Rav Aharon Yechiel Michel Shapira of Prague zt"l
הרב אהרן יחיאל מיכל בן בנימין וואלף שפירא זצ"ל
Tishrei 9 , 5604
Rav Aharon Yechiel Michel Shapira of Prague zt"l
Son of Rav Binyomin Wolf Shapira of Prague.
His brother Eliyahu was author of the seforim Eliyahu Rabba and Zuta (5 Nissan). His other brother Rav Anshil was the parnas of Prague.
A pure and holy individual he was a gaon who also took an interest in the welfares of the poor and indigent, he was the father of orphans and paupers as well as a teacher of Torah day and night.
He wrote back and forth letters of Torah correspondence and pilpul with his brothers in law Rav Dovid Oppenheim Av Beis Din Prague and with the authors of Shut Shevus Yaakov and Minchas Yaakov.
He authored the sefer Mayim Kedoshim on Kodshim and Lev Yam on the Talmud Yerushalmi. He was the Rav of the Neuschul of Prague and a true humble man who fled from honor. He married off the orphans under his care and the poor were members of his household whom he sustained and fed with honor.
He passed away 9 Tishrei תר"ד
