Avrohom Elyashiv (c. 1877–1942) was the

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(head of a rabbinical court) of the city of

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Biography

Avrohom Levinson (later Elyashiv) was the son-in-law of the kabbalist,

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, author of the ''Leshem Shevo V’Achlamah''. He was also the father of Yosef Shalom Eliashiv. He studied under Yisrael Meir Kagan, the Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan in Raduń Yeshiva and later in Dvinsk. In 1924, he aliyah, immigrated to Jerusalem along with his father-in-law, his wife Chaya Musha, and young son Yosef Shalom. Following advice from Kagan, he changed his surname, family name from Levinson to that of his father-in-law so the family would have a uniform immigration certificate.

Rabbinic career

In Jerusalem, Elyashiv was granted

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by Rabbi

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. Elyashiv founded and headed the

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''Tiferes Bochurim'' for working students, which was later headed by his son.Author's (synagogue) copy of his Yated.com article Elyashiv was the author of ''Bikkurei Avrohom''.

References

External links

''House of Nobility, Humble Abode: Rav Elyashiv and His Torah Dynasty''
in

Mishpacha ''Mishpacha'' ( he, משפחה, : Family) - Jewish Family Weekly is a Haredi weekly magazine package produced by The Mishpacha Group in both English and Hebrew. History The Mishpacha Publishing Group was founded in 1984 with the publication of ...

Magazine (free registration required to view) {{DEFAULTSORT:Elyashiv, Avraham People from Gomel Haredi rabbis in Israel Belarusian Haredi rabbis Haredi rabbis in Mandatory Palestine 20th-century rabbis in Jerusalem Year of birth uncertain 1942 deaths