Moshe Shmuel Shapiro

For the singer, see Shmuel Shapiro.

Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro
משה שמואל שפירא
Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro in 2003
Chief Rabbi of Ramle, Israel
Personal details
Born	1917 (1917) Minsk, Belarus
Died	2006 (aged 88–89)
Alma mater	Yeshivas Mir
Occupation	Rosh Yeshiva, rabbi
Known for	Kuntres Ha-Biurim, Sha'arei Shemu'os, Zahav MiShva

Moshe Shmuel Shapiro (Hebrew: משה שמואל שפירא; 1917–2006) was a rosh yeshiva (dean of a Jewish seminary).

Early life and education

Shapiro was born in the Minsk, Belarus. In 1937 he moved to Palestine.

In Israel

In Israel, Shapiro attended Yeshivas Lomza in Petah Tikva and was granted semikhah (ordained as a rabbi). He married in 1946.

Works

Rabbi Shapiro with Rabbi Berel Soloveitchik.

• Kuntres Ha-Biurim, an in-depth analysis of various Talmudic topics.
• Sha'arei Shemu'os, a compilation of Shapiro's novellae arranged by folio of the Talmudic tractates on which he commented.

Sources

• British Jewry Anticipates Visit Of Harav Moshe Shmuel Shapira
• HaRav Moshe Shmuel Shapira zt'l

External links

• Biography of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapira