Chaim Elazar Shapiro
Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapiro was known as The Rebbe of Munkacz (or Munkatch) or Munkatcher Rebbe. He was also known as the Strzyzow-Munkatch Rebbe. He was born in 1871. He led the community from 1913 until his death in 1937 (some say 1936). He had succeeded his father, Rabbi Zvi Hersh, who had earlier inherited the mantle of leadership from his father Rabbi Shlomo Shapiro. This Hasidic dynasty was based in the town of Mukacheve, known as "Munkatch", "Minkitch" or "Minkatch" in common Jewish usage.
He wrote the Minchas Elazar.
Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Schwartz published a number of books about him. One of them describes the Munkatcher Rebbe's trip to Jerusalem and his special meeting with the Chacham Alfandari, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Tsfat from 1910 to 1920.
In 1932 or 1933 he met with the Lubavitche Rebbe.
He was the fiercest foe and most outspoken voice of religious anti-Zionism. He opposed and bitterly criticized the non-Zionist Agudat Israel for its alleged cooperation in certain areas with the Zionists in building the Land of Israel.
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