He Is Just Like His Name

Rav Alexander Zisha of Platzk and Rav Feivel of Gritza were colleagues, they studied together in the yeshivah of Rav Yaakov of Lisa, author of Chavas Daas. They became disciples of the Chozeh of Lublin. One day they brought the Chiddushei HaRim’s kvitel to the Chozeh who remarked upon reading the name on the note, “He is just like his name, Meir: he shines all of the worlds with light!” From then on, the Chiddushei HaRim, the founder of the Gerrer dynasty, held himself a disciple and talmid of the Chozeh. (Meir Einei haGola pp. 54-55, 144)