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The ohel Jaakow Jicchak Szapira at the Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw, 2010
The same ohel, summer 2022; it has been cleared of the overgrowing shrubs and bushes
The rear side of the ohel, summer 2022; also visible is the right side window

Jaakow Jicchak Szapira (or: Jakow Iicchak Szapiro; Yid. יעקב יצחק שאַפיראַ; Eng. Yaakov Yitzchak Szapira) (d. 11 July 1882 in Warsaw) – was a Hasidic Rebbe and Tsadik from Mogielnica in Poland.

He was the son of the Tsadik from the Koźnic dynasty, Chaim Meir Jechiel (1789–1849). On the maternal side he was great-grandson of Isroel Hopsztajn (1737–1814); on the paternal side he was the great-grandson of Tsadik Elimelech of Lizhensk. He continued the dynasty that had been initiated by his maternal ancestors. He was the son-in-law of Tsadik Lejb from Chełm. He received the title Tsadik of Błędów in 1849. He authored the religious treaty Emet le-Jaakow.

Jaakow Jicchak Szapira died in Warsaw. He is buried in an ohel at the Jewish Cemetery at Okopowa Street in Warsaw (plot 32, row 20, grave 34).

References

  1. Bielawski, Krzysztof. "Mogielnica" [Jewish Cemeteries. Mogielnica]. cmentarze-zydowskie.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-18. Około 2002 r. staraniem środowisk chasydzkich wzniesiono dwa ohele. Większy z nich powstał w domniemanym miejscu pochówku cadyka Chaima Meira Jechiela Szapiry (...) oraz żony Gitel córki Eliezera z Leżajska [By the efforts of Hasidic circles two ohels were built ca. 2002. The larger one was built at what was presumed to be the burial place of Tsadik Chaim Meir Jechiel Szapira ... and his wife Gitel, daughter of Eliezer of Leżajsk.]
  2. Bielawski, Krzysztof. "Leżajsk". cmentarze-zydowskie.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  3. Saltiel, Manny. "Gedolim Yahrtzeits". www.chinuch.org. Rav Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira of Mogelnitz (1849). ... He married the granddaughter of the Rebbe Reb Elimelech of Lyzhinsk.
  4. The grave of Jakub Izaak Szapira, the database of the Jewish Cemetery at Okopowa Str. in Warsaw.

Bibliography

  • Wodziński, Marcin (1998). Groby cadyków w Polsce. O chasydzkiej literaturze nagrobnej i jej kontekstach. Wrocław: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Polonistyki Wrocławskiej. p. 229-230. ISBN 83-7091-041-6.
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