# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yisrael-meir-kagan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:37:48.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yisrael-meir-kagan"
name: "Yisrael Meir Kagan"
slug: "yisrael-meir-kagan"
description: "Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen Kagan was a Lithuanian rabbi, posek, and ethicist whose works are widely influential in Orthodox Jewish life. He was known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, after his book with that title on lashon hara, and was also well known for the Mishnah Berurah, his book on ritual law."
tagline: "Polish rabbi (1838–1933)"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1838-02-06"
deathDate: "1933-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump