Avraham Shapira

Rabbi Avraham Shapira אברהם אלקנה כהנא שפירא‎
Rabbi Avraham Shapira
Title	Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Personal
Born	c. 1910 Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died	September 27, 2007(2007-09-27) (aged 97) Jerusalem, Israel
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Israeli
Spouse	Penina Shapira
Children	4 (including Rabbi Yaakov Eliezer Kahana Shapira)
Parent(s)	Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Kahana Shapira and Hanna Reizel Zaks
Denomination	Hardal (Religious Zionist)
Alma mater	Etz Chaim Yeshiva, Hebron Yeshiva
Occupation	Rosh Yeshiva, Posek, Chief Rabbi
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Shlomo Goren
Successor	Yisrael Meir Lau
Position	Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva	Mercaz haRav
Position	Chief Rabbi
Organisation	Chief Rabbinate of Israel
Began	1983
Ended	1993
Buried	Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem
Dynasty	Shapira

Avraham Shapira (Hebrew: אברהם אלקנה כהנא שפירא; c. 1910,^[1][2][3][4] Jerusalem – 27 September 2007) was a prominent rabbi in the Religious Zionist world. He served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1983 to 1993. Shapira was the head of the Rabbinical court of Jerusalem, and both a member and the head of the Supreme Rabbinic Court. He was the rosh yeshiva of Mercaz haRav in Jerusalem, a position he held after Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook died in 1982.

He was the founder and president of the Machon HaRav Tzvi Yehuda (Machon HaRatzia), a member of the founding presidency of the Union of Rabbis for the Land of Israel, and president of the Tzvia Ulpana network (after the passing of Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook) and Komemiyut movement.