Shapira is a surname, and may refer to:
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SHAPIRA — (Spira), ḥasidic family known as the Munkacs dynasty; named after the town of Munkacs (Mukachevo), the seat of the dynasty. Its founder, SOLOMON SHAPIRA (1832–1893), was born in Ribatic near Peremyshlyany, Galicia, the son of Eliezer Shapira of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shapira — ist der Name folgender Personen: Amitzur Schapira (1932–1972), israelischer Leichtathletiktrainer Moses Wilhelm Shapira (1830–1884), Antiquitätenhändler Yaakov Shimshon Shapira (1902–1993), israelischer Politiker Diese S … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shapira — The original spelling of this medieval German and Ashkenazic surname was Spira and later circa 1600 Speyer . The surname is locational and derives from the ancient German town of Spire in Bavaria. The original Coat of Arms was a Silver Field,… … Surnames reference
SHAPIRA, MEIR — (1887–1934), Polish rabbi, rosh yeshivah, educationalist, and communal leader. Shapira received ordination when he was only 15 years old from Isaac Shmelkes, Meir Arikh, and his teacher, his maternal grandfather, Samuel Isaac Schor. Shapira… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRA, AVRAHAM ELKANA KAHANA — (1917– ), Israeli religious leader and former chief rabbi. Shapira was born in Jerusalem, where he studied at Yeshivat Eẓ Ḥayyim and then at Hevron Yeshivah under Rabbi Moses Mordechai Epstein and Rabbi Ezekiel Sarna. After his marriage, Shapira… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRA FRAGMENTS — SHAPIRA FRAGMENTS, portions of a manuscript of Deuteronomy, claimed to be of exceptionally early date, which were offered for sale in Berlin and London by Moses William Shapira (c. 1830–84), a Jewish born Christian antiquarian from Jerusalem. The … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRA, ḤAYYIM MOSHE — (1902–1970), Israeli politician; leader of the National Religious Party. Born in Grodno, Belorussia, Shapira from his youth was imbued with a religious Zionist spirit. He was active in organizing the Ẓe irei ha Mizrachi movement and did much for… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRA, ABRAHAM — (1870–1965), one of the first Jewish Shomerim ( Watchmen ) in Ereẓ Israel. Born in Novaya Mikhailovka, southern Russia, Shapira was taken to Ereẓ Israel at the age of ten; his family lived first in Jerusalem and later in . From his youth he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRA, KALONYMOUS KALMAN — (1889–1943), ḥasidic rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto. Born in Grodzisk, Shapira was a descendant of the seer of Lublin (Jacob Isaac ha Ḥozeh mi Lublin ) and the maggid of Kozienice (israel ben shabbetai hapstein kozience ). After his father died when… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRA, YESHAYAHU — (1891–1945), ḥasidic Ereẓ Israel pioneer and leader of religious labor Zionism. Shapira was born in Grodzisk, Poland, the youngest son of the ḥasidic rabbi Elimelech of Grodzisk, and was educated by his maternal grandfather in a deeply ḥasidic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
