12 Facts About Shmuel Shapiro

Shmuel Shapiro is a French Jewish rabbi, hazzan, singer, composer, and.

Shmuel Shapiro formerly served as the Chief Rabbi of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Nancy, France.

Shmuel Shapiro's mother, Elisheva, is a musician and a lecturer in Judaism, and his father, David-Nathan, served as the rabbi of Clermont-Ferrand and Vichy.

Shmuel Shapiro studied at the Ohel Shimon Erloy yeshivot in Jerusalem where he placed second in a Talmudic competition at the age of twelve.

Shmuel Shapiro began composing music at the age of eleven, and by the time he was seventeen he was the principal cantorial singer in the Erlau Hasidic community.

Shmuel Shapiro studied chazanut at Hechal Shlomo school in Jerusalem under the direction of his teachers Eli Jaffe and Benjamin Munk.

Shmuel Shapiro developed his voice with cantors Moshe Deriginski Avraham Pressman, the opera singer Gee Flashter and the maestro Daniel Gildar in Jerusalem, New York City, and Paris.

In 2001, Shmuel Shapiro gave lectures on Judaism, music, and voice for the radio station Kol Haneshama, broadcast in Israel and the United States.

Shmuel Shapiro served as cantor of Grossman's Migdal HaEmek synagogue in Israel.

Shmuel Shapiro is a highly educated individual who gives courses, lectures and advice on a variety of subjects to the community.

Shmuel Shapiro was the rabbi of Nancy and its region until November 2020.

Shmuel Shapiro is married and has five children and three grandchildren.