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This article is about the rabbi. For the politician, see Avraham Yosef Shapira. For R' Avraham Shapiro, author of Devar Avraham, see Avraham Duber Kahana Shapiro.
Rabbi
Avraham Shapira אברהם שפירא
Title
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Personal
Born
c. 1910
Jerusalem
Died
27 September 2007
Jerusalem
Religion
Judaism
Nationality
Israeli
Denomination
Hardal
Began
1983
Ended
1993
Buried
Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem
Avraham Shapira (Hebrew: אברהם אלקנה כהנא שפירא; c. 1910,[1][2][3][4] Jerusalem – 27 September 2007) was a prominent rabbi in the Religious Zionist world. Shapira had been the head of the Rabbinical court of Jerusalem, and both a member and the head of the Supreme Rabbinic Court. He served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1983 to 1993. Shapira was the rosh yeshiva of Mercaz haRav in Jerusalem, a position he held since Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook died in 1982.
^הרב אברהם אלקנה שפירא זצ"ל (in Hebrew). Chief Rabbinate of Israel site. נולד בכ"ג באייר תר"ע
^Shargai, Nadav. נפטר הרב שהוביל את המאבק לשלמות הארץ. הארץ (in Hebrew). Haaretz. נולד ב 1911
^Yaakobi, Yoel. הכהן הגדול מאחיו (in Hebrew). Arutz 7. נולד בירושלים בי"ד באייר תרע"א (1911), אם כי יש המאחרים את תאריך לידתו בשנתיים
^Selah, Kobi. הגאון הרב אברהם שפירא הלך לעולמו (in Hebrew). Arutz 7. נולד בירושלים בכד אייר תרע"ד
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