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Eliyahu Simpson

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Rabbi
Eliyahu Simpson
Personal
Born1889 (1889)
DiedDecember 1976 (aged 86–87)
ReligionJudaism
Jewish leader
SuccessorAvrohom Rosenfeld
SynagogueNusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek
Yahrtzeit29 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] [6]the sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch, after the latter's arrival in the United States.[7]

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.[8] 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.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Chaim Miller (2014). Turning Judaism Outward. Kol Menachem. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-934152-36-2. LCCN 2014906880. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Rabbi Eliyahu Simpson (Yaichel)". kevarim.com. Mar 24, 2017. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
  3. ^ י"ב אלול: אדמו"ר הריי"צ הגיע לביקור בארצות הברית. col.org.il (in Hebrew). Sep 15, 2016. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
  4. ^ אבידה גדולה: המזכיר הרב שלום מענדל סימפסון ע"ה. chabad.info (in Hebrew). August 2019. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
  5. ^ Zvi Hirsch Telsner. "Scroll to the End of Exile". Chabad.org. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
  6. ^ Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman; Segel, Joel (2012). Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer. Jewish Lights Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58023-627-0.
  7. ^ a b Dovid Shaltiel (Dec 27, 2017). "Shabbos with Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin". Ami Magazine. No. 348. p. 78.
  8. ^ "29 KISLEV: YAHRZEIT OF REB ELIA "YAICHEL" SIMPSON". anash.org. Dec 14, 2020. Retrieved Feb 1, 2022.
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