Shmuel Shapiro
{{for|the rabbi|Moshe Shmuel Shapiro}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2017}}
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| birth_name = Shmuel Raphael Shapiro
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|1|26}}
| birth_place = Aix-les-Bains, France
| native_name = {{Nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|שמואל שפירו}}}}
| origin = France
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| occupation = {{Hlist|Rabbi|singer|cantor|composer}}
| instrument = Piano
| genre = Contemporary Jewish religious, Jewish music, Pop
| years_active = 1990–present
| label = Greentec, Ness Music France
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Shmuel Shapiro ({{langx|he|שמואל שפירו}}, born 26 January 1974) is a French Jewish rabbi, Cantor, singer, composer, and. lecturer. He formerly served as the Chief Rabbi of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Nancy, France.
Biography
His mother, Elisheva, is a musician and a lecturer in Judaism, and his father, David-Nathan, served as the rabbi of Clermont-Ferrand and Vichy. The family immigrated to Israel when he was nine years old.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He studied at the Ohel Shimon Erloy yeshivot in Jerusalem where he placed second in a Talmudic competition at the age of twelve.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He 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.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
After completing his studies in psychology and Jewish philosophy, he taught Judaism at the French-speaking Or Gabriel yeshiva in Jerusalem.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
In 1994, he studied in a Kollel institute and taught in remedial education at the Tsafnat Panea'h school in Jerusalem.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He studied chazanut at Hechal Shlomo school in Jerusalem under the direction of his teachers Eli Jaffe and Benjamin Munk.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He also 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.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
In 1998, he was sent to France by Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman for an educational mission at the Ozar Hatorah school in Sarcelles and with the local Jewish community.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
In 2001, Shmuel Shapiro gave lectures on Judaism, music, and voice for the radio station Kol Haneshama, broadcast in Israel and the United States. He served as cantor of Grossman's Migdal HaEmek synagogue in Israel.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
In 2005, he was an educational advisor for the Chneor institutions in Aubervilliers.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
From 2006 to 2020, he lectured and served as the hazzan at the synagogue of the rue de Montevideo in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He is a highly educated individual who gives courses, lectures and advice on a variety of subjects to the community.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He was the rabbi of Nancy and its region until November 2020.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
His debut album, Seu Marom, was recorded in 2013 in France and Israel with arrangements by Didier Atlan. He composed the majority of the songs.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
In 2022, he moved to Monaco and currently serves as rabbi and cantor at the Edmond Safra synagogue.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
He is married and has five children and three grandchildren.{{fact|date=January 2024}}
Discography
=Albums=
==Studio albums==
- 2013: ''Seu Marom (Of languages: Hebrew, French, English, Yiddish and Holy Tongue)
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=Singles=
- 2000: Ko Amar
- 2003: Écoutez la Torah
- 2004: Ahavat Israel{{cite news |url=http://www.col.org.il/show_news.rtx?artID=3810 |title=Words: Alter Rebbe, music by Shmuel Shapiro |last=Israel |first=Y. |date=February 29, 2004 |publisher=Kfar Chabad |accessdate=February 29, 2004}}
- 2011: The Key{{cite news |url=http://www.bhol.co.il/article_old.aspx?id=78359 |title=From Israel in Paris: Watch the clip of Shmuel Shapiro |last=Cohen |first=Moran |date=April 22, 2015 |publisher="Bhol" |accessdate=April 22, 2015}}
- 2012: Se'u Marom{{cite news |url=http://www.chasidinews.com/12489/ |title=Seu Marom – Shmuel Shapiro Minister in honor of Creation |last=Steinberg |first=Matti |date=April 22, 2012 |publisher="Chasidinews" |accessdate=April 22, 2012}}
- 2015: Ahavat Israel II
- 2016: Dos Yiddishe Lied{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD06NrbLEPM |title=שמואל שפירו דאס אידישע ליד {{!}} (Shmuel Shapiro – Dos Yiddishe Lied (Single Chazanut |last=STUDIO |first=B. |date=October 16, 2016 |publisher="Shmuel Shapiro Official Music" |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}
=Collaborations=
- 2002: Kel Mistater (Album: Otzrot Shabat 2, David Honig)
- 2005: Nitzotzot
- 2022: Banim Lebaneicha (Album: Psalm songs, The Goldin Project)
=Music Videos=
- 2011: The Key (for Gilad Shalit)
- 2013: Se'u Marom
- 2015: Ahavat Israel II
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.shmuelshapiro.com/ Shmuel Shapiro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406163106/http://www.shmuelshapiro.com/ |date=6 April 2016 }} Official Site
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/chmouelshapiro Shmuel Shapiro] in YouTube
- [https://www.facebook.com/S.SHPIRO/ Shmuel Shapiro] in Facebook
- [https://www.fnac.com/ia2605823/Shmuel-Shapiro Shmuel Shapiro] in Fnac
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Category:20th-century French male singers
Category:Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim
Category:Yiddish-language singers of France