Rabbi Elias (Eli) Schwartz (died November 23, 2016) was an American synagogue rabbi, a yeshiva principal, and an author.

Education

He was a student at

Yeshiva Torah Vodaath Yeshiva Torah Vodaas (or Yeshiva and Mesivta Torah Vodaath or Yeshiva Torah Vodaath or Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary ) is a ''yeshiva'' in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. History The yeshiva was conceived in 1917 and for ...

, where his primary influences were Rabbis Shlomo Heiman and

Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886 – 7 September 1948) was a leader of American Orthodoxy and founder of key institutions such as Torah U'Mesorah, an outreach and educational organization. He is also known for having taken the reins in 1921 and b ...

Career

His students and past congregants numbered in the thousands The two volumes that he authored using the title ''V'Shee-non-tom'' (And thou shalt teach them) were to extend the work he did in helping to found ''Olomeinu Magazine''. His synagogue, Young Israel of Bensonhurst, was in a neighborhood that changed several times since he accepted its pulpit "in the early 1960s." Similarly, the backgrounds of his students at

Yeshiva Toras Emes Kaminetz Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz is an Orthodox boys school located at 1904 Avenue N in the Midwood section of Flatbush. History The school began as a pair of buildings housing the elementary grades, on 43rd street between 13th and 14th Avenue, and ...

changed from "the 1940s..." when "Rabbi Schwartz assumed leadership of Torah Emes." Schwartz also oversaw the relocation of the school's three buildings twice: * first, from a pair of buildings housing the elementary grades, on 43rd street between 13th and 14th Avenue, and a separate building blocks away housing the high school, all in the lower end of Boro Park, to a single building a mile away * then, years later, to the

Midwood Midwood is a neighborhood in the south-central part of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded on the north by the Bay Ridge Branch tracks just above Avenue I and by the Brooklyn College campus of the City ...

section of Flatbush. The growing presence of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union within Brooklyn added to both his congregation and the yeshiva, and he helped with "the many challenges they faced."

Works

* ''V'shee-non-tom, Volume I, For each and every sedra''< * ''V'shee-non-tom, Volume II, Pesach, Shevuos, Succohs''
Delving Within by Rabbi Elias Schwartz
In Volume I of V'Shee-non-tom, Schwartz describes his work on this volume as an outgrowth of his work on ''Olameinu Magazine''. First came the weekly mimeograph sheets, sent home to parents of the Yeshiva where he was principal. This came to the attention of

NCSY NCSY (formerly known as the National Conference of Synagogue Youth) is a Jewish youth group under the auspices of the Orthodox Union. Its operations include Jewish-inspired after-school programs; summer programs in Israel, Europe, and the United S ...

's Rabbi Pinchas Stolper; the material was printed by UOJCA, the parent body, for use by NCSY group leaders.Volume I, ''History and Acknowledgement''

Death

Upon his November 23, 2016 (22 Mar-Cheshvan) passing, he was survived by a son (Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Schwartz), a daughter (Mrs. Hoschander), and 2 more generations of descendants.

References

External links

Photo, Rabbi Elias Schwartz
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