Eliyahu Simpson
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Rabbi Eliyahu Simpson | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1889 |
Died | December 1976 (aged 86–87) |
Religion | Judaism |
Jewish leader | |
Successor | Avrohom Rosenfeld |
Synagogue | Nusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek |
Yahrtzeit | 29 Kislev, 5737 |
Eliyahu Simpson (Yaichel) (1889–1976)[1] was the Rabbi of the Nusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn[2] for over fifty years. He was one of the heads of Agudas Chasidei Chabad[3] and served as personal gabbai for Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn,[4][5] the sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch, after the latter's arrival in the United States.[6]
Rabbi Simpson was born at Babruysk in 1889. He studied at Tomchei Tmimim in Lubavitch for over thirteen years, where he was close to the Rebbe Rashab.[7] He died at New York City on December 21, 1976,[2] after-which he was succeeded as Rabbi of the Synagogue by his son-in-law, Rabbi Avrohom Rosenfeld. Rabbi Rosenfeld's son is married to the daughter of Aaron Rubashkin.[6]
References[]
- ^ Chaim Miller (2014). Turning Judaism Outward. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-934152-36-2. LCCN 2014906880. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
- ^ a b "Rabbi Eliyahu Simpson (Yaichel)". kevarim.com. Mar 24, 2017. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
- ^ י"ב אלול: אדמו"ר הריי"צ הגיע לביקור בארצות הברית. col.org.il (in Hebrew). Sep 15, 2016. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
- ^ אבידה גדולה: המזכיר הרב שלום מענדל סימפסון ע"ה. chabad.info (in Hebrew). Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
- ^ Zvi Hirsch Telsner. "Scroll to the End of Exile". Chabad.org. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Dovid Shaltiel (Dec 27, 2017). "Shabbos with Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin". Ami Magazine. No. 348. p. 78.
- ^ "29 KISLEV: YAHRZEIT OF REB ELIA "YAICHEL" SIMPSON". anash.org. Dec 14, 2020. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
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