Kalonymus Kalman Shapira

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), was the Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno, Poland, who authored a number of works and was murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

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