Elimelech Szapira

Infobox Rebbe

title = Grodzhisker Rebbe


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term =1849 – 1892
full name =Elimelech Szapira
main work = Imrei Elimelekh
predecessor =
successor =Yisroel Szapira of Grodzhisk
Myer Yechiel Halsztuk, ABD Ostrovtse
Klonimus Kalman Szapira of Piasetzno
spouse1 = Chaya Masza Rabinowicz
issue1 = Soro Devoiro
Yerachmiel
Chayim Myer Yechiel
spouse2 = Chana Brocho Szternfeld
issue2 =Yeshayo Szapira
Klonimus Kalman Szapira
spouse3 =
issue3 =
dynasty = Grodzhisk
father = The Sorof of Mogelnica
mother =Gitl Wajsblum (granddaughter of Noam Elimelech)
date of birth = c. 1823
place of birth =
date of death =29 March, 1892 (1 Nisan 5652)
place of death =
date of burial =
place of burial =|Rabbi Elimelech Szapira of Grodzhisk (1823–1892) was the leading Hasidic rebbe of his time in Poland. He was a "chosid" (follower) of the Rizhiner Rebbe. After the death of his father, the "Sorof" of Mogelnica, he assumed leadership of the chasidim, who eventually numbered ten thousand.

His sons-in-law were the Kozhnitser Rebbe and Rebbe Osher the Second of Stolin-Karlin.

When he died, his surviving sons were aged two and three, the sons from his first marriage having predeceased him. Some of the chasidim waited for the sons to grow up; one eventually became the Piasetzner Rov. Other chasidim chose a grandson, Rabbi Yisroel Szapira as their next leader. A third group, including many learned rabbis, followed the scholarly Ostrovtser Rov.

Writings

The teachings of the Grodzhikser Rebbe are collected in "Imrei Elimelech" and "Divrei Elimelech".

External links

[http://hebrewbooks.org/3638] - "Imrei Elimelech" free pdf download