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Rabbi Avraham Shapira אברהם שפירא | |
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| Title | AshkenaziChief Rabbi of Israel |
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1910 |
| Died | 27 September 2007 |
| Buried | Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery,Jerusalem |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Hardal |
| Began | 1983 |
| Ended | 1993 |
Avraham Shapira (Hebrew:אברהם אלקנה כהנא שפירא;c. 1910,[1][2][3][4]Jerusalem – 27 September 2007) was a prominentrabbi in theReligious Zionist world. Shapira had been the head of theRabbinical court ofJerusalem, and both a member and the head of the Supreme Rabbinic Court. He served as theAshkenaziChief Rabbi of Israel from 1983 to 1993. Shapira was therosh yeshiva ofMercaz haRav in Jerusalem, a position he held since RabbiZvi Yehuda Kook died in 1982.
Avraham Elkanah Shapira was born to aJerusalemite family; his father was Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Shapira. As a child, he lived in theJewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City.[5]
In his youth, he studied atEtz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem, later moving to theHebron Yeshiva, where he studied under RabbisMoshe Mordechai Epstein andYechezkel Sarna. After his marriage, RabbiZvi Yehuda Kook invited him to joinMercaz HaRav yeshiva.[6] He corresponded, in his youth, with theChazon Ish, RabbiZvi Pesach Frank, RabbiYitzchak Zev Soloveitchik, and RabbiIsser Zalman Meltzer.
In 1956, he was appointed as a member of the Jerusalem religious court by Chief RabbiYitzhak HaLevi Herzog. In 1971, he was appointedAv Beit Din.
Shapira was electedAshkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel in 1983, serving alongside RabbiMordechai Eliyahu, who was elected Sefardi Chief Rabbi.[5]
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He died on the first day ofSuccot, 2007.[7][8] Tens of thousands of people took part in his funeral procession on September 28, 2007.[9] he was interred at theMount of Olives Jewish Cemetery.
Shapira and his wife Penina had four sons. As per his will, his son RabbiYaakov Shapira was appointed Rosh Yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav after him.[10]
During theOslo Accords, Shapira ruled that handing over territories violates Jewish law. He also called on soldiers to refuse orders to dismantle Jewish communities during the 2005disengagement from Gaza.[8]
נולד בכ"ג באייר תר"ע
נולד ב 1911
נולד בירושלים בי"ד באייר תרע"א (1911), אם כי יש המאחרים את תאריך לידתו בשנתיים
נולד בירושלים בכד אייר תרע"ד
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| Preceded by | Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel 1983–1993 | Succeeded by |
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