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Rabbis Born in Lubtch  by Moshe Tzinovitch  Translated from the
Hebrew by Harvey Spitzer  The Gaon Rabbi Eliyakum Shapira  Born
in Lubtch in the year 5586 (1826), he was the son of Rabbi Chaim
Shapira, who was later head of the rabbinic court in Solchnik
(Vilna District). He was part of the family of the Gaon Rabbi
Eliezer Shapira, head of the rabbinic court in Lubtch and was
also related to the Gaon Rabbi Aryeh-Leib Shapira, head of the
rabbinic court in Kovna. The young Eliyakum was a favorite of
Rabbi Aryeh-Leib Shapira, from whom he learned the ways of
conduct in the rabbinate, serving before him and before the Gaon
Rabbi Reuven HaLevi, learning how to put rabbinic directives
into practice.  Rabbi Eliyakum was rabbi and head of the
rabbinic court in Horodok, (Vilna District), Ibnitz, Eishishok
and Grodno. He was considered one of the most prominent rabbis
in these places. R' Eliykum was great in Torah learning, an
expert teacher and a wise m