Avrohom Elyashiv (c. 1877–1942)[1] was the Av Beis Din of the city of Gomel (Homel)[2][3]
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. He studied under the Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan in Raduń Yeshiva and later in Dvinsk.[4]:32
In 1924, he 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 family name from Levinson[1] to that of his father-in-law so the family would have a uniform immigration certificate.[5]
Rabbinic career
In Jerusalem, Elyashiv was granted semicha by Rabbi Avraham Isaac Kook.[6]
Eliyashiv founded and headed the yeshiva Tiferes Bochurim. The best bochurim would go to learn but the weaker ones went to work. Elyashiv, known as the Humeler Rov, felt badly for the young men who did not study Torah so he founded Tiferes Bochurim, which was later headed by his son. He would wake his students at 3:00 A.M., study with them until 7:00, pray with them and send them off to work. [7]
Elyashiv was the author of Bikkurei Avrohom.
References
- ^ a b "Avraham Eliashiv (Levinson)".
(c.1877 - 1942)
- ^ "Rav Avrohom Elyashiv zt"l". Matzav.com.
Rav Avrohom was named after his grandfather, Rav Avrohom Elyashiv zt”l, who was the av bais din of the city of Homel
- ^ Gomel was also known as Homel
- ^ Sara Leon. Rav Elyashiv. ISBN 978-0-9888958-4-3.
- ^ p.32 Sara Leon. Rav Elyashiv. Jerusalem Books. ISBN 978-0-9888958-4-3.
Change your family name to that of your father-in-law" the Chofetz Chaim advised. "As one family, it will be easier for you to obtain certificates.
- ^ Bayla Sheva Brenner. "Rav Elyashiv's rulings continue to affect millions of OU Kosher consumers around the world". Jewish Action (Summer 2013). OU.org.
It was during that time that Rabbi Avrohom Elyashiv received semichah ... from Rav Kook.
- ^ Author's (synagogue) copy of his Yated.com article Rav Yaakov Feitman, Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst. "The Ultimate Journey - Our Annual Return to Har Sinai (Shavuos, 5778)" (PDF).
External links
- House of Nobility, Humble Abode: Rav Elyashiv and His Torah Dynasty in Mishpacha Magazine (free registration required to view)