Rav Klonimus Kalman Shapira zt"l
הרב קלונימוס קלמן בן אלימלך שפירא זצ"ל
Cheshvan 4 , 5705
Known As: Piacezna Rebbe, Chovos Hatalmidim
Father's Name: Elimelech Shapira
Relatives: Rav Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk
Rav Klonimus Kalman Shapira zt"l
Rav Kalonimus Kalman Shapira, Piacezna Rebbe, mechaber of Chovas HaTalmidim and Aish Kodesh, was the son of Rav Elimelech of Grodzisk, and a direct descendant of the Maggid of Kozhnitz and of the Noam Elimelech of Lizhensk. He was named Kalonimus Kalman after his maternal grandfather, the Maor VoShemesh. In 1905, Rav Kalonimus Kalman married Rochel Chaya Miriam, the daughter of Rav Yerachmiel Moshe of Kozhnitz. She helped him prepare his deroshos and seforim, even adding pertinent insights of her own. After the Warsaw Ghetto uprising was crushed in Nissan 1943, Rav Kalonimus Kalman was taken to the Travniki work camp near Lublin. He was shot there on the 4th of Cheshvan, 1944.

