Avrohom Elyashiv (c. 1877–1942) was the
Av Beis Din (head of a rabbinical court) of the city of
Gomel
Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census).
Etymology
There are at least six narratives of the o ...
(Homel)
Biography
Avrohom Levinson (later Elyashiv) was the son-in-law of the
kabbalist,
Shlomo Elyashiv, author of the ''Leshem Shevo V’Achlamah''. He was also the father of
Yosef Shalom Eliashiv
Yosef Shalom Elyashiv ( he, יוסף שלום אלישיב; 10 April 1910 – 18 July 2012) was a Haredi Rabbi and ''posek'' (arbiter of Jewish law) who lived in Jerusalem. Until his death at the age of 102, Rav Elyashiv was the paramount lead ...
. He studied under
the Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan in
Raduń Yeshiva
The Radin Yeshiva, originally located in Radun, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Belarus), was established by Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan (known as the ''Chofetz Chaim'' after the title of his well-known '' sefer'') in 1869. Because of its fo ...
and later in
Dvinsk
Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the ...
.
In 1924, he
immigrated
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
to
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
along with his father-in-law, his wife Chaya Musha, and young son Yosef Shalom. Following advice from Kagan, he changed his
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
semicha
Semikhah ( he, סמיכה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination.
The original ''semikhah'' was the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses through the generations. This form of ''semikhah'' ceased between 360 and 425 C ...
by Rabbi
Avraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook (; 7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935), known as Rav Kook, and also known by the acronym HaRaAYaH (), was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. He is considered to be one of ...
.
Elyashiv founded and headed the
yeshiva
A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are st ...
''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 ...
Magazine (free registration required to view)
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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