The famous Jerusalem Rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Shapira died at the age of 94 last Thursday. In the years from 1983 – 1993, he was the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel and afterwards he became the Rosh Yeshiva of the well – known national religious Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav in Kiryat Moshe.
He was buried last Friday and about 4000 policemen were securing the funeral. The procession started at Merkaz HaRav and led to the Mount of Olives (Har HaZeitim). 25,000 people participated in the funeral and someone said that there were very kind people handing out cold drinks, as it was a hot summer day.
The successor of Rabbi Avraham Shapira will be his son Rabbi Shlomo Shapira.
Rabbi Avraham Shapira
Photo Arutz 7
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