Pinchas Shapiro of Koretz explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rabbi
Pinchas Shapiro of Koretz
Birth Place:Shklow, Byelorussia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Death Place:Shepetivka, Volhynia, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Yahrtzeit:10 Elul 5551
Residence:Koretz, Volhynia
Father:Avraham Abba Shapiro
Mother:Sora Rochel Shapiro

Pinchas Shapiro of Koretz (Hebrew: פִּנְחָס בֵּן אַבְרָהָם אַבָּא שַׁפִירָא מִקוֹרִיץ; 1726 – 10 September 1791) was a Lithuanian Chasidic rabbi and theologian who was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov.

Biography

He was the son of Rabbi Avraham Abba Shapiro and Sora Rochel Shapiro. Pinchas's father was a descendant of Rabbi Nathan Nata Spira, the author of Megaleh Amukot.[1] [2] His son Moshe was born in 1759.[3]

Born in Shklov, Pinchas was named after his paternal grandfather, described as "the famous and great scholar Rabbi Pinchas from Shklov."[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Susan K.. Steeble. Two Tzaddiks: The Teachings of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz and His Disciple, Rebbe Raphael of Bershad. 2008. 4 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Rabbi Pinchas Schapiro . 27 May 2019 . Geni.
  3. Book: Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz: The Origins of Rabbi Pinchas and his Life in Koretz . Eliezer Leoni . David. Goldman . Tel Aviv . 1959 . Former Residents of Korets in Israel . The Korets Book: In Memory Of Our Community That Is No More . https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Korets/kor031.html. 31.