Rabbi Meir Arik (1855–1925) was a famous Galician Torah scholar.

Upon his return to Galicia after the war, Arik assumed the post of Chief Rabbi of Tarnów.

In addition to his insights on various tractates of both the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmud and his halakhic responsa, he also arranged and published a volume with the title of 'Chidushei HaRaMaL' (Kolomye 1890).

In his escape, he lost five large volumes of questions and answers, the loss of which he deeply regretted.

Arik's opinions are cited extensively by his contemporaries, as well as later halachic authorities including the Chelkas Yaakov,[1] Kinyan Torah beHalacha,[2] and Mar'eh Yechezkel.