Avraham Shapira
Israeli rabbi
Died when: 93 years 130 days (1120 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Avraham Shapira (Hebrew: ????? ????? ???? ?????; 20 May 1914, 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.
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