew: חפץ חיים‎, romanized: Chafetz Chaim, lit. 'Desirer of Life'), after the title of one of the books he wrote, was an influential rabbi of the Musar movement, (although some dispute this categorization of the Chofetz Chaim as a supporter of the Musar movement) a Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works continue to be widely influential in Jewish life.
caption: Age 91, on his visit to the Polish Prime Minister
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