Eliyahu Simpson (Yaichel) (1889–1976) was the

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of the Nusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek

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in Borough Park, Brooklyn for over fifty years. He was one of the heads of Agudas Chasidei Chabad and served as personal ''

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'' for Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth

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, after the latter's arrival in the United States. Rabbi Simpson was born at Babruysk in 1889. He studied at Tomchei Tmimim in

for over thirteen years, where he was close to the Rebbe Rashab. He died at

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on December 21, 1976, 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.

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1889 births 1976 deaths Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis People from Babruysk {{Chabad-stub