By: Book about the Slovita brothers Shapiro

Book about the Slovita brothers Shapiro — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:53 +0000

This is a historic event. The Slavuta (Slovita) printing press founded by the Shapiro family was very important in the Jewish life at the time and beyond. The Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism, once said that the Shapiro family is one of three families, most ancient and distinguished in their ancestry. Rachel Bayvel (my mother o"h) is a direct descendant of the Shapiro family and her book about the Shapiro brothers and other members of the Shapiro family as well as some other important episodes in Russian and Eastern European history are described has recently been published by Vallentine Mitchell: The The Shapiro Family, Jewish Creativity and Courage in Russia and Eastern Europe. The book covers some 1100 years of the more dramatic history of the Shapiros from the 11th century to 20th century. The Shapiro family gave the Jewish world such luminaries as Rabbi Natan Spiro from Krakow, the author of Megalleh Amukkos, and Rabbi Meir Shapiro, the founder of Daf Yomi – the page-a-day Talmud study programme. The Slavuta Printing Press which published the famous Slavuta Shas (Talmud), as well as the first edition of Tanya, existed for some 75 years (1791– 1866) and Rachel describes their changing fortunes. A chapter is dedicated to another member of the Shapiro family – Chava Shapiro (1878– 1943) – who also came from Slavuta and became one of the first women in the history of Hebrew literature. Several chapters are dedicated to Jewish life in the USSR during Stalin’ s time, covering the little known contributions of the Jews to Second World War efforts, as well as the periods when the entire existence of the Jewish community was under threat. https://amzn.to/3Pk3iNJ

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