R. Meir b. Samuel ha-Levi Rottenburg of Apta (1760?–1831), hasidic rabbi and kabbalist. He was born in Apta (now Opatow), Poland. Meir, a pupil of Isaac of Pinczow, served as rabbi in Stobnitsa at an early age, and later in Apta. He was a disciple of R. Jacob Isaac ha-Hozeh ("the seer") of Lublin, and became his chief successor after his death. His views appear in Or la-Shamayim (1850). R. Meir's doctrine was conservative and contains few innovations. Its main importance was his rejection of the teachings introduced by R. Jacob Isaac ha-Yehudi ha-Kadosh of Przysucha and his school. In some respects R. Meir may be considered the prototype of the hasidic traditionalist. He emphasized the central role of the zaddik, and stressed the principles of piety, reverence, unostentatious performance of religious precepts, and comradely cohesion within the movement, which he regarded as the most important aspects of Hasidism.

בין דף עז-עח הוכנסו שני דפים שסימונם: נז, עח. הסכמות: ר' מנחם מענדיל רבין, גלאגוב, חתן המחבר, טו מנחם-אב תר"י; ר' ארי' לייביש ב"ר יוסף נייהויז, חעלמא, יז כסליו תר"י; ר' חיים האלברשטאם, צאנז, טו סיון תר"י (בסוף הספר).