Picture of Rabbi Zecharia Shapira, Av Beit Din of Dorog and Varnov, Disciple of the Divrei Hayim

Rabbi Zecharia Shapira (1819-1893, Otzar Ha-Rabbanim 5885) was Rabbi in the Hungarian communities of Dorog and Varnov. (He is signed at the Mihalovitz conference of 1866). Disciple of the Divrei Hayim of Sanz, who recommended the Dorog community to appoint him as Rabbi. There are responsa addressed to him in the Maharam Shik Responsa and the Beit Yitzhak Responsa. His novellae are printed in Even Nezer, Varnov 1930. See enclosed material.
Old phototograph which is a copy of an antique photograph, pasted to cardboard on which the name is written. The picture is 13.5 cm. The cardboard is 16.3 cm. Very good condition.