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Rabbi '''Avraham Shapira''' | |||
Born on 14 Iyar 5671 (1911) in Jerusalem to Shlomo Zalman and Hena Reisel Kahana-Shapira. He spent his childhood years in the Talmud Torah of the local Etz Chaim Yeshiva, and was later sent to study at the 'Hebron' Yeshiva. Even then, he began corresponding on halachic questions with the great rabbis of Israel at that time, such as the Chazon Ish, Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook, Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik, and Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer. | Born on 14 Iyar 5671 (1911) in Jerusalem to Shlomo Zalman and Hena Reisel Kahana-Shapira. He spent his childhood years in the Talmud Torah of the local Etz Chaim Yeshiva, and was later sent to study at the 'Hebron' Yeshiva. Even then, he began corresponding on halachic questions with the great rabbis of Israel at that time, such as the Chazon Ish, Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook, Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik, and Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer. | ||
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According to his will, his son Rabbi Yaakov Elazar was appointed to the position of Rosh Yeshiva (head of the yeshiva). | According to his will, his son Rabbi Yaakov Elazar was appointed to the position of Rosh Yeshiva (head of the yeshiva). | ||
= His Connections with Chabad Chassidut and the Rebbe = | == His Connections with Chabad Chassidut and the Rebbe == | ||
Chabad rabbis and activists visited the Chief Rabbis at the Rebbe's instruction (Cheshvan 5746/1985). In the picture (right to left): Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Yeroslovsky, Rabbi Zusha Wilmovsky, Rabbi Levi Bistritzky, Rabbi Moshe Ashkenazi, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wilshansky, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, Rabbi Avraham Shapira, Rabbi Yosef Gliksberg Rabbi of Givatayim. Standing in the back (right) is Rabbi Barake Wolf. | Chabad rabbis and activists visited the Chief Rabbis at the Rebbe's instruction (Cheshvan 5746/1985). In the picture (right to left): Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Yeroslovsky, Rabbi Zusha Wilmovsky, Rabbi Levi Bistritzky, Rabbi Moshe Ashkenazi, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wilshansky, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, Rabbi Avraham Shapira, Rabbi Yosef Gliksberg Rabbi of Givatayim. Standing in the back (right) is Rabbi Barake Wolf. | ||
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* Rambam's Torah: Fascinating private audience of Rabbis Eliyahu and Shapira | * Rambam's Torah: Fascinating private audience of Rabbis Eliyahu and Shapira | ||
* Rare documentation from the Chief Rabbis' visit to the Rebbe | * Rare documentation from the Chief Rabbis' visit to the Rebbe | ||
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