Kalonymus Kalman Shapira

Kalonymus Kalman Shapira
Title	Piaseczno Rebbe (sometimes transliterated from Hebrew as Piasetzna Rebbe)
Personal
Born	Kalonymus Kalman Szapiro May 20, 1889 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Died	November 3, 1943 (aged 54) Trawniki concentration camp
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Rochel Chaya Miryam Hopsztajn
Children	Rechil Yehudis, Elimelech Ben-Tzion
Parents	Elimelech Szapira of Grodzisk (father) Chano Brocho Szternfeld-Horowitz (mother)
Jewish leader
Successor	Elimelech Shapira
Began	1920
Ended	1943
Main work	חובת התלמידים Chovas haTalmidim
Dynasty	Piasetzno

Kalonimus Kalman Szapiro (English: Kalonymus Kalman Shapira or Klonimus Kalmish Szapiro) (20 May 1889–3 November 1943),^[1] was the Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno, Poland, who authored a number of works and was murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. He is best remembered for a series of homilies on parshah (weekly Torah portions) that were delivered almost every Shabbat during the time he spent with his students in the Warsaw ghetto between the years 1939 and 1942. Shortly after the final entry in this series of meditations, the entire community in the ghetto (between 80-90% of the population) was sent to the gas chambers in Treblinka. This work is collected under the title Esh Kodesh (often translated 'Holy Fire').^[2]