Funeral Details

Rabbi Meir Shapiro

May 11, 1932 - November 5, 2021

SERVICE INFORMATION

Date and Time

Sunday, November 7, 2021 at 1:00 PM

Service

Arie Crown Hebrew Day School
4600 Main Street
Skokie, Illinois 60076
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Clergy

Rabbi Eliezer Samber
Rabbi Samuel Fuerst

Interment

Eretz Hachaim
Beth Shemesh, Israel

Shiva

Shapiro Residence
6833 North Kedzie Avenue, Unit 315
Chicago, Illinois 60645
773.583.6722
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Traditional shiva
Shacaris-7:30 AM
Mincha - 4:10PM

Memorial Contributions

Arie Crown Hebrew Day School
4600 Main Street
Skokie, Illinois 60076
www.ariecrown.org




OBITUARY

Rabbi Meir Shapiro, age 89

Beloved husband of Elizabeth Shapiro nee Fischer. Loving father of Hillel (Leah) Shapiro and Naomi (Samuel) Sutton. Proud grandfather of Yehuda (Devora) Sutton, Moshe (Simi) Sutton, Miriam (Chaim) Abikhzer, Yael (Yosef) Shalom, Yosef (Rivka) Sutton, Eliyahu Sutton, Chana (Akiva Chaim) Weiss, Yaakov Sutton, Elisheva (Ari) Ellenberg, Yocheved (Shmuel) Pollak, Zev Yehuda (Sheva) Shapiro, Ilana (Nisan) Moses and Yosef Shapiro. Great-grandfather of 31. Dear brother of Esther (Rabbi Mordechai) Weinberg, Moshe Shimon (Nechama Bluma) Shapiro and the late Rabbi Mordechai (Barbara) Shapiro. Service Sunday 1PM at Arie Crown Hebrew Day School, 4600 Main Street, Skokie, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Arie Crown Hebrew Day School, 4600 Main Street, Skokie, IL 60076, www.ariecrown.org. To attend the funeral live stream, please visit our website. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com


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BDE. My beloved principal. When my father z”l died the Gerrer Rebbe the Pnei Menachem zt”l praised his memory that he raised good children in Chicago. Rabbi Shapiro z”l, you had a major part. You were a mechanich par excellence. The best of the best. I hope you are moichel me for any aggravation I caused you. May you be a meilitz yoisher and of blessed memory.

Moshe A. Steinberg
November 7, 2021
Rabbi Shapiro was a kind soul who was a support and a friend to my family. My prayers go out to Mrs. Shapiro ( who named me) and the rest of his family.

Abra Berkley
November 7, 2021
In deep appreciation for the immeasurable influence which Rabbi Shapiro has had on our family and our grandchildren. We would not be who we are today if it weren't for him. May his memory continue to inspire and guide us all. May HaShem comfort his family among the mourners of Tzion and Jerusalem. O


Marcia Weiss
November 7, 2021
I graduated Arie Crown in 1976. I have many fond memories of Rabbi Shapiro. Even when he had to discipline with the "semol dochah," I nevertheless felt the "yamin mekareves." He always encouraged me and had trusted that I would succeed.
Whenever I would visit the school after graduating, Rabbi Shapiro's would greet me warmly and I could feel his ahavah.
Rabbi Shapiro is one of the few people from that time in my life who had a direct and everlasting influence on me. It is because of that select group of educators that Rabbi Shapiro was part of that helped me become who I am today.
Take comfort in the fact he played a part in bringing someone closer to authentic Yiddishkeit, which in turn has an everlasting ripple effect in my descendants and talmidim.
HaMakom yenachem eschem besoch shaar aveilei Tziyon veYerushalayim.

Avraham (Aaron) Rosenthal
November 10, 2021