Rabbi Avraham Elkanah Kahana Shapira is a prominent figure in the Religious Zionist world. Rabbi Shapira has been the head of the Rabbinic court of Jerusalem, and both a member and the head of the Supreme Rabbinic Court. He was the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel from 1983 to 1993. He is currently the head of yeshivat Mercaz haRav in Jerusalem. Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages... The Religious Zionist Movement, or Religious Zionism is an ideology combining Zionism and Judaism, which offers Zionism based on the principles of Jewish religion and heritage. ... Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (אַשְׁכֲּנָזִי אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים Standard Hebrew, Aškanazi,Aškanazim, Tiberian Hebrew, ʾAškănāzî, ʾAškănāzîm, pronounced sing. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Yeshiva or yeshivah (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. ... Yeshivat Mercaz haRav is a religious Zionist yeshiva situated in Jerusalem. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew: , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Greek: Ιεροσόλυμα, Ierosólyma or Ιερουσαλήμ, Ierousalēm; Latin: Hierosolyma; Arabic: , al-Quds; official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-Al-Quds) is the largest city of Israel. ...

Avraham Shapira was born to a Jerusalemite family on May 15, 1917. As a child, he studied at Yeshiva Etz Chaim in Jerusalem, later moving to the Hebron Yeshiva, where he studied under Rabbis Moshe Mordechai Epstein and Yechezkel Sarna. After his marriage, he was invited to join the Mercaz haRav yeshiva, where he has remained ever since. Even in his youth, Rabbi Shapira succeeded in establishing connections with great rabbis such as the Chazon Ish, Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik and Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, with whom he corresponded for many years, later publishing the correspondences in a book, Even haEzel. In 1956, he was appointed as a member of the Jerusalem Beth din by the Chief rabbi, Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog. In 1971 he was appointed as Av Beit Din, and in 1980 he became chief rabbi of Israel. Jerusalem (Hebrew: , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Greek: Ιεροσόλυμα, Ierosólyma or Ιερουσαλήμ, Ierousalēm; Latin: Hierosolyma; Arabic: , al-Quds; official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-Al-Quds) is the largest city of Israel. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Hebron (Arabic al-Ḫalīl; Hebrew , Standard Hebrew Ḥevron, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥeḇrôn: derived from the word friend; ) is a town in the Southern Judea region of the West Bank. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages... Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein is a Talmudist and the Rosh Yeshiva of the Slabodka Yeshiva. ... R Yechezkel Sarna Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna (1890 - 1969) was the successor to Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka, as the spiritual mentor of the Yeshiva. ... Yeshivat Mercaz haRav is a religious Zionist yeshiva situated in Jerusalem. ... Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, The Chazon Ish Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (also Yishayahu, Yeshayah, Yeshayah, Yishaya - in English Abraham Isaiah Karelitz) (1878-1953) known by his pen name as the Chazon Ish (in Hebrew: Vision [of] Man), was a Lithuanian born Orthodox rabbi who became leader of Haredi Judaism in Israel. ... Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveithchik ( Velvel Soloveithchik, 1886-1959) also referred to as the Brisker Rav, was a son of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brest, Belarus (known amongst the Jews of the area as Brisk). He is also commonly known as the GRYZ, an acronym for Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Zev (genius... Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870 - 1954) was a famous Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A beth din (בית דין, Hebrew: house of judgment, plural battei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... Rabbi Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, also known as Isaac Herzog, was the first Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Ireland and, later, of the British mandate in Palestine and Israel, once formed. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Av Beit Din, Hebrew for Father [of the] House of Justice. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

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