Rabbi Shlomo Dov Shapiro

שלומה דוב ב"ר מרדכי

Date of Death: Fri. January 7, 2011 - Shevat 2 5771

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Directions to Kever: Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Block: E, Section: 9, Line: 5, Grave: 10, Society: Burshivker

Name Listed on Cemetery Database: SHAPIRO, SOLOMON

Biographical Notes:

Photo Caption: Rav Shlomo Dov Shapiro

Photo Caption: Germany, Munich; circa 1947; The delegation from the Central Orthodox Committee visiting with religious leaders in the DP camps to discuss the needs and religious activities of the Jewish internees; left to right–D.L. Meckler, Rabbi Solomon Shapiro JDC Religious Director for Germany, Rabbi Ephraim Epstein, Yitzchak Zemba, President of the Agudath Israel in Germany and Davis Klein, leader of the Agudath Kibbutzim, Credit: Needed 

In Memorial:
Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz (d. 1791)



Photo Caption: Ohel of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz, Shepetivka, Ukraine. It is also noted that his son, Rebbe Yehuda Meir (d. 29 Nissan, 5589 – May 2, 1829) was buried in the nearby cemetery, Credit: IFJCAH

Bio Information:
Between East Flatbush and later in Kew Gardens Hills, The Rav, a direct descendant of Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz (d. 1790) served for close to 70 years in New York.

Credit: Chaim Kowalsky, Teaneck, New Jersey

Credit: Also buried there is the Rav's grandmother, a great granddaughter of Rebbe Shmuel Kaminker d, 1843